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5 (virtual) things to (virtually) watch for at (virtual) Steelers OTAsVideo
If the Pittsburgh Steelers conduct organized team activities, but the players are not together in performing any activities, did they really conduct the OTA’s? It is not a question for a philosophy doctoral candidate, nor is it a dystopian future of virtual-reality football. Instead, it is the reality of the...
Steelers rookies not necessarily falling behind yet … but clock ticking for Mike Tomlin
The players’ names change, but Mike Tomlin gets asked the same sort of question every year during May. June and late July and early August, too. The Pittsburgh Steelers coach has little appetite or incentive to answer it, no matter how it’s phrased. Tomlin’s longstanding policy about evaluating new players...
Once a strength, plenty of questions for Steelers WR group in 2020
For myriad reasons, it seems like a lifetime ago. But it was only 17 months ago the Pittsburgh Steelers had what seemed to be the envy of the NFL in regards to wide receivers corps. A 1-2 punch that would combine for 215 catches, 2,723 yards and 22 touchdowns that...
JuJu Smith-Schuster predicts ‘great year’ for Steelers, personal atonement vs. RavensVideo
For the second time in a span of seven regular-season games, JuJu Smith-Schuster fumbled away a likely Pittsburgh Steelers victory last October. The memories from that Oct. 6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens linger for Smith-Schuster. During a segment on NFL Network on Friday, the wide receiver said it fueled...
Penn State’s Shane Simmons finds positives amid uncertaintyVideo
The loss of the time spent bonding with teammates has been the gain of priceless family time. Missing on-field work for the purpose of fine-tuning skills for the best senior season possible is difficult, but the abundance of free time has allowed for personal exploration into newfound hobbies. For Penn...
Rookie Antoine Brooks: Steelers assistant Tom Bradley ‘one of the most perfect coaches’Video
In the moments after the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Antoine Brooks in the sixth round last month, one of Brooks’ position coaches gushed about the former Maryland safety. A couple of weeks later, Brooks, likewise, had some good things to say about his new coaches. “They both have got my time,”...
Shaka Toney’s turn to serve as Penn State leader, provide NFL-caliber pass rush
Shaka Toney didn’t take long to make a positive first impression on his new position coach. So imagine what some of Toney’s Penn State teammates who have known him for three or four years think about him. “He’s well respected among our teammates,” Nittany Lions cornerback Tariq Castro-Fields said, “so...
Even without lead ‘Wild Dog,’ Penn State D-line expects to remain strength
Two of last year’s most prominent Wild Dogs have moved on from Penn State. The leader of the pack has, too. But the Nittany Lions defensive line believes it can still be dogged. Plenty of talent remains at defensive end and tackle for Penn State in 2020, even if a...
‘I’m Pittsburgh through and through’ — James Conner says it would be hard to leave SteelersVideo
After excelling at high-level football in Pittsburgh since 2013, James Conner might be in his final year of playing for the Steel City. The running back and Erie native is entering the final year of his contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. During an appearance on a podcast hosted by ESPN’s...
Steelers RB, cancer survivor James Conner ‘not concerned’ about playing in covid-19 age
James Conner might be the only member of the Pittsburgh Steelers who has worn a surgical mask while doing football workouts long before anyone heard of covid-19. But Conner’s status as a cancer survivor is causing him zero additional anxiety and puts him at no additional risk if and when...
Forbes: Steelers to lose more than $156 million in stadium revenue if there are no fansVideo
As sports leagues around the world stage events without fans, the clock is ticking on the scheduled start of the NFL’s 2020 season. And if the coronavirus pandemic dictates empty stadiums in the fall, that would put a significant dent in team revenues. According to Forbes.com, the NFL would lose...
Rookie RB Anthony McFarland’s size not a deterrent in Steelers’ plans for him
The NFL’s leading rusher last year in the regular season and postseason stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 247 pounds. The NFL often is a copycat league, but the incoming class of rookie running backs has little resemblance to the Tennessee Titans’ Derrick Henry. Of the 16 running backs taken in last...
Left to improvise, Steelers’ Zach Banner shows off workout with laundry detergentVideo
With NFL team facilities deemed off-limits to players, rookies and veterans alike are left to improvise in an effort to stay in shape and keep their bodies prepared for the rigors of professional football. For Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Zach Banner, his alternate weightlifting regimen involves laundry detergent. In an...
Early lines say Steelers favored in 10 games, underdogs in 6; Ravens favored in all 16
Now that the NFL scheduled is set, the game-by-game betting lines are out. By the odds, the Pittsburgh Steelers are projected to go 10-6. The Steelers are favored in 10 of their 16 scheduled games in 2020, according to BetOnline.ag. The Steelers are underdogs in road games at the Tennessee...
Fear the turtle: Maryland developing strong pipeline to Steelers
There is no truth to the rumor the Great Allegheny Passage biking and hiking trail that runs southeast from Pittsburgh was forged by a convoy of future Steelers. But in recent years, it seems as if it could have been. The Steelers have taken three University of Maryland players over...
Steelers announce dates, times for preseason games
The NFL’s two all-time leading passers are scheduled to be at Heinz Field in August. Not that they are expected to play, though — if the games are played at all. The Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday announced the dates and times for their full preseason schedule. The two annual home...
Steelers rookies getting creative in finding weightrooms, fields, other facilities
In a typical year, the newest Pittsburgh Steelers — those drafted and signed as rookie free agents — would have access to a state-of-the-art weight room; four on-site, pristinely maintained, full-sized football fields (one of them, under a climate-controlled roof); and a professional staff of athletic trainers, physicians, strength and...
Steelers top picks likely to be seen more on special teams than offense/defense as rookiesVideo
It’s an annual rite of spring for the Pittsburgh Steelers: Coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Kevin Colbert sit down for remarks to the media about their newest top draft pick. And while this year’s gushing over superlatives and complimentary scouting reports were not about a first-round pick but a...
New assistants Ike Hilliard, Matt Canada face unique challenges prepping Steelers rookies
The two new faces on the Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff for this season work with the skill positions on offense. It just so happens two of their first three draft picks play skill positions on offense. In the midst of this peculiar offseason, relationship-building between coaches and players isn’t conventional....
Rookie Chase Claypool has only Steelers jersey among top 140 sellers on NFL site
The Pittsburgh Steelers remain one of the NFL’s most popular franchises. That, though, is not currently reflected in the league’s jersey sales. Only one Steelers jersey was among the top 147 sellers listed on the NFL’s official apparel website Monday. That was of rookie receiver Chase Claypool, whose black (home)...
Steelers’ Anthony McFarland ‘idolizes’ Le’Veon Bell, but will forge own path as No. 26Video
He’s been given high praise on a national stage by a legend at his position. A college teammate who’s joined him in the pros can’t say enough good things about him. A prominent new teammate has taken a liking to him, and he has quite the “in” with a notable...
Recently retired Ramon Foster a guest speaker at Steelers virtual rookie minicamp
Eleven years ago, Ramon Foster took part in the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp as an undrafted offensive lineman desperate to earn a job. Foster not only did that, he became a starter throughout the course of his career, the past several seasons of which as a sage left guard on...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin: No team facilities should open until all NFL team facilities can open
Even if Allegheny County’s “yellow light” turns green, that will have little to do with if the Pittsburgh Steelers can get back to the football field. At least, that’s Mike Tomlin’s opinion. The Steelers coach said Saturday he believes no NFL teams should be permitted access to their facilities until...
Coaches exposing him to ‘a lot,’ but Steelers rookie Antoine Brooks’ first focus is safetyVideo
Antoine Brooks appealed to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the draft because of his versatility. Less than two weeks into his pro career, that remains true. But it’s his given position — safety — that is Brooks’ primary focus during this weekend’s virtual rookie minicamp. “(Coaches) have let me know a...
Steelers captains reach out to rookies from afar
It can be difficult enough assimilating into an NFL locker room as a rookie. Doing it during a worldwide pandemic that prevents any in-person meeting? Even harder. The Pittsburgh Steelers rookie class hasn’t even met each other — let alone their veteran teammates. But two draft choices who spoke with...
