Chris Adamski stories, Page 119
Steelers activate Stefen Wisniewski from IR, place Ulysees Gilbert on it
The Pittsburgh Steelers activated veteran interior offensive lineman Stefen Wisniewski off the injured reserve list Wednesday. The team placed second-year inside linebacker Ulysees Gilbert on IR in his place. Wisniewski signed with the Steelers this spring prior to his 10th NFL season. He’d started at guard for two of the...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin new all-time leader in wins among Black coaches
Sunday’s victory at the Baltimore Ravens not only allowed the Pittsburgh Steelers to remain undefeated, the win was a milestone for coach Mike Tomlin. Tomlin moved into sole possession of 22nd place on the NFL’s all-time coaches’ wins list. But the significance of his 140th win over 14 seasons is...
Again containing reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson key for Steelers in win over Ravens
BALTIMORE – Lamar Jackson entered Sunday’s game with a 24-4 career record as an NFL quarterback and as the reigning league MVP in his first full season as a starter. It might not be fair to refer to the Pittsburgh Steelers as unimpressed by the Baltimore Ravens’ superstar. But they...
Isaiah Buggs joins Robert Spillane as ‘next men up’ in aiding Steelers defense
BALTIMORE — For the first time in his NFL career since he became a regular part of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ gameday lineup, Isaiah Buggs was a healthy scratch for last week’s game in Tennessee. Seven days later, Buggs took the low point of his brief pro career and flipped it...
Steelers D-linemen Cameron Heyward, Tyson Alualu leave game with injuries
BALTIMORE — The Pittsburgh Steelers lost one defensive lineman earlier this week. They lost two more during Sunday’s 28-24 win against the Baltimore Ravens. Starters Tyson Alualu and Cameron Heyward left because of injury. Coach Mike Tomlin gave little detail on the status of either during his postgame remarks on...
Steelers CB Mike Hilton won’t play in first-place showdown with Ravens
BALTIMORE – The Pittsburgh Steelers are without a key contributor in their effort to limit the Baltimore Ravens and reigning MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson. Nickel cornerback Mike Hilton will not play in Sunday’s game because of a shoulder injury suffered two weeks prior. Hilton missed last week’s win at the...
If it’s Steelers-Ravens, it must be 2 good defenses
If it’s Pittsburgh Steelers versus Baltimore Ravens, it probably will have a significant impact on the AFC playoff race. And it also probably will feature two very good defenses. Rarely have those things been more obvious than Sunday’s meeting between the division rivals: The winner will take over first place...
Ulysees Gilbert out, Mike Hilton questionable for Steelers vs. Ravens
The Pittsburgh Steelers are running out of inside linebackers. Two weeks after every-down starter Devin Bush was lost for the season because of a torn ACL, Ulysees Gilbert will not be available to play in Sunday’s AFC North showdown against the Baltimore Ravens. Gilbert did not practice Thursday or Friday...
With rain expected for Ravens game Sunday, Steelers have wet, windy practice outdoors
Cold, breezy, rain. Even some mud. It was AFC North football Friday, even if it was only a practice. With one of the biggest divisional games of the year on tap Sunday, and with rain forecasted for it, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin took advantage of an opportunity to put...
Steelers Four Downs: Quick, short throws, yes, but Ben Roethlisberger still a gunslingerVideo
1. Aggressively quick Much has been made of it, and it’s true: Ben Roethlisberger is throwing quickly, and by extension, he’s throwing short. But that doesn’t mean he’s abandoned any sort of “gunslinger” mentality. No quarterback in the NFL this season is attempting passes in less time, on average, after...
Ravens CB Jimmy Smith misses practice, status in question for game vs. Steelers
One of the notable matchups of Sunday’s AFC North showdown between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens is one of the league’s deepest wide receivers corps against one of its best cornerbacks groups. But could that group of Baltimore cornerbacks be without arguably its best member? Veteran Jimmy Smith did...
Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger has fared well vs. blitz, but Ravens biggest challenge yet
For one game, at least, Ben Roethlisberger gets to see what his positional counterparts have faced all season. A team with a strong pass rush that likes to blitz. Analytics outlets throughout the season have remarked how much the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens both like to blitz. The Steelers...
Mike Hilton returns to Steelers practice, Ulysees Gilbert sits out
Two of the players the Pittsburgh Steelers are looking at to help replace the production of Devin Bush missed at least part of Thursday’s practice. Nickel cornerback Mike Hilton practiced Thursday for the first time in almost two weeks, but it was in a limited capacity. Reserve inside linebacker Ulysees...
Jordan Berry pleased to be back punting for the Steelers
No hard feelings. When you spent five years with an organization, the ties aren’t severed in a mere six weeks. “It’s a great team, and I have a lot of friends here,” Jordan Berry said of the Pittsburgh Steelers. “Of of all the opportunities I could have gotten, this is...
Mike Hilton out again, Alejandro Villanueva added to Steelers injury report
Three days after missing a game because of a shoulder injury, Pittsburgh Steelers slot cornerback Mike Hilton sat out practice Wednesday. Left tackle Alejandro Villanueva and tight end Eric Ebron were unexpected additions to the injury report for the first practice in advance of Sunday’s AFC North showdown at the...
Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers prep for ‘football in its purest form’ vs. RavensVideo
A decade ago against the Baltimore Ravens, Ben Roethlisberger suffered a broken nose. Another time, one of their linebackers bragged about “feeling the air rushing out of his body” while delivering a brutal sack. Yet, through it all, Roethlisberger longs for the chance to subject himself to the potential abuse....
On top of the NFL’s standings, Steelers’ enthusiasm muted by inconsistencies in play
They will enter the eighth week of the NFL season with a 6-0 record, their best through six games in 42 years. The two most recent victories came against teams that entered with a combined 9-1 record. Their defense ranks No. 1 in the league. Their offense is scoring at...
Steelers’ David DeCastro no worse for wear in 2nd return from injury this season
Headed into 2020, only twice since making his NFL regular-season debut had David DeCastro suffered an injury that forced him to miss a game. DeCastro matched that through the first five games of this season, when separate knee and abdominal injuries prevented him from playing in three of the Pittsburgh...
Nicknamed ‘Old Fashioned,’ Terrell Edmunds feeling comfortable in Year 3 for Steelers
Despite being in his third NFL season, Terrell Edmunds is older than only eight of the other 52 players on the Pittsburgh Steelers active roster. Edmunds might be young, but his nickname is “Old.” “Old Fashioned,” to be precise, the Steelers starting strong safety revealed Monday. “ ‘Old Fashioned,’ I...
Steelers lack No. 1 WR, but group is deep, diverse, productive
They were commonly referred to in terms such as “flanker” and “split end,” but more recently the Pittsburgh Steelers delineated roles for their wide receivers by using titles such as “X” and “Z.” For the layman among us, it’s common to use “slot” and “outside.” No matter the terms, there...
Steelers’ Robert Spillane absorbs blow of replacing Devin Bush
Robert Spillane had plenty of figurative weight on his shoulders Sunday in serving as the primary replacement for Devin Bush. They never buckled in that sense, even if one of his shoulders took a literal pounding. Spillane did an admirable job in his first game as a Pittsburgh Steelers starting...
Steelers limit production of Titans’ workhorse RB Derrick Henry
In preparation for Sunday’s AFC showdown in Nashville, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense surely watched plenty of film of last week’s Tennessee Titans victory in which Derrick Henry accumulated 264 yards from scrimmage. The Steelers braced for the one-eighth-ton bruiser and cut his production down to 72 yards of offense. That...
Steelers eschew deferring of coin toss, get rewarded with opening-drive TDVideo
The overwhelming trend for NFL teams that win the coin toss in recent years is to defer to the second half. The Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday bucked that trend, and it helped them buck another long-running trend. Serving as the captain before Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans, quarterback Ben...
The ‘other’ running back in Sunday’s showdown, Steelers’ James Conner proves worth
Derrick Henry is getting all the headlines in advance of Sunday’s AFC showdown pitting undefeated teams in Nashville. But Henry isn’t even the starting running back participating in the contest who has the highest average yards per carry. That would be James Conner. Perhaps that’s fitting for a player who...
Mike Hilton, Derek Watt ruled out for Steelers; David DeCastro will start
On the heels of losing a defensive starter for the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers will play a big game Sunday down yet another starter on defense. But two offensive starters will return to their lineup for the AFC showdown against the Tennessee Titans. Nickel cornerback Mike Hilton was ruled out...
