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JuJu Smith-Schuster added to Steelers’ injury report; Chris Boswell, Vince Williams practice fully
Three days in advance of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2020 playoff opener, their receiving leader did not practice because of injury. JuJu Smith-Schuster sat out Thursday’s session because of a knee injury. Although it is not known with certainty if the ailment is an aggravation of an existing condition, Smith-Schuster regularly...
Steelers activate Eric Ebron, Cassius Marsh off covid list
Tight end Eric Ebron and reserve linebacker Cassius Marsh were activated off the NFL’s reserve/covid-19 list by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, clearing the way for each to play in Sunday’s wild-card round playoff game. Ebron and Marsh were put on the list Saturday, the same day that starting cornerback...
Steelers sign former Penn State CB Trevor Williams to practice squad
With their most trusted cornerback on the covid list for their playoff opener, the Pittsburgh Steelers added former Penn State cornerback Trevor Williams to help fortify the position. The team announced the signing of Williams to their practice squad after Wednesday’s practice, releasing long snapper Christian Kuntz off of the...
Steelers continue to play coy over possible Josh Dobbs deployment vs. Browns
Whether or not they actually intend to use Josh Dobbs as a change-of-pace quarterback during Sunday’s wild-card playoff game, it has become clear that the Pittsburgh Steelers are quite all right with allowing the Cleveland Browns to believe the possibility that they will. But did Ben Roethlisberger blow the cover...
Steelers’ 2021 schedule — on paper — tougher than 2020’s
The 2021 opponents for the Pittsburgh Steelers are known. And, at least on paper and based on current record alone, next season figures to be more difficult for the Steelers than 2020. Twelve of the 16 opponents known for 2021 had a record of 7-9 or better this season and...
Steelers stadium will remain named ‘Heinz Field’ through 2021
It’s possible Sunday’s playoff game is the final contest of the season for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But it won’t be the last one at the facility that has been known for two decades as Heinz Field. The Steelers and the Kraft Heinz Co. on Wednesday announced a one-year extension for...
Steelers offense boosted by resurgence of Diontae Johnson, Chase Claypool
After a December that largely wasn’t one to remember, Chase Claypool and Diontae Johnson on the first Sunday of the new year turned back the clock to earlier in the 2020 season when it comes to their receiving production for the Pittsburgh Steelers. “I felt like myself again,” Johnson said...
Steelers to open postseason vs. Browns on Sunday night
During a bizarre season in which they repeatedly worked on short weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers will wait longer than anyone to open their postseason. The Steelers’ rematch with the Cleveland Browns will be seven days after the regular season-closing meeting between the longtime rivals, and it will kick off in...
Steelers’ Mason Rudolph takes big step forward in start vs. Browns
If Mason Rudolph ever achieves his goal of becoming a full-time starting quarterback in the NFL, he certainly will face games with more on the line than he did Sunday in Cleveland. But it’s what Rudolph did during the high-stakes moments in a low-stakes game that are so encouraging for...
Could Steelers be unveiling a Josh Dobbs package in playoffs?
Was Mike Tomlin just playing coy in a show of gamesmanship? Or was Sunday’s game a trial run in deploying Josh Dobbs into a small portion of the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive gameplan as they embark on the playoffs? “It is a possibility,” Tomlin said when asked that after the Steelers’...
Steelers escape finale with no significant injuries, per Mike TomlinVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers lost Sunday’s game, but they were winners in what was arguably the most important regard: with the playoffs a week away, no players emerged from this regular-season finale with injuries, per coach Mike Tomlin. “Bumps and bruises associated with play, nothing of any significance to speak of...
Mason Rudolph, Myles Garrett chat cordially after Steelers-Browns game
Mason Rudolph, Myles Garrett and several other members of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns spent much of this past week telling everybody they had moved past the ugly helmet-swinging incident and even uglier accusations of a racial slur that marred the teams’ most recent meeting in Cleveland and its...
Steelers place 3 players on covid-19 list, including starters Joe Haden, Eric Ebron
Cornerback Joe Haden, tight end Eric Ebron and outside linebacker Cassius Marsh have been placed on the reserve/covid-19 list, meaning they won’t play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the season finale Sunday at Cleveland and likely won’t return until after the team’s playoff opener next weekend. ESPN reported that Haden...
Not quite ‘from another planet,’ but Steelers’ T.J. Watt having award-worthy seasonVideo
Situated off of Interstate 94 less than a half hour west of Milwaukee on the route to Madison, Pewaukee, Wisc., is like a lot of other towns in the upper Midwest. Mostly in that its 14,000-plus inhabitants are, well, human, and that each of them (presumably) was born on Earth....
Four Downs: Steelers games feature an abundance of 3-and-outs, puntsVideo
1. Three-and-rout Games involving the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2020 have featured more punts and more three-and-outs than games involving any other NFL team this season. And it’s not close. The Steelers offense leads the league in three-and-outs (47), as defined by possessions that fail to get a first down and...
Chance to play, not rematch with Browns, motivating Steelers QB Rudolph
As fate would have it, the biggest game of Mason Rudolph’s season is also the biggest game for the Cleveland Browns in more than a decade. Despite the sordid history between the two, the latter is having little effect in motivating the former. “I really could care less who the...
Steelers’ Terrell Edmunds, Chris Boswell out with injuries vs. Browns
On top of some veteran players who will be held out for rest, two prominent Pittsburgh Steelers will not play Sunday because of injuries. Starting strong safety Terrell Edmunds and kicker Chris Boswell were ruled out of the regular-season finale at the Cleveland Browns. A shoulder injury will cause Edmunds...
Browns’ Myles Garrett to serve as captain vs. Steelers in 1st matchup since helmet swing
With Mason Rudolph starting at quarterback and the Pittsburgh Steelers making their first trip to Cleveland since Browns star Myles Garrett struck Rudolph over his head with Rudolph’s helmet, attention was going to center on Garrett when the teams play Sunday. Before the game begins, Garrett will be in the...
T.J. Watt voted Steelers MVP by teammates
Outside linebacker T.J. Watt was named MVP of the Pittsburgh Steelers for 2020 in an announcement made Thursday that reflected a vote from the team’s players. Watt also received the honor last year, making him the first player to be named Steelers MVP in consecutive seasons since James Harrison in...
Ben Roethlisberger: Steelers offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner ‘should get a lot more credit’Video
There is a perception among many fans and some in the national media that Randy Fichtner is the problem with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ inconsistent offense. A very important man, though, has his coordinator’s back. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wanted to answer Fichtner’s critics in the wake of what were 4½ listless...
Chase Claypool honored as Steelers rookie of year, Ben Roethlisberger for media cooperation
There was little drama surrounding any consideration for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie of the year award. Even without a first-round pick for the first time in more than five decades, the team’s top choice was a runaway winner. Receiver Chase Claypool on Wednesday was announced as the recipient of the...
Browns facility reopens after temporary closure following 2 more positive tests
Just when it appeared the Pittsburgh Steelers would make it through to the end of their season without another coronavirus-related issue, the status of their regular-season finale was — at least temporarily — put into question. The Steelers’ opponent for their 1 p.m. Sunday game, the Cleveland Browns, announced late...
Steelers’ Mike Hilton named AFC Defensive Player of the Week
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Mike Hilton was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday, three days after having an interception and fumble recovery during a win against the Indianapolis Colts. It was the second such honor in the career of the undrafted rookie. Despite missing 4½ games this...
Newest veteran Steeler Avery Williamson happy to finally be part of division winner
To say that Avery Williamson had a career game Sunday might be a stretch. But it might not be an exaggeration to say his big effort came in the most consequential game of his seven-year career. In his third start for the Pittsburgh Steelers — less than two months after...
The 90 minutes that possibly saved the Steelers’ seasonVideo
Staring at a seemingly almost-certain fourth consecutive loss, its offense appearing as impotent and predictable as ever, its defense suddenly powerless to stop the opponent and a fast-charging old rival licking its proverbial chops for the chance at them a week later, things looked about as bleak as can possibly...
