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Tim Benz: Additions to Steelers shouldn’t stop with Marquez Valdes-Scantling
If reports from ESPN are accurate, the Pittsburgh Steelers will soon sign wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Good. Any form of depth will help that position. They are seven games into the 2025 NFL season, and Steelers wide receivers not named DK Metcalf have combined for 25 catches. Valdes-Scantling has a...
First Call: Ex-Steelers rip ‘patsy’ defense; central figure in Steelers-Raiders rivalry, George Atkinson, dies
In Tuesday’s “First Call,” we hear from former Pittsburgh Steelers who are fed up with the franchise’s poor defensive effort. We remember the role of George Atkinson in the Steelers-Raiders rivalry. It’s time for chapter 1 of Penguins-Flyers for 2025-26. And Game 3 of the World Series was one for...
Steelers need to correct TE debacle before facing Colts’ Tyler Warren
Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth isn’t the least bit surprised at the success Indianapolis Colts rookie Tyler Warren is having in his first NFL season at the position. “They do a good job of setting him up on play action. Getting him out to the flat, getting him in...
Steelers expected to sign veteran WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling after workout
After working out one of Aaron Rodgers’ former wide receivers Monday, the Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly are signing him to a contract. Marquez Valdes-Scantling had a tryout at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, and it went well enough that the Steelers plan to add him to the roster, according to ESPN. With...
Steelers looking for solutions at safety after latest injury to starter DeShon Elliott
Chuck Clark was haunted by the 24-yard touchdown he gave up to Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft in the fourth quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 35-25 loss Sunday night. The score with 10 minutes, 57 seconds left put the Packers up by 10 points as they rallied from...
LB Payton Wilson takes on new role as interim Steelers special teams captain
Just 23 games into his NFL career, Payton Wilson has already been assigned a formal leadership role with the Pittsburgh Steelers. An inside linebacker by trade, Wilson has taken on the role of special teams captain for the remainder of the season following the season-ending knee injury suffered by erstwhile...
305-pound Steelers OL Spencer Anderson revels in reception, possible upcoming start at guardVideo
After dutifully running his inward-facing palms up and down over his chest toward the referee to signal he was reporting as an eligible receiver, the last thing that Spencer Anderson thought Sunday night was that he would end up as, well, an eligible receiver. “When I came in, I figured...
5 things we learned: Yards, points being accumulated against Steelers at alarming rate
Five things we learned from Packers 35, Steelers 25: 1. History lesson When coach Mike Tomlin said in the preseason that his defense had a chance to be historic, he didn’t know how insightful his words would be. Just not the way Tomlin intended, of course. The Steelers’ defense has...
Mark Madden: Aging stars, lack of splash plays expose Steelers’ ‘historic’ defense
The Steelers’ defensive weaknesses are easily defined. That “historic” defense can’t do anything. The NFL’s highest-paid defense can’t tackle or cover. Can’t stop the run or pass. All of its big names are past their primes and fading. The Steelers don’t know how to fix that defense. Don’t know what...
Steelers vs. Packers: What they’re saying in Green Bay after win
Jordan Love is the star of the show in Green Bay after his Packers rallied for a second-half victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press Gazette called the performance the “best game of (Love’s) young career” in his write-up of the game. “Love...
Madden Monday: ‘Unfixable’ Steelers defense the result of ‘a team with no cutting edge in its decision-making’
After another poor defensive performance against the Green Bay Packers during a 35-25 loss Sunday night, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense is now giving up 386 yards per game. That ranks 30th in the NFL. In this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden of 105.9 The X and TribLive says there...
First Call: Rumored asking price for potential WR trade target; Steelers face huge RB challenge next week
Monday’s “First Call” has some details about a rumored trade target for the Pittsburgh Steelers. We recap the AFC North’s scattered day. The Steelers have a massive test coming up next week. There are more details about the dismissal of an assistant coach the Penguins interviewed during the offseason. And...
Airing of Grievances: Another defensive disaster, 3rd-down deficiencies define Steelers’ loss to Green Bay
After the Pittsburgh Steelers (4-3) lost to the Green Bay Packers (5-1-1) by a final score of 35-25 Sunday night, a reporter asked Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin what his message was to the players. “Not a lot to talk about,” Tomlin replied. “We say little when we win, we...
Steelers’ Aaron Rodgers gets the feels — but not a win — facing former team, Packers
Aaron Rodgers chatted with plenty of longtime friends. He proudly watched a protégé perform at a high level. He even heard a familiar chant. What Rodgers didn’t to do in his highly anticipated first meeting against the team he long starred for? Win. Rodgers compiled good numbers, but his Pittsburgh...
Steelers lose S DeShon Elliott, DT Daniel Ekuale to ‘significant’ knee injuries
Adding injury to the insult of getting torched for 454 yards in defeat Sunday night, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense lost a pair of contributors to what were termed “significant” knee injuries. Most notably, starting strong safety DeShon Elliott suffered what appeared to be a painful injury to his right knee...
Steelers give up lead in 2nd half, lose at home to Packers
Aaron Rodgers was on track to beat his former employer and become the fifth quarterback in NFL history to have victories against all 32 teams. Then came the second half. The Pittsburgh Steelers disintegrated after intermission at Acrisure Stadium, and it cost Rodgers a chance to join an exclusive quarterback...
Steelers-Packers notebook: Chris Boswell’s 7th game with multiple 50-plus yard FGs
Three Pittsburgh Steelers possessions and less than 18 minutes of play into Sunday night’s game, Chris Boswell already had converted a pair of long field goals. The Steelers’ 11-year veteran kicker, Boswell had successful kicks of 56 and 50 yards by the early portions of the second quarter of a...
Steelers debut new throwback uniform that’s heavy on yellow
Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers co-captain Cameron Heyward this week invoked the word “mustard” when describing the team’s new throwback uniforms. Teammate Juan Thornhill described them as “like a highlighter.” The best fellow defensive back Jalen Ramsey could say about them? “They’re different.” “It is what it is, though,” Ramsey said. Coach...
Steelers center Zach Frazier in uniform for game vs. Packers despite calf injury
Pittsburgh Steelers starting center Zach Frazier was in uniform for Sunday night’s game against the Green Bay Packers despite a calf injury suffered during the team’s most recent game. Frazier did not practice fully all week leading up to Sunday, merely taking the field in a limited capacity twice. He...
Acrisure Stadium worker severely injured in 50-foot fall from scoreboard
A worker at Acrisure Stadium was hospitalized with severe injuries Saturday night after falling about 50 feet from the main scoreboard, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Pittsburgh Police, EMS and fire crews were dispatched to the North Shore stadium around 10 p.m. for calls of a male worker who fell...
Steelers vs. Packers: Get ready for 2025 Week 8 matchup
For the second straight week, the Pittsburgh Steelers will have the attention of the nation in prime time when they host the Green Bay Packers on “Sunday Night Football.” Kickoff is set for 8:20 p.m. Sunday. The game will be broadcast on NBC, with Mike Tirico on play-by-play alongside analyst...
Aaron Rodgers joins list of elite passers to face his former NFL team when Steelers play Packers
Aaron Rodgers already has ruled out revenge as an incentive when he faces his former team, the Green Bay Packers, on Sunday night as the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He’s not even nostalgic about the matchup, noting it would be memorable if the venue were Lambeau Field instead of...
Scouting the Packers: Steelers opponent hasn’t won in Pittsburgh since 1970
SCOUTING THE PACKERS Last meeting Steelers beat Packers, 23-19, on Nov. 12, 2023, in Pittsburgh Key matchup Steelers front seven vs. Packers RB Josh Jacobs While Micah Parsons gets all the attention as a come-from-anywhere Green Bay pass rusher who must be accounted for, the player on offense who elicits...
Steelers 4 Downs: Targeting tight ends as much as wide receivers
1. Targeting tight ends More than one-third of the way through the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers are relying on tight ends for passing production more than any team in the NFL. The four-touchdown outburst from the tight ends corps during the Steelers’ most recent game Oct. 16 highlighted the emphasis...
The Parsons problem: Steelers must be versatile to slow Packers’ pass rush
One of the pleasant occurrences of the 2025 season for the Steelers has been the job that the offense did against Cleveland defensive lineman Myles Garrett. When the former Defensive Player of the Year came through Pittsburgh two weeks ago, he left with just two tackles, none for a loss,...
