Chris Adamski stories, Page 95
Despite mid-week injuries, Steelers’ Najee Harris and Kendrick Green will play vs. Lions
Despite an apparent mid-week foot injury, Pittsburgh Steelers workhorse running back Najee Harris will play in Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions. After he was listed as a limited participant at Thursday’s practice, Friday’s injury report had Harris as a full participant. Starting center Kendrick Green similarly was a Thursday...
Trai Turner emerges as respected, sage leader of young Steelers offensive line
Is 28 considered old? It’s all relative in life, and perhaps nowhere more than among the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offensive line. In the context of that inexperienced group, 28-year-old Trai Turner is a veritable pied piper of sage knowledge and insight. “We were all laughing because we were sitting on the...
Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool doesn’t practice
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool did not practice Wednesday, a day after coach Mike Tomlin said Claypool was undergoing an MRI to evaluate a toe injury. The workout was shortened and lightened to the point it was referred to as a walkthrough, and the participation designations were estimated as...
Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger says shoulder has been injured for several weeks
Among the hundreds of players’ names on respective injury reports for the 32 NFL teams last week, few (if any) listed three separate ailments under the “injury” heading of the status report. Typically, the player’s name is accompanied by the one body part that has an issue preventing him from...
Steelers notes: T.J. Watt continues on torrid sack pace
T.J. Watt made a significant impact on Monday night’s game – and achieved some milestones in the process for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Watt had his third career three-sack game in the win against the Chicago Bears, giving him 61 career sacks in 69 games. His two first-half takedowns of Justin...
Mike Tomlin moves past Bill Cowher into 2nd place in Steelers’ all-time coaching wins
Three months after Bill Cowher was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, his successor passed him in career victories. Mike Tomlin earned his 150th win as Pittsburgh Steelers head coach when his team defeated the Chicago Bears, 29-27, Monday night. That number carries more significance than a round...
Steelers vs. Bears: RB Anthony McFarland inactive for Steelers
A week after Anthony McFarland’s 2021 debut, the Pittsburgh Steelers running back was back in street clothes for a game. McFarland was announced as a healthy scratch for Monday night’s game against the Chicago Bears. The second-year speedster began the season on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury during...
Pine-Richland alum Kevin Rader activated by Steelers for game vs. Bears
After playing with just two active tight ends last week, the Pittsburgh Steelers ensured they’d have a third available to them for Monday night’s game against the Chicago Bears. Pine-Richland alumnus Kevin Rader was elevated from the practice squad, the team announced Monday afternoon. Headed into Monday, Rader’s prior NFL...
Steelers’ Najee Harris wants big workload, not worried about cumulative effects
When it comes to NFL running backs, some see it as a big problem. Najee Harris, though, views it as a problem for the “little.” Does the pounding accumulated over the course of a career harm high-volume running backs? There’s a school of thought that elite runners only have so...
Isaiahh Loudermilk making most of unexpected opportunity as rookie for Steelers
With the other two veteran starters at his position out longterm because of injury, Cameron Heyward is often playing alongside inexperienced players this season. Heyward is a two-time first-team NFL All Pro. To show how often, for example, Isaiahh Loudermilk is playing as a rookie, consider that Loudermilk (a fifth-round...
Steelers Four Downs: Offenses shifting from WRs to tight ends
1. Whither the WR? Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Keith Butler this week broached the subject of how NFL offenses have morphed over his two-decade tenure in the league. There was a gradual and significant increased emphasis put on speed and passing beginning roughly around the turn of the century. But...
Steelers vs. Bears: Chris Boswell cleared to play, Eric Ebron will not
The Pittsburgh Steelers finished last week’s game without a healthy kicker. They’ll enter prep for their next game with two. Chris Boswell emerged from a week of practice as cleared to play in Monday night’s home game against the Chicago Bears, per the league-mandated injury report released Saturday. Boswell was...
Steelers’ Minkah Fitzpatrick, Ben Roethlisberger will play Monday despite missed practice time
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and All Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick will play in Monday night’s game for the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach Mike Tomlin said, despite each missing practice time this week. Roethlisberger was listed as limited on the league-mandated injury report for practices on both Thursday and Friday. Fitzpatrick, Tomlin confirmed,...
More seasoned Taco Charlton willing to fill any role for Steelers
His birth name is Vidauntae, but he goes by “Taco” Charlton. Either, at this point, is better than what has seemingly become a permanent additional forename: “former first-round pick.” Or worse, “bust.” The newest member of the Pittsburgh Steelers 53-man roster insists his career story isn’t complete enough yet to...
Steelers K Chris Boswell limited, TE Eric Ebron does not practice
Three days after entering NFL concussion protocol, Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Chris Boswell was a limited participant at practice Thursday. Boswell endured a hard hit after releasing the ball on a fake field goal attempt during Sunday’s win at the Cleveland Browns. He did not return to that game and is...
‘All of us think we’re better than we are’ – Steelers wish Melvin Ingram well
On the day of the first Pittsburgh Steelers practice since the trade of disgruntled outside linebacker Melvin Ingram III, a prominent coach and teammate wished the veteran well. But defensive coordinator Keith Butler made clear that Ingram was never going to get his wish to surpass Alex Highsmith on the...
Steelers run defense faces another challenge in Bears
Moving on from one top-five rushing offense to another, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense insists it’s ready for the challenge. Eight days after limiting the Nick Chubb-led Cleveland Browns rushing offense to its third-lowest yardage production in any of its past 16 games, the Steelers next get a Chicago Bears attack...
Steelers RB Najee Harris named NFL offensive rookie of the month
He was the 24th overall pick, and among offensive players taken, he was 15th. Najee Harris was No. 1, though, in October. Harris was named the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Month for October, the league announced Thursday. The Pittsburgh Steelers running back amassed 480 yards from scrimmage and four...
Steelers trade disgruntled OLB Melvin Ingram to Chiefs for 6th-round pick
Melvin Ingram’s tenure with the Pittsburgh Steelers lasted all of six games. The team traded the reportedly disgruntled veteran outside linebacker to the Kansas City Chiefs for a sixth-round pick in next year’s draft. The deadline-day deal comes two days after Ingram, 32, was not in uniform for the Steelers’...
Penguins notes: Kasperi Kapanen demoted to 4th line, Brian Dumoulin practices on off side
Kasperi Kapanen took rushes on a fourth line during Pittsburgh Penguins practice Monday, and afterward coach Mike Sullivan’s assessment of Kapanen’s game this season was “inconsistent.” A former first-round pick of the Penguins who was traded, in part, for Phil Kessel and re-acquired, in part, for a first-round pick last...
Prospect P.O Joseph back in NHL, still very much in Penguins’ plans
His status as a significant part of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ future dates to the day he was acquired more than 28 months ago, which perhaps makes it seem to some as if P.O Joseph is aging out of “prospect” status. But Joseph is still an always-smiling 22-year-old, and he still...
Penguins’ Kris Letang returns to ice; Chad Ruhwedel, Marcus Pettersson covid confirmed
Kris Letang returned to the ice Monday after clearing NHL covid-19 protocols, but two other Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman were confirmed positive for the virus. Letang had served his 10 days of isolation after a positive test and was cleared by medical personnel after a screening for cardiomyopathy, coach Mike Sullivan...
Tough decisions pay off for Steelers after Chris Boswell’s injury
CLEVELAND — A 255-pound rookie punter… lining up to kick a game-winning field goal? Complete with a Hall of Fame quarterback performing the hold? If things had played out just a little bit differently, could that have been the dramatic ending of Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers-Cleveland Browns game? “We’ll never know,”...
Rookies on offense leave fingerprints all over Steelers’ win at Browns
CLEVELAND — Each of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ touchdowns during Sunday’s 15-10 win at the Browns was scored by a rookie. Each was made possible by two other members of the Steelers’ draft class. The careers of the Steelers’ 2021 rookie class are just beginning, but already the group is making...
Steelers notes: Defense does its job vs. Browns’ vaunted rushing attack
CLEVELAND – After Sunday’s 15-10 win against the Browns, Cameron Heyward was big on PG-13 language. Wearing a black-and-gold T-shirt that read “Get the (heck) to work,” the Pittsburgh Steelers veteran defensive lineman used a similar tone in describing how the defense contained the Browns’ vaunted rushing attack. “Stay in...
