Steelers/NFL category, Page 273
More music at practice? More intensity? Steelers mull ways to emerge from malaise
Searching for answers after a three-game winless slide, the Pittsburgh Steelers are taking a closer look at their practice habits. That’s if the random sampling of two players made available to media Monday are any indication. In the wake of Sunday’s humiliating 41-10 loss at the Cincinnati Bengals, among the...
Ryan Clark rails on Steelers defense on ESPN: ‘They ain’t stopping a nosebleed’
If you thought Pittsburgh Steelers fans were upset after their blowout loss Sunday, wait until you hear what a former player had to say. ESPN analyst Ryan Clark went on a rant of nearly 2 minutes during Monday morning’s “Get Up” program. The ex-Steelers safety started it by saying, “They’re...
Steelers place outside linebacker T.J. Watt on reserve/covid-19 list
Another week, another high-profile Pittsburgh Steelers player added to the NFL’s covid list. On Monday, it was All-Pro outside linebacker T.J. Watt. The team announced the move in a 13-word release. By policy, the team does not reveal why its players are added to the covid list, but it is...
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...
Steelers vs. Bengals: What they’re saying in Cincinnati after win
Bullied by the Bengals. What more is there to say? The Bengals rolled over to the Steelers Sunday in dominating fashion. Cincinnati is making a playoff push. Pittsburgh is making a push for an offseason team overhaul. Still, we checked in with writers in Cincinnati after the 41-10 home win....
First Call: Mike Hilton says Steelers’ familiarity aided pick-6; significant injury for upcoming Steelers’ foe; Penguins head west
An ex-Steeler talks about how knowledge of his former team helped during a showdown Sunday. We look at a significant injury concern for an upcoming team on the Steelers schedule, odds for the ACC championship game and some similarities between the Penguins and their next opponent. All that in Monday’s...
Madden Monday: ‘What you saw the Steelers do is what the Steelers are’
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ 41-10 defeat in Cincinnati Sunday was distasteful on every level. An anemic offense. A Swiss cheese defense. Silly penalties and ill-timed drops. But as Mark Madden pointed out during this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, one particular element sticks out beyond all else. “It’s the Bengals. It’s the...
Steelers’ run defense hits new low in loss to Joe Mixon’s Bengals
CINCINNATI — Proud of his status as the defense’s captain and well aware of the tradition of stellar defenses for the only pro franchise he’s played for, Cameron Heyward spoke solemnly throughout a 5-minute postgame news conference Sunday. His team had just allowed 41 points for the second consecutive game....
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....
Airing of Grievances: Bengals humiliate Steelers in every possible way
During his Tuesday news conference, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stopped short of calling Sunday’s game in Cincinnati a “must win.” Barely. Good thing. Because if he really felt the Steelers absolutely had to have that game, they failed miserably. The Bengals thrashed the Steelers, 41-10, Sunday afternoon, dropping them to...
Steelers notes: Cameron Heyward starts at nose tackle, Cameron Sutton returns punts
CINCINNATI – Three years ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers roster officially was changed in regards to the position for Cameron Heyward. Previously listed as a defensive end, Heyward from 2018 on has been designated as a “DT” for defensive tackle. Heyward, though, took yet another step inward Sunday. Heyward started against...
With little exception, Steelers starters play to the bitter end of blowout loss
CINCINNATI — The deficit was four touchdowns at halftime, and by the fourth quarter it had grown to 38 points. Right up to the end, though, some of the Pittsburgh Steelers most important players were still in Sunday’s game. After a humiliating 41-10 loss, coach Mike Tomlin had a very...
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,...
Isaiah Buggs a healthy scratch for Steelers vs. Bengals
CINCINNATI — Attrition has hit the defensive line hard, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are electing to sit one of their lineman on the 53-man roster anyway. Third-year defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs was among three healthy scratches for Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Coach Mike Tomlin said that decision was...
Four Downs: A year after spate of drops, Diontae Johnson sure-handed for Steelers
1. No more drops Drops plagued Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson so much last season he was benched briefly because of it. This season, there have been no such issues. Among the 38 NFL wide receivers who have been thrown to the most according to Pro Football Focus, Johnson...
Steelers place Eric Ebron, J.C. Hassenauer on IR, promote 3 from practice squad
Tight end Eric Ebron and reserve offensive lineman J.C. Hassenauer were placed on injured reserve Saturday as part of a handful of roster moves leading into the following day’s game at the Cincinnati Bengals. Ebron might have played his final game for the Steelers. An eight-year NFL veteran who signed...
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...
Greg Fulton: In honor of James Harrison, the ultimate grinder
If there were a Grinder Hall of Fame, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison would be in it. In fact, his statue might be in front of it. Grinder is a term in sports that refers to a player who may not have been born with great natural skills or physical...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Robert Spillane is better option than Devin Bush for Steelers
Devin Bush Jr.’s father called a Pittsburgh radio show to defend his son’s subpar performance at inside linebacker for the Steelers. Devin Bush Sr. made two points: • Devin Bush Jr.’s knee isn’t all the way back after ACL surgery last year. • If you didn’t play the game, you...
2 top offensive rookies to meet in Steelers’ Najee Harris, Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase
By virtue of playing in college for LSU and Alabama, respectively, Ja’Marr Chase and Najee Harris have faced each other often and are natural rivals. That’ll continue in the NFL now that Harris is a Pittsburgh Steelers rookie running back and Chase a rookie wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals....
Notebook: Steelers down to No. 3 left guard after J.C. Hassenauer injury
It will be three games, three starting left guards for the Pittsburgh Steelers. J.C. Hassenauer’s inability to play during Sunday’s game at the Cincinnati Bengals was cemented by way of the injury report released Friday. Hassenauer started last week’s loss at the Los Angeles Chargers in place of starter Kevin...
Steelers seek to avoid rare season series sweep at hands of Bengals
Fans who make the trip typically travel by car. The team takes a chartered flight. By boat — right down the Ohio River — is an option, too. Whatever the method, the annual 300-mile journey southwest usually has been a happy one for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Until the past 12...
Beleaguered Steelers defense to get T.J. Watt, Minkah Fitzpatrick back into lineup
With every Justin Herbert scramble, every Austin Ekeler touchdown and every one of the 533 yards the Los Angeles Chargers amassed Sunday night, three of the men most capable of stopping them were powerless to do so. Outside linebacker T.J. Watt, safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and cornerback Joe Haden are three...
Mark Madden: Steelers aren’t facing the typical ‘Bungles’
For years, Pittsburgh has referred to the Cincinnati Bengals as the “Bungles.” (Thanks, Myron.) With good reason, too: The “Bungles” stink. But maybe not anymore. The Bengals haven’t won a playoff game since 1990. They haven’t been to a playoff game since 2015, and they blew that in spectacularly stupid...
