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As Ravens await, Steelers eyeing bigger prize than running the table on 16-0 season
They already have achieved the best start in franchise history. They are the first NFL team in five years to win their first 10 games. The Pittsburgh Steelers, though, have no interest in matching the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only team to complete a perfect season. Sure, they want...
Mark Madden: Tom Brady’s mystique is dissipating while others step into spotlight
When Tom Brady ditched New England and coach Bill Belichick to join Tampa Bay for the 2020 season, debate raged immediately: Who made who? What we’ve learned, however, should have been obvious: They made each other. Minus Brady (and eight covid opt-outs), Belichick’s Patriots are 4-6 and out of realistic...
First Call: Game-by-game odds of Steelers going 16-0, how Steelers can qualify for playoffs this week
Wednesday’s “First Call” gives us game-by-game odds of the Pittsburgh Steelers going 16-0. There’s a long-shot way the Steelers can clinch a playoff spot this weekend. And we get a look at some plans to handle the Baltimore Ravens rush attack. What it will take? ESPN.com did a deep statistical...
U mad, bro?: Fans all over the map about how Steelers rate, stack up to Chiefs
Are you mad that the government doesn’t want you congregating for Thanksgiving? Yeah. I get it. But that’ll result in fewer angry debates at the dinner table. So that’s a plus. Instead, you can just get mad on Twitter like we do the other 364 days of the year. To...
Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster donates Thanksgiving meals to seniors
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster fondly remembers Thanksgiving dinners growing up. “The older people would always be served first,” said Smith-Schuster on Tuesday. He’s making the sure the seniors are taken care of this year, especially when they might not be able to have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and...
Despite 10-0 start, Steelers not satisfied with number of points offense is producing
When it comes to scoring points, few NFL teams have been as consistent as the Pittsburgh Steelers this season. The Steelers have established a franchise record by scoring at least 24 points in every game while building a 10-0 record that represents the best start in franchise history. Only the...
CB Joe Haden doesn’t practice for Steelers with knee injury
Cornerback Joe Haden, who sat out part of the fourth quarter Sunday with a knee injury, did not practice Tuesday as the Pittsburgh Steelers continued preparations for their Thanksgiving night game against the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field. Haden played 37 of 58 snaps in the Steelers’ 27-3 victory at...
Alan Faneca, Hines Ward represent Steelers again as Hall of Fame semifinalists
Former Pittsburgh Steelers guard Alan Faneca and wide receiver Hines Ward have again made the cut from 130 preliminary candidates to the group of 25 semifinalists eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Faneca is a semifinalist for the sixth time. Ward has made it to the second step...
Steelers activate TE Vance McDonald, add Pine-Richland’s Kevin Rader from practice squad
Down to one healthy tight end entering the week, the Pittsburgh Steelers will have three available Thursday night when they play the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field. On Tuesday, the Steelers activated veteran Vance McDonald from the reserve/covid-19 list and signed Pine-Richland graduate Kevin Rader from the practice squad. Rader...
First Call: Steelers-Ravens line jumps, Bud Dupree on perfect record chase vs. Super Bowl, Antonio Brown evolving with Bucs
Tuesday’s “First Call” looks at shifting gambling lines for the Steelers-Ravens game. Bud Dupree on the topic of a potential 16-0 Steelers season. A rare quiet game for Aaron Donald. And Antonio Brown gets stats with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Opening up The gambling line for the Steelers-Ravens game opened...
Ravens looking to replicate ‘2005 Steelers-esque’ turnaround
As the Steelers get ready to host the Baltimore Ravens Thanksgiving night at Heinz Field, a question persists. Are they more like the Steelers than we ever want to admit? No, not the unbeaten 2020 Steelers. I meant the 2005 Super Bowl champion Steelers. This year’s Steelers are 10-0, including...
Tim Benz: Sorry, ESPN. There’s no such thing as an ‘overrated’ 10-0 NFL team.
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith put a burr under the saddle of Steelers fans Monday. On his “First Take” program, Smith was asked if he’d “lean towards calling the Pittsburgh Steelers underrated or overrated.” Smith — who often professes his fondness for the Steelers —said if he had to choose only...
Steelers to have only family, friends in stands for December home games
Fan capacity will be reduced for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ home games in December, the organization announced Monday after new orders were issued by state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine. The Steelers will be permitted to have no more than 2,500 people — including fans, employees and team staff —...
Minkah Fitzpatrick is back to creating takeaways almost weekly for SteelersVideo
There were whispers that Minkah Fitzpatrick’s “ball-hawking” ways for the Pittsburgh Steelers had run their course when his “streak” of games without being part of a turnover was extended to nine through the first four weeks of this season. Since then, though, the takeaway machine that Fitzpatrick was when he...
Ravens will be short at RB when they face Steelers on Thanksgiving night
The Pittsburgh Steelers already knew they were facing a Baltimore Ravens team reeling with three losses in the past four games and on the brink of elimination from the AFC North title chase. On Monday, the Steelers learned the Ravens will be short-handed at one of their most dominant positions...
Steelers’ TE Vance McDonald could return from reserve/covid-19 list against Ravens
The Pittsburgh Steelers could have tight end Vance McDonald back on the field Thursday when they play the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field. Coach Mike Tomlin said Monday at his weekly press conference that McDonald has been “cleared to come back” from the reserve/covid-19 list. McDonald was placed on the...
5 things we learned: AFC North picture clear, not so for Steelers’ top spot in conference
5 things we learned from Steelers 27, Jaguars 3: 1. Playoff posturing Once thought of as a game that could help decide the top spot in the AFC North, the Thanksgiving matchup between the Steelers and Baltimore Ravens has undergone a change in storylines. For the Steelers, it is a...
Madden Monday: Why people nationally aren’t buzzing about Steelers the way they should
It’s probably the impending sense that no NFL team can go unbeaten. After all, if the locomotive that was the 2007 New England Patriots (18-1) couldn’t finish the job in the Super Bowl, maybe it can’t be done. Perhaps it’s a lack of faith in the level of competition faced...
First Call: Ravens ruffled before Steelers game. Le’Veon Bell helps K.C. Vanessa Hudgens with Cole Tucker?
The Ravens look flustered. The Steelers’ “MAC guys” looked happy. And Le’Veon Bell is looking to contribute in Kansas City. Plus, we’ve got hockey back in Pittsburgh. And a blossoming celebrity romance for a Pittsburgh Pirate. Maybe. All that and more in “First Call.” Ruffling the Ravens Not only are...
Tim Benz: Steelers’ turnover-happy defense, opportunistic offense key ‘Feats of Strength’ vs. Jaguars
Welp, the Steelers did it. They had three straight “trap games.” But they managed to avoid all the traps. In Dallas. At home against the Cincinnati Bengals. Then, on Sunday, they plowed through Jacksonville with a 27-3 victory over the Jaguars. The teams have a combined 6-23-1 record. So it...
Steelers ‘unleash’ dominant defense on Jaguars and their rookie QB
Poor Jake Luton was hit seven times, sacked twice and pressured or hurried on countless other occasions by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. The rookie sixth-round pick tossed four interceptions and completed fewer than half his passes during another Jacksonville Jaguars loss. For the second consecutive week, the Steelers’ splash-play...
Terrell Edmunds enjoys career day with 2 interceptions for Steelers in win over Jaguars
When he stepped on the field Sunday, Terrell Edmunds had played 38 games since his last interception. It also was the only one Edmunds had in 41 career games in three seasons at strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Edmunds not only ended that streak in a 27-3 victory against...
Steelers’ Zach Gentry has ‘significant’ injury, but JuJu Smith-Schuster, Joe Haden OK
Backup tight end Zach Gentry suffered a “significant” knee injury during Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers victory. But two of the Steelers’ most recognizable players, by all accounts, emerged unscathed despite injury scares. Cornerback Joe Haden and receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster each needed attention from training staff after suffering injuries during the second...
Mark Madden: Steelers are juggernaut, whether they look it or not
Sunday’s 27-3 win at Jacksonville showed why the Pittsburgh Steelers, despite being 10-0, aren’t on top of all the power rankings and why they would be underdogs vs. Kansas City, even at Heinz Field. It was unentertaining and nondescript. The Steelers stumbled through the first quarter, put the game away...
Steelers see improvement in running game during rout of Jaguars
Running back James Conner remarked that “everybody” had counted out the Pittsburgh Steelers rushing offense. Where did he see that so many were doing so? “Everywhere,” the Steelers’ featured back said during remarks that were perhaps more ornery that you might expect for a player on a team that won...
