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First Call: Aaron Rodgers biographer on QB’s waiting game; free-agent DL wants to join Steelers 
Monday’s “First Call” features a weekend recap of some Steelers notes, including an interesting take on Aaron Rodgers. A veteran defensive lineman wants to join the Steelers. We add some Pitt recruiting news, and we look at Terry Francona’s return to Pittsburgh with the Cincinnati Reds. Rodgers revelations In August...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Steelers will pay a price for waiting on Aaron Rodgers
I’m not one to predict the results of the Steelers’ season week-by-week when the schedule is released in May. That’s lazy media, and a lot can happen between now and when those games get played. But I will predict this: The Steelers will lose Week 1 at the New York...
Steelers’ undrafted free agent fullback DJ Thomas-Jones brings ‘passion and violence’ to position
Unhappy that DJ Thomas-Jones didn’t get all-conference recognition on the top three teams last season, his former teammates at South Alabama gave him a nice consolation prize. The 6-foot-2, 256-pound fullback had returned to school after NFL Draft preparations and was working out in the weight room this spring when...
On Sports: Chargers roast Steelers, Don Kelly reaches 1 week on the job as Pirates skipper 
In Friday’s On Sports, the Chargers landed a handful of creative jabs at the Steelers with their 2025 schedule release. Also, Pirates skipper Don Kelly reaches a week on the job while recently-signed Penguins forward Filip Hallander received a notable accolade from the Swedish Hockey League. Chargers roast Steelers The...
First Call: Kenny Pickett is the ‘front-runner’ in Cleveland; ex-Steeler DL checks out Cincinnati
It appears that ex-Pittsburgh Steeler Kenny Pickett is in “pole position” up in Cleveland. Another former Steeler may be in line for a job in Cincinnati. The Saints are not part of Aaron Rodgers’ equation. We have Pitt basketball recruiting news and the U.S. Open odds. All that in “First...
Ryan Clark urges Mike Tomlin to leave Steelers: ‘His voice has run stale’ 
Former Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark believes it is time for Mike Tomlin to step away from the team. Clark, who still believes Tomlin is ‘unfirable,’ says much like Andy Reid with the Philadelphia Eagles, Tomlin’s voice has gone stale in the locker room. Clark says Tomlin should leave the...
NFL schedule makers ‘tried to play it down the middle’ when weighing Steelers, Aaron Rodgers saga
It remains to be seen whether Aaron Rodgers will be the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback when they face his former team, the Green Bay Packers, on Oct. 26. The NFL schedule makers didn’t hesitate to give that matchup the prime-time treatment even while the 41-year-old quarterback remains unsigned amid weighing the...
First Call: Art Rooney II’s lone schedule complaint; NFL scheduling exec denies knowledge about Aaron Rodgers 
Thursday’s “First Call” has a complaint about the Steelers’ schedule from owner Art Rooney II. The NFL wants to add some clarity to the Aaron Rodgers angle. I’ve got an interesting quirk to the schedule that may impact your predictions. We also examine the struggles of Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds....
Steelers 2025 schedule breakdown, (non-outcome) predictions
With the fanfare befitting the modern NFL’s marketing behemoth, the 2025 schedule is out. The scheduled dates and times for 17 Pittsburgh Steelers games — eight at home, eight on the road and one at a neutral site — have been released. Predictions for winners in each can be found...
Rookie WRs Roc Taylor, Ke’Shawn Williams recognize the opportunity with Steelers 
It wasn’t lost on Roc Taylor that 11 days after he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Pittsburgh Steelers, they traded their top returning player at his position. While even the highly self-confident Taylor probably doesn’t envision he can immediately replace George Pickens, the big wide receiver from...
First Call: Steelers’ offense called most ‘depressing’ in NFL; Ben Roethlisberger on George Pickens trade
Wednesday’s “First Call” has Ben Roethlisberger’s reaction to the Steelers trading George Pickens. A former NFL QB says the Steelers’ offense is at the bottom of the NFL barrel. We monitor some potential free agent wide receiver movement. The Duquesne basketball team offers a scholarship to an interesting prospect, and...
Steelers to open season on road against Jets, Justin Fields, will close it at home vs. Ravens
For the 10th time in the past 11 years, the Pittsburgh Steelers will open the regular season on the road. For the first time in 23 years, they will close it with a home game against the Baltimore Ravens. The NFL unveiled the 2025 schedule Wednesday night, and for the...
Opponent, date set for Steelers game in Ireland this season
For an encore across the pond, it’s Steelers-Vikings again this autumn. The Minnesota Vikings will serve as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ opponent for the NFL’s first regular-season game in Ireland, the league announced Tuesday morning. The game is a rematch of the Steelers’ only prior meaningful game in Europe, when the...
Tim Benz: Can’t hold Steelers fans to a higher standard of QB logic than what the franchise has shown
If the Steelers aren’t going to use logic while building their quarterback depth chart, I suppose I shouldn’t be critical of the team’s fans for how they are responding to the instability at the position. That said, man, this Will Howard phenomenon sure is something, isn’t it? Howard was drafted...
First Call: Former Steelers WR thinks George Pickens is better than DK Metcalf; ex-Steeler DB joins Browns
Tuesday’s “First Call” has a less-than-glowing prediction about how things will go at the Steelers’ wide receiver position from a player who knows that spot well. A former Steeler has latched on with the Cleveland Browns. We track the movements of a potential free-agent target for the Steelers, and we...
Ticktock: Officials unveil 2026 NFL Draft countdown clock
Football fans wondering how long they have to wait until Pittsburgh hosts the 2026 NFL Draft can now stop by the North Shore for a to-the-second countdown. The 18-foot tall clock — now showing just over 346 days — sits in the sprawling lawn across from Stage AE. The massive...
Steelers add to RB room, sign Trey Sermon, Max Hurleman; also add massive rookie OT
To add to their running backs position room, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed a pair of intriguing players who couldn’t be of more disparate backgrounds. Among the three players signed off of tryouts at rookie minicamp this past weekend were two listed as running backs: Trey Sermon and Max Hurleman. Also...
First Call: Steelers reportedly make signings on offense; Pirates face top dogs in the NL East 
In Monday’s “First Call,” the Steelers have reportedly made two signings on offense. The Pirates are getting ready for some tough competition on their first road trip under Don Kelly as manager. And the Pacers are on the verge of an upset in the NBA’s Eastern Conference playoffs with some...
Madden Monday on the Steelers: ‘If you don’t care that you’re clueless, you keep on being clueless’
The epitaph on George Pickens’ career in Pittsburgh can’t truly be written until we see how things work out for him in Dallas. And wherever else he may go after that. But in this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden of TribLive and 105.9 The X says that shipping Pickens...
Tim Benz: Steelers must avoid familiar path at wide receiver
I’m 100% on board with the Steelers’ decision to trade George Pickens, even if they didn’t get the return I was hoping for from the Dallas Cowboys. “We discussed (with his agent) where things have been with George. Where they are, and where things could go with George. And this...
Steelers loaded up in draft on players from ‘best conference in football,’ says OLB Jack Sawyer
When Pittsburgh Steelers management set out to make the defense more physical this season, it probably wasn’t a coincidence that they targeted players from the Big Ten. The style of play associated with the Big Ten is of a gritty, hard-nosed variety. Contrast that to the glitz and glamour of...
Steelers notebook: Mike Tomlin gives rookie campers ‘introduction to the organization’
The three practice sessions, of course, are important. But to coach Mike Tomlin, rookie minicamp weekend is about so much more in regards to the newest (and the potentially newest) members of the Pittsburgh Steelers. “We got some on-field work and development of skill relative to the positions that they...
Steelers rookie camp notes: Veteran RB Trey Sermon a tryout, 4 ex-Pitt players attend
Four years after entering the NFL as a high-profile college player, Trey Sermon was among those invited to the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp this weekend on a mere tryout basis. Sermon was a third-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 2021 and has 42 games, five starts, 505 rushing...
Still grieving death of mother, Derrick Harmon trying to make most of Steelers rookie minicamp weekend
Derrick Harmon hasn’t gotten around to taking the customary tour of Pittsburgh that the Steelers’ first-round draft pick typically enjoys. He hasn’t eaten at Primanti Bros., taken the incline to the top of Mt. Washington or received a close-up view of Acrisure Stadium. Harmon, the defensive tackle from Oregon, returned...
Steelers’ Omar Khan: George Pickens trade ‘happened quickly,’ search for new WR2 ‘not even close’ to ’24 
As the NFL Draft progressed two weeks ago, Omar Khan took calls from teams asking about George Pickens. It wasn’t until 11 days after the draft ended, though, that Khan heard an offer appealing enough to accept. “It sort of happened quickly,” the Pittsburgh Steelers general manager said Friday in...


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