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Tim Benz: The Steelers have been repeating recent history — it’s time to rewrite the ending
If 2021 is starting to feel familiar to Pittsburgh Steelers fans, well, it should. Because you just lived through it in 2018. The longer this topsy-turvy NFL season winds along, the more it looks like that ill-fated Black and Gold voyage of three years ago that ended in late-season heartbreak...
Players recall guidance of Steelers coach Chuck Noll on 30th anniversary of his retirement
It seems that anyone who ever played for Chuck Noll has a story about how he humiliated or confounded them. Noll was, to say the least, a puzzling character. Yet, they all seem to have come away with a feeling of enduring admiration for the man who led the Pittsburgh...
T.J. Watt the only one who doesn’t like talking about his dominant season for Steelers
From having two sacks in the season opener to missing a pair of game because of injury and racking up multiple sacks in seven of 12 games played this season, T.J. Watt is on pace to break the NFL’s single-season sacks record. Likewise, any time the Pittsburgh Steelers’ star outside...
Steelers Four Downs: No matter the method, offensive line rating among worst in NFL
1. The line is offensive Fans complain about it. The playcalling appears handcuffed by it. Troy Aikman seemed incredulous by it. And the number-crunchers agree: the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offensive line is one of the worst in the NFL. Fourteen games into the 2021 season, sample-size is no longer an issue,...
Called ‘The Grinch,’ Najee Harris hopes to finally break long run for Steelers
Najee Harris has a wide smile he wears often, and his interactions with media are typically gregarious and friendly. So it was surprising when the rookie running back revealed what some of Pittsburgh Steelers teammates call him. “They call me ‘The Grinch’ around here,” Harris said after the Christmas Eve...
Montravius Adams activated off Steelers’ covid list, 5 players remain on it
Pittsburgh Steelers nose tackle Montravius Adams was activated Friday, meaning for the time being the number of players on the covid-19 list is shrinking rather than growing — a positive development 48 hours before their game at the Kansas City Chiefs. Adams missed this past Sunday’s game against the Tennessee...
Mark Madden: Immaculate Reception remains iconic moment, but still no one is sure exactly what happened
Thursday was the 49th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception. It’s an iconic moment in Pittsburgh sports for a plethora of reasons. It’s got a catchy name. A fan coined it; it was popularized by the late sportscaster Myron Cope. It was thought to launch the Pittsburgh Steelers’ dynasty in the...
Crisper snaps for rookie C Kendrick Green to be tested when Steelers play Chiefs at raucous Arrowhead
Kendrick Green removed the glove from his right hand — the one he uses to snap the football — and removed some of the issues that have plagued him during his rookie season. A week after he was beset by several off-the-mark snaps in a loss at Minnesota, the Pittsburgh...
Pat Freiermuth, Chris Wormley ruled out for Steelers vs. Chiefs
In addition to a covid list that included one starter among five players on the active roster, the Pittsburgh Steelers will head to Kansas City without two other starters because of injury. Tight end Pat Freiermuth and defensive lineman Chris Wormley were ruled out for Sunday’s game at the Chiefs....
Pat Freiermuth, Chris Wormley sit out practice again for Steelers; Ben Roethlisberger limited
Rookie tight end Pat Freiermuth and veteran defensive end Chris Wormley will have one more opportunity to show if they will be available Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. Freiermuth (concussion) and Wormley (groin) each missed practice for the second day in a...
Slow finish against Titans adds to list of growing problems for Steelers offense
After starting slower than a dial-up web connection for the past month, the Pittsburgh Steelers offense encountered a new issue Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. They couldn’t finish fast, either. Lost in the 19-13 come-from-behind victory Sunday was the way the offense bogged down after the defense repeatedly provided a...
Steelers add RB Anthony McFarland, DL Isaiah Buggs to reserve/covid list
It hasn’t quite reached outbreak status, but the number of players added to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ reserve/covid list continues to increase daily. Running back Anthony McFarland and defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs were the latest to join the list Thursday, the team announced. They join linebackers Devin Bush and Marcus Allen,...
U mad, bro: Differing opinions on Steelers’ performance against Tennessee has fans grouchy for Christmas
Based on my email and Twitter exchange about the Steelers this December, many of you folks seem to believe I’m the type of person who would leave out sour milk and stale cookies for Santa Claus. Not true. I’m actually quite a jolly little elf this time of year. Please,...
Steelers defensive stars T.J. Watt, Cameron Heyward voted to Pro Bowl
Defensive stars T.J. Watt and Cameron Heyward were voted to the Pro Bowl on Wednesday, giving the Pittsburgh Steelers multiple representatives at the NFL’s all-star game for the 21st consecutive season. For Heyward, the 32-year-old defensive tackle, this is the fifth consecutive season he has been honored. Watt’s Pro Bowl...
In concussion protocol, Steelers TE Pat Freiermuth does not practice
The first official word about Pat Freiermuth was not encouraging aftrer he was evaluated for a possible concussion. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ standout rookie tight end did not practice Wednesday, according to the league-mandated injury report. That would suggest he has not made sufficient progress while in protocol after absorbing a...
Ben Roethlisberger plans to resist temptation to match throws with Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes
Ben Roethlisberger’s memories from the only time he went head-to-head against Patrick Mahomes are a little foggy. Perhaps with good reason. It came in the second game of the 2018 season. After an unexpected 21-21 tie to open the season at Cleveland, the Pittsburgh Steelers opened their home schedule against...
Steelers starting guard Kevin Dotson cleared for return to practice
Starting left guard Kevin Dotson returned to Pittsburgh Steelers practice Wednesday, the team announced, opening a window in which he can return to game action as he recovers from an ankle injury. Dotson has not played since suffering the injury during the first series of a tie with the Detroit...
ILBs Devin Bush, Marcus Allen, OT Zach Banner added to Steelers’ covid list
A day after the names piled up on the covid-19 list of their next opponent, the Pittsburgh Steelers had some apparent positive tests of their own. Starting inside linebacker Devin Bush joined backup offensive tackle Zach Banner and backup inside linebacker Macus Allen on the Steelers’ covid list, it was...
Mark Madden: Steelers’ T.J. Watt deserves Defensive Player of the Year award, but will he win it?
T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers should win the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. Watt should be a lock, in fact. But Watt has missed two games and parts of three others. That shouldn’t hurt him, but it might. The most basic ability is availability. (It seems Watt...
Unity’s Victory Brinker, Steelers JuJu Smith-Schuster support Pittsburgh’s less fortunate
Victory Brinker noticed homeless people as she walked the streets of Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, Calif., before her performance on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. “She had never seen homeless people before,” said her mother, Christine Brinker, on Tuesday inside Light of Life Rescue Mission on Pittsburgh’s North Side. “She...
First Call: Tyreek Hill is latest star on Chiefs’ covid list; Le’Veon Bell’s new team; criticism for Steelers rookie
Another Kansas City Chiefs star may be sidelined for the Pittsburgh Steelers game Sunday because of covid-19 issues. That’s if the game is actually played on time. Le’Veon Bell has another new team. A Steelers rookie is getting some national criticism. And a former Steeler is making us miss his...
Tim Benz: If Chiefs get Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill on the field, Steelers defenders better get them to the ground
If you are looking for the Steelers-Chiefs game on a few gambling sites, you may not see it. That’s because some outlets, such as BetRivers, have it removed for now because of the coronavirus situation hanging over the Kansas City locker room. As of Tuesday afternoon, tight end Travis Kelce...
Mike Tomlin: Steelers’ handling of covid protocols could provide ‘winning edge’
The most important results of the week for the Pittsburgh Steelers might not come on the practice field but rather the medical testing lab. The Steelers are hoping to avoid the outbreak of positive coronavirus tests that has taken place on the Kansas City Chiefs, their opponent Sunday at Arrowhead...
With reunion looming, Mike Tomlin doesn’t regret Steelers’ decision to trade Melvin Ingram to Chiefs
On his social media accounts, Melvin Ingram goes by the moniker “King Mel.” And as someone who identifies as a supreme ruler, Ingram wasn’t happy with his role in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ kingdom. The Steelers relocated Ingram to a new castle, trading him to the Kansas City Chiefs on Nov....
Mike Tomlin warns Steelers can’t afford slow start against ChiefsVideo
Slow starts and faster finishes, for better or worse, have defined the Pittsburgh Steelers’ play over the past month. That recipe won’t work Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, coach Mike Tomlin warned Tuesday at his press conference. Coming off a 19-13 victory against Tennessee — just the second in...
