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Ravens-Steelers game still on, despite reports of 2 more Ravens positive tests
Two additional members of the Baltimore Ravens organization have tested positive for coronavirus, according to multiple reports from national organizations. However, the NFL maintains the game will be played as currently scheduled: 3:40 p.m. Wednesday at Heinz Field. “No change to the status of the game,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy...
Wednesday pro football the domain of Spartans and Pirates, but rarely in modern NFL
If you’re younger than 75 years old, you’d at best only be able to recall one NFL game played on a Wednesday. And if you’re significantly older than that, you might be among the select few still left among us who remembers the Portsmouth Spartans. Yes, playing a pro football...
QB coach Matt Canada cleared to return to Steelers, coach during Ravens game
Assuming the game gets played Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Steelers will remain without three players because of coronavirus concerns. But they won’t be without their quarterbacks coach anymore. Matt Canada has been cleared to return to the team’s UPMC Rooney Sports Complex headquarters, according to Steelers spokesman Burt Lauten. It was...
Amid postponements and controversy, don’t forget, Steelers-Ravens has plenty at stake
By the way, it’s Ravens Week. In case you’ve forgotten, the Pittsburgh Steelers are 10-0. Perhaps you’ll recall, the race for the AFC’s No. 1 seed — and valuable lone bye that comes with it — remains very much on the line. Keep in mind, Baltimore is on the verge...
Tim Benz: NFL isn’t trying to pinch Steelers. It’s just too dumb to realize that’s what’s happening.
The litany of complaints from Steelers fans over the years is extensive. Ben Roethlisberger’s 2010 suspension without being charged with a crime. James Harrison’s suspension and constant fines. The Jesse James play. And what exactly happened to those Spygate tapes anyway? I know. I know. “The NFL is out to...
First Call: Injured Steeler vents about Ravens rescheduling fiasco; Jim Rutherford still a top-10 GM?
Tuesday’s “First Call” has a creative idea to solve the Steelers-Ravens fiasco. We also hear from one frustrated Steeler about the pace of rescheduling. Former Penguins defenseman Trevor Daley talks about his new role with the franchise. Is his boss still a top-10 general manager? And we preview at least...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans triggered by dismissive media, constant NFL rescheduling
Steelers fans, I know you’re upset about the constant shuffling. The never-ending rescheduling. The inability to stay on course. You are fatigued of never knowing when you can mark your calendar for an event you are anticipating with great excitement. I get it. You want “U mad, bro?” back on...
Steelers-Ravens game is on the move again, heading to Wednesday afternoon
Are you ready for some football? Some Wednesday afternoon football? The NFL is postponing the Pittsburgh Steelers game against the Baltimore Ravens for a third time, shifting it to Wednesday at Heinz Field. The game will start at the unusual time of 3:40 p.m. on NBC, presumably so it won’t...
Steelers get 2 players back from reserve/covid-19 list, make other roster moves
Two players were removed from the reserve/covid-19 list by the Pittsburgh Steelers, making them eligible to play Wednesday night against the Baltimore Ravens. Returned to the active roster were guard Kevin Dotson and defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs. Dotson was placed on the reserve/covid-19 list on Nov. 14, and Buggs was...
Mark Madden: NFL has billions of reasons to trudge on through covid mess
The NFL has problems. The Steelers-Ravens game just refuses to be played. The Ravens have 23 players on the covid list, including six of last year’s Pro Bowlers. The Steelers have four players listed. James Conner tested positive and, as a cancer survivor, is at higher risk. The same applies...
First Call: A Steeler jabs LeBron James about the Browns; Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell quiet in showdown
A little Twitter trash talk from a Pittsburgh Steeler to LeBron James. The Steelers-Ravens gambling line continues to grow. Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown don’t have it in gear yet with their new teams. And Aaron Donald flashes again with the Los Angeles Rams. All that for Monday’s “First Call.”...
Tim Benz: Steelers-Ravens slog shows NFL must streamline its covid-19 contingency plans
Steelers fans all over the country are wondering the same thing right now. How long are Thanksgiving leftovers safe to eat? Can they keep until Tuesday night? Or, uh, Week 18? That’d be a week after New Year’s Day. So you might want to freeze them now if that’s the...
Madden Monday: Ultimate chaos theory scenario for Steelers-Ravens, pounding Pitt athletics
Of all the doomsday scenarios, hypotheticals, and “what ifs” about what could happen with the oft-delayed Steelers-Ravens matchup, here’s an absolute doozy. Mark Madden advanced it during our “Madden Monday” podcast. What if the Steelers-Ravens game still can’t be played Tuesday? And, as a result, both teams finish with only...
Steelers ready to face Ravens minus starters Stephon Tuitt, James Conner
With six games remaining in the Pittsburgh Steelers season, defensive end Stephon Tuitt already has established a career high with seven sacks. Tuitt won’t get a chance to add to his total Tuesday against the Baltimore Ravens — and perhaps not in Week 13 against Washington — courtesy of his...
Steelers get back to work in preparation for Tuesday game against Ravens
In a covid-19 environment where NFL practices are canceled and games rescheduled on short notice, what Mike Tomlin experienced Sunday was as close to normal as anything the Pittsburgh Steelers coach could imagine lately. Tomlin had his players on the field at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex for a workout that...
Steelers RB James Conner latest to test positive for covid-19
The Pittsburgh Steelers are dealing with more covid-19 cases as their twice-postponed game against the Baltimore Ravens approaches. Running back James Conner tested positive Saturday, the Steelers announced, and he is the fourth player in two days to be added to the reserve/covid-19 list. The Steelers also announced assistant coaches...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: A pandemic doesn’t know how to be fair; the NFL has to make do
Since the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens got pushed back to Sunday and then Tuesday, two themes have emerged via local angst: • Baltimore broke the rules. • The Steelers have been hard done by. The former implies that an outbreak of covid is akin to jumping...
Youthful enthusiasm masks JuJu Smith-Schuster’s maturation as receiver for Steelers
Everyone saw JuJu Smith-Schuster blow out the “candle” — a football — after the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers receiving corps sang “Happy Birthday” to him following the first touchdown of last week’s game in Jacksonville. It was classic JuJu, complete with a set of effervescent celebratory hops — the...
Steelers Four Downs: Ben Roethlisberger and the deep passVideo
1. Going long The advanced analytics community has been less than kind in evaluating the season of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger, who is the starting quarterback for a 10-0 team. Often, the criticisms of Roethlisberger revolve around his downfield passing. First, the good: Only four NFL quarterbacks this season...
3 Steelers players go on reserve/covid-19 list; game vs. Ravens postponed until Tuesday
The NFL is moving the date of the Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens game one more time. Because of a continued covid-19 outbreak in the Ravens organization, the league announced the game is being postponed from Sunday afternoon until Tuesday night. The game will be televised at 8 p.m. by NBC. The...
Vance McDonald reinstated to Steelers’ active roster, Trey Edmunds to IR
Tight end Vance McDonald was re-instated to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 53-man roster Thursday, the day his exemption from being on the reserve/covid-19 list expired. A coronavirus test McDonald took while the Steelers were in Dallas on Nov. 8 came back positive the following day, and he has been isolated from...
Postponement adds to quirky, sad history of Steelers’ Thanksgiving Day games
The game never getting played because of a worldwide pandemic that caused an outbreak within a bitter division rival? Unprecedented. Unique. Bizarre. And yet, entirely on brand for what has been the history of Pittsburgh Steelers games on Thanksgiving. The first scheduled NFL game to be played on Thanksgiving in...
Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster delivers turkeys to seniors after Thanksgiving game canceledVideo
Turkey with a side of JuJu? Thanksgiving turned out to be an off day for Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. So, he delivered turkeys to seniors. “Giving back to the community has always been a thing in my heart,” Smith-Schuster said. He gathered with volunteers Thursday morning at Dive...
Ravens reportedly have more positive tests; Steelers game potentially in jeopardy
“Multiple” coronavirus tests among Baltimore Ravens came back positive Thursday, according to CBS Sports reports, potentially further endangering the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers that already has been pushed back because of covid-19 concerns. In an early Thanksgiving Day morning post to his verified Twitter account, CBS’ Jason La Canfora...
NFL postpones Steelers-Ravens game over coronavirus concerns, sets new game time
The Pittsburgh Steelers will have to wait to host a Thanksgiving Day game for the first time. Their fans will have to wait until 2021 to see them in person. In the wake of several members of the Baltimore Ravens organization testing positive for coronavirus this week, the NFL announced...
