Chris Adamski stories, Page 152
Sean Davis again misses practice, stage setting for Kameron Kelly to start NFL debut for Steelers
The first injury report of the Pittsburgh Steelers season was brief. But it could lead to quite the storyline for their regular-season opener. Starting free safety Sean Davis did not participate in Wednesday’s practice because of an ankle injury suffered late in training camp. Although there are still two practices...
Xavier Grimble out to prove Steelers right not adding tight ends
Xavier Grimble wasn’t necessarily worried he might be a casualty during cutdown day this past weekend. But that didn’t mean the veteran tight end wasn’t keenly aware — too much so, for his liking — of what might have happened as the Pittsburgh Steelers set their 53-man roster. “I mean,...
Steelers notes: Ola Adeniyi returns to practice, Javon Hargrave up next for contract extension?
There will apparently be no repeat of last season when it comes to Ola Adneniyi and the injured reserve list. The second-year outside linebacker returned to Pittsburgh Steelers practice three weeks after undergoing a surgical procedure to repair a meniscus tear in his right knee. Adeniyi told reporters he felt...
Chris Boswell keeps same mindset in officially retaining Steelers’ kicking job, earning bonus
Chris Boswell had 2 million reasons to hold on to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ kicking job. He insists none of them factored in to him ultimately doing so. “If I’m thinking about money every time I am kicking,” Boswell said after the first practice of the regular season Monday, “something is...
Kameron Kelly sweats Steelers cutdown day, gets 1st-team reps 2 days later
The wild ride — and meteoric rise — continues for Kameron Kelly. A former Alliance of American Football player who was cut by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent last year, Kelly not only made the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 53-man roster, he could be in line to start their...
Steelers, cornerback Joe Haden agree to 2-year contract extension
A week before their self-imposed deadline, the Pittsburgh Steelers took care of their biggest — and perhaps only remaining — priority regarding locking up a player with a contract extension. Cornerback Joe Haden and the team agreed on a two-year, $22 million extension, a league source confirmed Sunday evening. Haden...
Steelers counting on Moncrief for more than on-field production
Donte Moncrief was sporting a bushy black beard when he reported to Saint Vincent for training camp six weeks ago. But when he looked around the Pittsburgh Steelers’ wide receivers room, it might have made him feel like a graybeard. Moncrief is no grizzled vet, but he is by far...
WPIAL alumni Trevon Mathis, Kevin Rader named to Steelers practice squad, Sutton Smith is not
WPIAL alumni Trevon Mathis and Kevin Rader were among the 10 players the Pittsburgh Steelers named to their season-opening practice squad Sunday. A cornerback from Woodland Hills High School and the University of Toledo, Mathis was back home in Homewood when he signed with the Steelers 2 ½ weeks ago....
Steelers’ Kameron Kelly carves out role in secondary
Less than three weeks after joining the Pittsburgh Steelers as part of a group of former AAF players, Kameron Kelly headed to UPMC Rooney Sports Complex to get in a workout. Kelly was new enough to the NFL that he didn’t even know the offseason rules — the collective bargaining...
Tuzar Skipper makes final case for Steelers roster in preseason finale
The late-April draft came and went. So, too, did a Kansas City Chiefs rookie minicamp tryout that Tuzar Skipper attended. And a CFL tryout for the Hamilton TigerCats. “They said I did pretty good,” Skipper said, referring to TigerCats management. “They were gonna call me back if I didn’t hear...
Steelers’ Diontae Spencer proving his playmaking translates from CFL
Thursday’s game might be the most important in regards to a potential NFL career in the life of Diontae Spencer. But as a two-time CFL All-Star who broke records with the Ottawa Redblacks and in college at McNeese State, it will take more than that to faze the 27-year-old Spencer....
Rookie DL Isaiah Buggs favored to make Steelers’ 53-man roster
As the No. 192 overall draft pick, rookie defensive end Isaiah Buggs wasn’t necessarily expected to make the Pittsburgh Steelers’ active roster. After all, none of the past three players taken at that draft spot made the 53-man roster when the regular season began. Five of the past six Steelers...
Trey Edmunds embraces last chance to show he should be a Steelers running back
Thursday will mark the end of the third NFL preseason for Trey Edmunds. It also will signify the conclusion of another training camp in which his status on cutdown day is in question. “It’s not my first rodeo,” the Pittsburgh Steelers running back said Tuesday, “so I’m kind of used...
Josh Dobbs uses speed to make case in Steelers’ No. 2 QB race
When Josh Dobbs cut, turned up the field and turned on the proverbial afterburners for a 36-yard gain during the second quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ preseason-opening win three weeks ago, eyebrows were raised. After all, Dobbs weaved in and out of Tampa Bay tacklers, made some Buccaneers defensive backs...
Steelers’ Diontae Johnson, Benny Snell eager to return to game actionVideo
After rookies Diontae Johnson and Benny Snell were held out of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ third preseason game, coach Mike Tomlin promised they would play in the ensuing game. The coach was proven a man of his word, as the third- and fourth-round picks confirmed Tuesday they will be in action...
Steelers claim CB Jhavonte Dean, waive/injured Brian Allen
Forty-eight hours before their preseason finale, the Pittsburgh Steelers swapped cornerbacks Tuesday. They claimed rookie Jhavonte Dean off waivers from the Cleveland Browns and waived/injured third-year player Brian Allen, a former fifth-round pick. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound Dean was waived four days after competing in his third preseason game for the...
Projecting the Steelers 53-man roster with cutdown day looming
Among the 91 players in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room this week, the most restless could be the likes of Sutton Smith and Tuzar Skipper, Fred Johnson and Zach Banner, Marcus Allen and Jordan Dangerfield. Or is it Kevin Rader and Zach Gentry, and Eli Rogers and Diontae Spencer? Rookies...
Report: Penn State, coach James Franklin, AD Sandy Barbour targets of lawsuit
Penn State, its football coach and athletic director are defendants in a lawsuit filed by a former physician employed to oversee the health of its football team, according to a report by PennLive.com. In the 43-page suit filed in eastern Pennsylvania, Dr. Scott A. Lynch claims Franklin “on multiple and...
Rookie TE Zach Gentry returns to Steelers practice after injury
Pittsburgh Steelers rookie Zach Gentry had a touchdown in his preseason debut. After missing his second game, the tight end apparently will get another chance in game No. 3. Gentry returned to practice in a full capacity Friday, and expects to play Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. “It felt good...
Energetic ex-Steelers DB William Gay standing out as coaching intern — for offense
The call came out during a training camp practices earlier this month from a fan lining the practice field at Saint Vincent. “Big play Willie Gay!” While standing along the sidelines of Chuck Noll Field, William Gay briefly turned around and said, “Naw, Coach William.” After 12 training camps as...
Francisco Cervelli pens love letter to Pittsburgh, ‘The city that captivated my heart’
A day after being released by the Pittsburgh Pirates, popular catcher Francisco Cervelli posted a message on social media directed at the city he called home for almost five years. It could best be described as a love letter. In a piece titled, “A letter to the city of Pittsburgh...
‘Dream come true’ playing for Steelers for Chartiers Valley, Duquesne alum Christian Kuntz
Christian Kuntz took a few moments to look around during on-field stretches at Heinz Field on Saturday. “I did a couple extra turns to look around and see everything,” Kuntz said of the pregame for the Pittsburgh Steelers game against the Kansas City Chiefs. “It was pretty cool being on...
Steelers sign OLB Jayrone Elliott, waive injured defensive lineman Lavon Hooks
Jayrone Elliott was picking his son up from a suburban Dallas day care Wednesday afternoon when his phone rang. “It was one of the (Pittsburgh Steelers) scouts,” Elliott said Thursday, “and it’s funny because they asked me if I wanted to play football still. And I said, ‘Hell yeah.’” About...
As historic slump worsens, Pirates’ Clint Hurdle faces question about his job securityVideo
For perhaps the first time during his nine years as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Clint Hurdle was forced to confront a public question about his job security. After another lopsided defeat — 11-1 to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday — Hurdle was asked if he is concerned his job...
Nationals tag Joe Musgrove early in dismantling of PiratesVideo
After a one-night reprieve, the free-fall continues. A six-run third inning did in starter Joe Musgrove, and the Pittsburgh Pirates managed just three singles off of Washington starter Patrick Corbin in an 11-1 Nationals win Wednesday night. It was the Pirates’ 29th loss in 37 games since the All-Star break,...
