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Former Steelers TE Heath Miller on Hall of Fame nominee list
Heath Miller is among the first-time nominees eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Miller retired after the 2015 season following an 11-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers in which he set virtually every team receiving record for a tight end. Miller finished his career with...
Steelers open practice week with expansive injury list
Five members of the offensive line, including four starters from the season opener, did not practice for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday as they began on-field preparations for the home opener Sunday against the Denver Broncos. Tackle Zach Banner (knee) already was ruled out of playing Sunday and is expected...
Cam Heyward, Ben Roethlisberger unaware that Alejandro Villanueva chose not to honor Antwon Rose
Cameron Heyward, a team captain and a leader on the Pittsburgh Steelers social justice committee, was “surprised” that tackle Alejandro Villanueva did not display Antwon Rose Jr.’s name on the back of his helmet like the rest of his teammates in the season opener Monday night. Steelers players voted to...
Antwon Rose Jr.’s mother criticizes Steelers tackle Alejandro Villanueva for name change on helmet
The mother of Antwon Rose Jr. lashed out at Pittsburgh Steelers left tackle Alejandro Villanueva on Tuesday night for not putting her son’s name on the back of his helmet for the team’s season opener one night earlier. In a Facebook post, Michelle Kenney criticized Villanueva for not adhering to...
Defensive wrinkle heads list of 5 things learned in Steelers’ win against Giants
Five things we learned from Steelers 26, Giants 16: 1. Defense returns strong, adds wrinkles At first blush, it looked like the a continuation of the Steelers defense from 2019 what with the three sacks and two interceptions the group generated at the Meadowlands. Defensive captain Cam Heyward, though, noticed...
Steelers lose offensive linemen Zach Banner, Stefen Wisniewski in season-opening victory
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Already minus their All-Pro right guard, the Pittsburgh Steelers lost his replacement and their new starting right tackle on consecutive plays in the second half of their 26-16 season-opening win Monday night against the New York Giants. Central Catholic grad Stefen Wisniewski, starting in place of...
Roethlisberger throws 3 TD passes in return, but Conner, O-line suffer injuries in Steelers’ win over Giants
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Ben Roethlisberger overcame a long layoff and some early rust to get the Pittsburgh Steelers off to a good start Monday night in their season opener. Playing for the first time in 365 days because of right elbow surgery, the 38-year-old quarterback threw three touchdown passes...
Steelers notebook: Team remains unified during pregame activities
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Keeping a promise to remain unified during the playing of the national anthem Monday night against the New York Giants, all Pittsburgh Steelers players stood for the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but nobody from the visiting team was on the field for the Black anthem...
LB Ulysees Gilbert, RB Anthony McFarland inactive for Steelers in season opener
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — For the season opener against the New York Giants, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be have a special teams player and a converted safety as the only players available as the backups at inside linebacker. Ulysees Gilbert III, a second-year linebacker who was expected to compete for...
Tribune-Review NFL predictions: Steelers’ T.J. Watt to win Defensive Player of Year
The Kansas City Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes looked like they were ready to defend their Super Bowl title in the season opener Thursday. Can they become the first team in nearly two decades to repeat as champions? No NFC team has reached the conference title game in consecutive years...
Veteran guard David DeCastro ruled out of Steelers’ opener against Giants
The ironman on the right side of the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line won’t be on the field for the season opener Monday night at the New York Giants. All-Pro guard David DeCastro was ruled out of the opener when he did not participate in practice Saturday morning. DeCastro has not...
Steelers plan to approach national anthem ‘as one unit’ before season opener with Giants
Pittsburgh Steelers players plan to take the field as a group for the national anthem Monday night when they open the 2020 season against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. Cornerback Steve Nelson indicated to reporters Saturday that the Steelers won’t follow the lead of the Houston Texans, who...
Chance to add to Super Bowl collection inspires Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger in return from injury
The youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl is now 38 and chasing an elusive third ring. It has been 11 seasons since Ben Roethlisberger’s pinpoint touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes with 35 seconds remaining provided the Pittsburgh Steelers with their sixth Lombardi Trophy and the quarterback’s second title in...
Zach Banner one of several linemen who could be in new spots for Steelers in opener
When the Pittsburgh Steelers named Zach Banner the starting right tackle for the season opener Monday night, they lost a popular eligible receiver and blocking tight end in the process. Banner took all but three of his 216 snaps last season as an inline tight end, and if he continued...
Breaking down the 2020 Steelers: The defense
Here is a look at the Pittsburgh Steelers 2020 defense: (Italics denotes player is on the practice squad) Defensive end/tackle Starters: Cameron Heyward, Stephon Tuitt Others: Chris Wormley, Isaiah Buggs, Henry Mondeaux Breakdown: Coming off three consecutive Pro Bowl appearances and two first-team All-Pro nods in three years, Heyward remains...
Dustin Colquitt ‘excited’ to follow in father’s footsteps with SteelersVideo
Dustin Colquitt estimates he has told the story “thousands” of times. The difference when he relayed it once again Wednesday afternoon was the 38-year-old punter did so for the first time while wearing Pittsburgh Steelers colors. After spending the first 15 seasons of his NFL career with the Kansas City...
Zach Banner wins right tackle job, will start season opener for Steelers
Although he has one more year of NFL experience, Zack Banner entered training camp with fewer starts at right tackle compared to teammate Chuks Okorafor. Banner, though, will be the starter for the Pittsburgh Steelers when they open the season Monday night at the New York Giants. Coach Mike Tomlin...
Ben Roethlisberger expects to be ‘shaking like a leaf’ when Steelers open season MondayVideo
The feeling hit Ben Roethlisberger as he was driving across the Veterans Bridge on Wednesday morning en route to Pittsburgh Steelers practice on the South Side. “I was thinking, ‘I’m actually nervous for this season,’” Roethlisberger told reporters a little while later. “You always have a little bit of nerves...
Mike Tomlin: Giants’ new coaches have 1 big advantage in opener against Steelers
Oddsmakers have installed the Pittsburgh Steelers as nearly a one-touchdown favorite to defeat the New York Giants in the season opener Monday night at MetLife Stadium. Mike Tomlin, though, doesn’t quite see his team holding an advantage as the Steelers prepare to play for the first time under the cloud...
Top 5 questions facing the Steelers as 2020 season looms
Every NFL team faces questions heading into a new season, even the defending Super Bowl champion. But when a perennial contender misses the playoffs in back-to-back years, the questions stack up higher than the U.S. Steel Building. The Steelers face their share as they prepare for the 2020 season, which...
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin remains vague about right tackle, DeCastro’s availability ahead of season opener
In his season opening news conference, coach Mike Tomlin did little to clear up the competition at right tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and he also was vague Tuesday about right guard David DeCastro’s availability for the season opener in six days. Chuks Okorafor and Zach Banner are competing at...
Tyson Alualu embracing position change on defensive line for Steelers
When the Pittsburgh Steelers asked Tyson Alualu, a 10-year NFL veteran, to return to a position he played only sparingly in recent seasons, he took it as a challenge. He also took the switch from defensive end to nose tackle as a compliment. “I think so,” Alualu said during training...
WR Ryan Switzer cut as Steelers reduce roster to 53 players
The biggest and smallest players in Pittsburgh Steelers training camp failed to make the opening 53-man roster. When the Steelers got down to the limit Saturday afternoon, they did so by releasing 352-pound nose tackle Daniel McCullers and 5-foot-8, 185-pound slot receiver/return specialist Ryan Switzer. McCullers, who had spent the...
Roster spot secure, Zach Banner looking to do bigger, better things with Steelers
For the first time in four NFL seasons, Zach Banner won’t be wondering whether he still will have a job come Labor Day. When the Pittsburgh Steelers make roster cuts Saturday, Banner can relax and leave the worrying to others on the team’s 80-man roster. “I’m extremely grateful that I’m...
David DeCastro continues to sit out practice for Steelers as camp nears conclusion
With one practice remaining until the end of training camp, the Pittsburgh Steelers continue to work without All-Pro right guard David DeCastro. DeCastro missed another practice Thursday because of an unspecified lower body injury. He hasn’t practiced since leaving early in the team’s scrimmage Friday night. DeCastro also missed the...
