Joe Rutter stories, Page 66
5 Things: Unlike 2020, dropped passes a rarity for Steelers WR Diontae Johnson this season
5 things we learned from Steelers 20, Ravens 19: 1. Diontae’s drop The touchdown pass that Diontae Johnson dropped on a 35-yard heave with 48 seconds left in the first half would have sent him into a tail spin had it occurred last year for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Johnson led...
Mike Tomlin: Decision to honor Ben Roethlisberger is teaching moment for young Steelers
Ben Roethlisberger saved his best for last against the Baltimore Ravens, and his play in the fourth quarter didn’t go unnoticed by coach Mike Tomlin. Roethlisberger completed 9 of 10 passes for 129 yards and two touchdowns, and he led the Pittsburgh Steelers to 17 points in the fourth quarter...
Mike Tomlin quickly turns attention to Steelers’ Week 14 game with VikingsVideo
Facing the media about 16 hours after his team held on for a pulsating 20-19 victory against the Baltimore Ravens, Mike Tomlin admitted Monday that he doesn’t have time to dwell on the victory. Not with the Minnesota Vikings looming on the schedule in three days when the Pittsburgh Steelers...
Roethlisberger rallies Steelers in 4th quarter for victory over AFC North rival Ravens
With his team’s season on the line Sunday, Ben Roethlisberger pushed aside retirement rumors and showed he had one more fourth-quarter comeback left in his 39-year-old right arm. The defense showed it was capable of pressuring Lamar Jackson one more time, and the Pittsburgh Steelers showed they weren’t quite ready...
Cameron Heyward, T.J. Watt active, will start for Steelers against Ravens
Despite missing practice Friday with an illness, defensive captain Cameron Heyward is active and will start for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their AFC North game Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens. Heyward was not among the five players the Steelers de-activated. Neither was defensive end Isaiahh Loudermilk, who also missed practice...
Report: Ben Roethlisberger ‘privately’ saying this will be his final season with Steelers
Ben Roethlisberger is entering the home stretch of his 18th NFL season. According to an ESPN report, it will be the final one of his NFL career. Citing anonymous sources, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Saturday that Roethlisberger “privately has told former teammates and some within the organization” this will be...
Steelers will try to work some defensive magic against Ravens QB Lamar Jackson
Effusive in his praise of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, Mike Tomlin recently compared him to the world’s most renowned magician. “He’s Houdini at times,” Tomlin said. Tomlin also unwittingly exposed one of Jackson’s flaws when he made that observation. For all of the deception and trickery Jackson brings to...
Steelers activate OLB T.J. Watt from reserve/covid list ahead of game vs. Ravens
The Pittsburgh Steelers have cleared the way for T.J. Watt to play Sunday in a pivotal AFC North game against the Baltimore Ravens. Watt was activated from the reserve/covid list Saturday morning, a procedural move the Steelers have to make before 4 p.m. in order for him to be included...
After considering Steelers in free agency, Montravius Adams happy to join them for stretch run
When nose tackle Montravius Adams joined the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday, it wasn’t his first encounter with coach Mike Tomlin. Or his second. Tomlin and general manager Kevin Colbert were part of a contingent that dined with Adams and other Auburn players prior to the school’s pro day in 2017....
Even Keith Butler’s wife critical of way Steelers defense has played in recent weeks
Think Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Keith Butler is getting heat from the talk-show callers and social media trolls? The criticism he has received in the wake of his defense allowing 41 points in back-to-back losses is nothing compared to the chilly reception he gets when he walks through his front...
CB Joe Haden misses another practice as Steelers prepare to face Ravens
If Joe Haden is going to return to the Pittsburgh Steelers lineup after a two-game absence, he’s going to have to make up for lost time in practice this week. Haden did not practice Wednesday as the Steelers began on-field preparations for their game Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens at...
‘Very loud’ Mike Tomlin puts players in pads as Steelers prepare to face 1st-place Ravens
Mike Tomlin realized his message on the importance of last week’s AFC North game at Cincinnati didn’t exactly register with his Pittsburgh Steelers players. The numbers on the scoreboard — Bengals 41, Steelers 10 — provided ample evidence. “But I am unfazed by that,” Tomlin said Tuesday. “I am. I’m...
Reshuffling of defensive line could be in order for Steelers after Bengals rush for 198 yards
A Pittsburgh Steelers defense that hovered around the top 10 in stopping the run early in the season has dropped to No. 28 in the wake of the Cincinnati Bengals amassing 198 yards Sunday. Opponents are averaging 195 rushing yards during the Steelers’ 0-2-1 streak, and that’s an ominous sign...
With Ravens looming for Steelers, it’s ‘put up and shut up time,’ says Mike Tomlin
Arguably the NFL’s most intense and physical rivalry resumes Sunday. With the Pittsburgh Steelers being manhandled by 31 points at Cincinnati and their manhood challenged by former players, it’s reasonable to wonder whether they will be up to the task when the Baltimore Ravens make their annual visit to Heinz...
Mike Tomlin: ‘It’s put up and shut up time’ for SteelersVideo
After the Cincinnati Bengals handed the Pittsburgh Steelers their biggest margin of defeat in the Mike Tomlin era, it has raised questions about the team’s lack of physicality and toughness. Addressing the 41-10 loss in Cincinnati and looking ahead to another AFC North game Sunday — this one against the...
5 Things: Reinforcements scarce as Steelers seek to get tougher up front after loss to Bengals
Five things we learned from Bengals 41, Steelers 10: 1. Man to man defeat Coach Mike Tomlin attributed the blowout loss to a lack of physicality up front on both sides of the ball, saying the Steelers lost the “mano-a-mano component of play too often.” It was hard to argue...
Mike Hilton sees ‘changing of the guard’ in Steelers-Bengals rivalry
CINCINNATI — It took until late in his fourth NFL season for Mike Hilton to experience a loss in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ series with the Cincinnati Bengals. Even though Hilton has switched sides in the AFC North rivalry, he has continued to make sure he stays on the winning end....
Despite stars back on defense, powerless Steelers lose to Bengals, 41-10
CINCINNATI — To paraphrase a line from the late Chuck Noll, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ problems are great, and they are many. Looking like a shell of the team that a few weeks ago was riding a four-game winning streak, the Steelers were blown out Sunday by the Cincinnati Bengals, 41-10,...
Steelers cornerback Joe Haden ruled out against Bengals
Cornerback Joe Haden will miss his second game in a row Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. Haden was listed as questionable coming off the practice week, but he was downgraded Saturday. He will be replaced by James Pierre in the starting lineup...
Steelers, Chase Claypool hoping performance against Chargers step in right direction
In a season that has featured more injuries and games missed than touchdown catches, Chase Claypool flashed back to better times last Sunday night when he pulled in a 37-yard reception against the Los Angeles Chargers. “It was like rolling the clock back to last year when we did a...
Keith Butler expects improvement from Steelers defense, Devin Bush
When the Pittsburgh Steelers gave up a franchise-record 610 yards to the New England Patriots in 2013, Keith Butler observed that 55-31 beating in his role as linebackers coach. It was just as painful to watch Sunday night when the Los Angeles Chargers put up 533 yards — the most...
Ben Roethlisberger more comfortable running no-huddle than earlier in Steelers’ season
For the first time since Week 4 in Green Bay, the Pittsburgh Steelers featured extensive use of the hurry-up offense in the second half Sunday night against the Los Angeles Chargers. Beginning late in the third quarter, Ben Roethlisberger went to the no-huddle on 11 plays, and that helped spark...
Mike Tomlin admits ‘spotty’ play, lack of consistency from Steelers LB Devin Bush
After watching Devin Bush struggle defending the pass and run in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 41-37 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, coach Mike Tomlin said the play of the former No. 10 overall pick has been “spotty at times” this season. “It hasn’t been at the level of consistency that...
Steelers place WR Ray-Ray McCloud on reserve/covid list, promote TE Kevin Rader
For the third time in two weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers placed a player on the reserve/covid list. Wide receiver Ray-Ray McCloud became the latest player to either test positive or be in close contact with a positive test case. McCloud follows in the heels of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and free...
Mike Tomlin takes blame for Steelers’ defensive deficiencies in loss to Chargers
Mike Tomlin admitted the Pittsburgh Steelers got caught in a numbers game on defense Sunday night. And it led to the Los Angeles Chargers putting some inflated ones on the scoreboard and the stat sheet when they handed the Steelers a 41-37 defeat at SoFi Stadium. The points allowed were...
