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Tim Benz: NFL dancing through raindrops of covid-19, but a bigger storm is coming
This was bound to happen. Now the NFL has to brace for being unable to stop it. Or wish it away. Before this week, the covid-19 pandemic had been an ominous rumble of thunder in the distance. Now it’s become a daily rain cloud over the league. At least the...
With David DeCastro’s return, Steelers look to build consistency on offensive line
Until the NFL postponed their game Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers were on track to accomplish a modest goal on their offensive line against the Tennessee Titans. The Steelers would have started the same five players up front in consecutive games for the first time this season. Because that matchup has...
Steelers’ Jarron Jones accused of strangling, assaulting woman at Airbnb
A Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad player was arraigned and charged by Pittsburgh police in connection with an alleged incident involving a woman Saturday. Offensive lineman Jarron Jones, 26, of Rochester, N.Y., is charged with one count each of aggravated assault and strangulation — both felonies — and simple assault, a...
Chiefs-Patriots game off amid report Newton has COVID-19
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots-Chiefs game has been postponed until Monday or Tuesday due to positive coronavirus tests. Patriots quarterback Cam Newton reportedly is one of the players who tested positive, and the NFL said a player with Kansas City also did so. Kansas City has struggled over the years...
Little Mike Hilton making big plays at right time of his Steelers career
When Mike Hilton switched agents and signed with Rosenhaus Sports Representation in the 2018 offseason, he joined a firm known for getting top dollar for its clients. Two-and-a-half years later, Hilton not only made a prudent decision, he could set a barometer for slot cornerback contracts when he becomes an...
Steelers Four Downs: Suffocating run defense on all levelsVideo
1. No run zone By any measure, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ run defense has been elite through three weeks this season. It ranks No. 1 in the NFL by total yardage allowed (54.0 per game), No. 1 in average yards per carry (2.766) and tied for No. 1 in touchdowns ceded...
Steelers-Titans game rescheduled for Oct. 25, Steelers-Ravens bumped back a week
The NFL announced the plans for the postponed Pittsburgh Steelers game for this weekend, and its contingency went the most expected route. The Steelers will play the Tennessee Titans on Oct. 25, three weeks to the day after the game was originally scheduled to be played before multiple Titans players...
Postponements, early bye weeks haven’t had negative effect on Steelers
Parking lots and highways turned into ice rinks and speedskating tracks on a January weekend almost four years ago in America’s Heartland. Eleven years earlier, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ night-before-game meetings were conducted by flashlight at a blacked-out hotel near Miami as wind gusts bent palm trees outside. Although Hurricane Jeanne...
Report: 2 more Tennessee Titans players test positive for covid-19
One day after the NFL postponed the Pittsburgh Steelers game at Tennessee until later in the season, two more Titans players tested positive for covid-19, ESPN reported Friday morning. That increased the number of Titans players with positive tests to seven. Six staff members also have tested positive. The postponement...
Mark Madden: Steelers are inconvenienced but no punishment necessary for Titans
The postponement of the Steelers game at Tennessee is much ado about nothing. The NFL wasn’t as ready as it should have been. Nor was MLB when covid hit the Miami Marlins. The pandemic provides an unprecedented situation. Until an outbreak happens, you don’t know how you’ll react. When it...
First Call: JuJu’s ‘cringeworthy’ quote, some Steelers not happy about schedule shuffleVideo
Friday’s “First Call” gives us some sassy Pittsburgh Steelers who are speaking out about the NFL’s schedule change. An ex-Steeler is surprised about JuJu Smith-Schuster’s quarterback comments. Duquesne basketball is getting some love. And a stroll down Pirates memory lane. Bye-bye, bye Some of the Steelers are less than thrilled...
Tennessee reporter ‘fully confident’ that ‘the Titans did not break any protocol’
Normally what Pittsburgh Steelers fans want more than anything else on any given Sunday is a win from their team. This Sunday, Steelers fans will get something almost as good: a permanent excuse. If the Steelers don’t make the playoffs, or don’t win the division, or don’t win the Super...
Browns sign recently-released Steelers WR Ryan Switzer to their practice squad
Ryan Switzer has found a new NFL home, and it’s as close to Pittsburgh as you can get. Released by the Pittsburgh Steelers in their final preseason roster cuts, Switzer was signed to the practice squad of the Cleveland Browns on Thursday. Switzer spent the past two seasons as a...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin ‘disappointed’ NFL postponed game against Titans
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans won’t play a football game in Week 4 after all. The NFL announced Thursday that the two teams will play at Nissan Stadium in Nashville later in season after another Titans player and staff member each tested positive for covid-19. The Titans have had...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt named AFC defensive player of month, Sports Illustrated cover boy
For the second time in three regular-season calendar months, T.J. Watt was judged to be the best defensive player in the AFC. The Pittsburgh Steelers edge rusher was announced Thursday as the recipient of that honor for September. Through three weeks of the NFL season, Watt is tied for the...
U mad, bro? Pittsburgh fans fume about Steelers-Titans delay, trading Patric Hornqvist, and … the presidential debate?
In this week’s “U mad, bro?” Pittsburgh sports fans are mad about how the NFL is handling the Steelers-Titans postponement. They are also mad at attempts to qualify the Steelers’ 3-0 start. Mad at the Penguins for trading Patric Hornqvist. And mad about the presidential debate. I’m mad, too. Because...
Tim Benz: Steelers, Pitt starting successful seasons on similar tracks
There are many parallels with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pitt Panthers to start their 2020 seasons. • Both are 3-0. • Both have a tremendous pass rush. • Both managed to win a tight game at halftime at Heinz Field last weekend. And both are chasing the perception that...
First Call: TV reportedly sets Steelers-Titans start times; Ryan Switzer visits Browns; Pirates back Bryan Reynolds
Thursday’s “First Call” gives us the potential television times — and network — for the rescheduled Steelers game in Nashville. Bryan Reynolds is getting some support from Pirates brass. Ryan Switzer is getting interest from an AFC North rival. And the Cincinnati Bengals are looking out for their quarterback. Who’s...
Steelers brace for ‘height, weight, speed’ of bruising Titans RB Derrick Henry
They faced a former Pro Bowl running back during each of the first three weeks of the season, and the Pittsburgh Steelers emerged with the NFL’s No. 1 rushing defense. But in Week 4, the Steelers’ defense is faced with its biggest challenge yet. Literally. The 6-foot-3, 247-pound Derrick Henry...
Titans’ Mike Vrabel remembers life, coaching lessons gleaned from NFL start with Steelers
Long before he became an NFL All Pro or won three Super Bowl rings or even became an NFL starter — and certainly long before he became head coach of the Tennessee Titans — Mike Vrabel was a draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Long remembered and known now for...
Steelers, Ben Roethlisberger sharing the wealth among pass-catchers
Last season, only four Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers or tight ends caught touchdown passes. This season, it took only three games to eclipse that mark. Furthermore, in 2019 only four Steelers wide receivers or tight ends were targeted by an average of at least two passes per game. This season,...
NFL postpones Steelers-Titans game until Monday or Tuesday
A Week 4 matchup between division leaders and unbeaten AFC teams could take place Monday night. Tuesday is a possibility, too. What is certain is the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game at the Tennessee Titans won’t happen Sunday afternoon as scheduled. The NFL announced Wednesday the game was postponed “to allow additional...
Mark Madden: Titans need to treat covid like an injury; game against Steelers should be played
At Monday’s media session, coach Mike Tomlin said the Steelers were told to proceed as if Sunday’s game at Tennessee will be played despite the Titans’ covid outbreak. It may yet take place. But it will be played Monday or Tuesday, not Sunday. Further postponement via juggling bye weeks seems...
Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger to unable-to-practice Titans: Deal with it
The Tennessee Titans might be forced to play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday without the benefit of a practice in the week leading up to it. Some have suggested this puts the Titans at an unfair disadvantage, but Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sent a subtle yet unmistakable message for his...
Even if Titans’ game is delayed, Sunday could still be impactful for Steelers
Even if their game against the Tennessee Titans is rescheduled because of coronavirus concerns, there are lots of key AFC games Sunday with direct implications for the Steelers. With or without the local team in action, it’s going to be an NFL-viewing buffet. If they do move the Steelers’ 1...
