Joe Rutter stories, Page 57

A defense that led the NFL in sacks and was second in forcing turnovers in 2020 received a jolt this week when inside linebacker Vince Williams abruptly retired on the eve of training camp. Williams became the fourth starter, counting nickel corner Mike Hilton, to exit a Pittsburgh Steelers unit...

Vince Williams never was elected a captain by his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates. That doesn’t mean he wasn’t one of the most revered members of the locker room. A day after he surprisingly announced his retirement after eight seasons with the organization, Williams was lauded for his play on the field...

Ben Roethlisberger is used to being greeted by new faces when training camp begins. Happens every year, not just to the Pittsburgh Steelers but every team in the NFL. Never since his rookie season, however, has Roethlisberger encountered so many newcomers lining up in front of him on the offensive...

On the eve of the first training camp workout, Steelers inside linebacker Vince Williams surprisingly announced his decision to retire after an eight-year career with the organization. After being released in March in a salary-cap move, Williams returned to the Steelers a month later on a one-year, $1.075 million salary....

When the Pittsburgh Steelers players begin reporting Wednesday for training camp, they will have all of their draft picks under contract. Third-rounder Kendrick Green, the No. 87 overall player selected, agreed to his four-year rookie contract, agent Jason Bernstein announced on his verified Twitter account. The slot value for Green...

The Pittsburgh Steelers continue to sharpen their 90-man roster as training camp approaches in two days. On the day they made the signing of veteran pass rusher Melvin Ingram III official, the Steelers also announced the signing of journeyman tackle Chaz Green to a one-year contract. Green, a third-round pick...

When compiling a list of players on the proverbial hot seat for the Pittsburgh Steelers, it’s hard to ignore the 39-year quarterback who is returning for an 18th season after dealing with a decline in productivity at the end of 2020. Ben Roethlisberger was covered in our initial training camp...

For a team that won its first 11 games and returned to the top of the AFC North after a two-year absence, the Pittsburgh Steelers will enter training camp facing more issues than candidates at a political debate. That tends to happen to an organization when it loses four of...

When he reported to mandatory minicamp after skipping all of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ optional organized team activities, T.J. Watt said he wasn’t going to talk about his contract situation. No long-term deal has been struck since the Steelers broke for their summer hiatus in mid-June, meaning Watt’s contract uncertainty will...

Dwayne Haskins is disputing the report that he is missing part of a tooth following a July 3 altercation in Las Vegas that resulted in domestic battery charges being filed against his wife. Kalabrya Gondrezick-Haskins faces an Aug. 3 hearing as a result of a disagreement that resulted in facial...

When he is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 8, Alan Faneca will become the third player and fourth member from the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl XL championship team to be enshrined in Canton, Ohio. Jerome Bettis, of course, is already a member. Troy Polamalu and...

The wife of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and former first-round draft pick Dwayne Haskins has been charged with domestic battery after an altercation July 3 in Las Vegas. Kalabrya Gondrezick-Haskins is accused of knocking out of one Haskins’ teeth at The Cosmopolitan when she punched him during a disagreement, TV station...

One waited more than a quarter century before he was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The other made it in his first year of eligibility. The two safeties who will represent the Pittsburgh Steelers next month in Canton, Ohio, followed different timelines to reach the sport’s ultimate...

Forty years later, I still swear it was an error. The ball came off the bat like a top, spinning down the first base line. I was ready to field it when it changed direction and scooted through my legs. The umpires conferred. Base hit. The only one our pitcher,...

Did you win? Did you have fun? Those were the first two questions that Jeff and Patty Frelick asked their three children on the rare occasions they couldn’t attend one of their baseball, softball, hockey or football games. “We never asked how many hits they had or how many goals...

Ben Roethlisberger won’t be the only player from Miami (Ohio) on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster this summer. The Steelers have agreed to terms former RedHawks kicker Sam Sloman, agent Joe Linta confirmed Thursday. The NFL Network first reported the Steelers’ interest in signing Sloman. Adding Sloman gives the Steelers a...

A few hours after the Pittsburgh Steelers released Pro Bowl guard David DeCastro, ending his nine-year tenure with the team, they found his replacement for the 2021 season. Free agent guard Trai Turner, a seven-year veteran who spent last season with the Los Angeles Chargers, agreed to terms on a...

Diontae Johnson purchased a tennis ball machine in the offseason. It wasn’t so he could improve his volley or sharpen his backhand. After leading the NFL in drops last season, the young Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver bought the machine so he could improve his concentration and hand-eye coordination. “It’s a...

If he didn’t realize it when he was hired in February by the Pittsburgh Steelers, it didn’t take long to discover he isn’t the only Mike Sullivan coaching in the city. One has been part of two world championships and worked closely with a long-time leader and captain who is...

The start of training camp remains unknown for the Pittsburgh Steelers. So does its location. Could be Saint Vincent College, the team’s summer home in Unity Township for 54 years until the coronavirus pandemic surfaced. Could be Heinz Field, the site of the 2020 camp because of the covid-19 outbreak....

Dwayne Haskins has never whistled a football through a car wash — like Ben Roethlisberger recently wondered — to see whether it would get wet. The metaphor, though, could be an apt description of Haskins’ young NFL career. After his two-year experience in Washington left him covered with dirt on...

The legs usually are the first thing that goes south for a boxer in a prize fight, and Joe Haden believes that theory also holds true for an NFL cornerback as he gets to the later rounds of his career. As he enters his 12th pro season and fifth with...

If the NFL is concerned about its players being slow to receive a covid-19 vaccination, it shouldn’t cast an eye toward the Pittsburgh Steelers. That was the news coach Mike Tomlin relayed Tuesday, the first day of the team’s mandatory minicamp. Tomlin said he is “really comfortable” with the number...

The first day of minicamp began Tuesday for the Pittsburgh Steelers with 89 of the 90 players on the offseason roster in attendance. The exception was defensive end Stephon Tuitt, who was excused because of the recent death of his brother. Tuitt’s brother, Richard Bartlett III, was killed two weeks...