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On 1st day of meetings led by Eddie Faulkner, Steelers offense presses forward
Like during nine of the previous 11 Wednesdays before it (not counting their Thursday night game or the bye week), this particular Wednesday featured a full offensive meeting for the Pittsburgh Steelers. This particular one, though, differed from all the others — and not because it was Thanksgiving Eve. New...
Kenny Pickett hated to see Matt Canada lose job, but quickly shifts focus to next Steelers challenge
Quarterback Kenny Pickett hasn’t had much time to digest the change in Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinators, the shift from Matt Canada to the Eddie Faulkner-Sullivan duo. The rhythm of the NFL schedule hasn’t permitted it. On Wednesday, a day after Steelers coach Mike Tomlin fired Canada following 44 games as...
Minkah Fitzpatrick remains out, George Pickens misses practice for Steelers
To open up a fourth consecutive week of game preparation since suffering a hamstring injury, Minkah Fitzpatrick once again was unable to take part in a Pittsburgh Steelers practice. The All Pro safety sat out Wednesday’s session, according to the league-mandated injury report. Fitzpatrick has not played since an Oct....
In wake of NFL Week 11 honor, Jaylen Warren doesn’t foresee changes to Steelers run game
For everyone advocating wholesale changes to the Pittsburgh Steelers offense in the wake of the firing of coordinator Matt Canada, running back Jaylen Warren reminds that in some aspects, they don’t want to change anything at all. The rushing offense is on a proverbial heater. The past three games have...
5 outside candidates the Steelers could consider as next offensive coordinator
If history is any indication, the Pittsburgh Steelers will promote from within when they hire a permanent offensive coordinator in the offseason. Until then, the interim duo of Eddie Faulkner and Mike Sullivan will have seven games with which to prove their candidacy. Faulkner has the official title of offensive...
Steelers players react to firing of Matt Canada: ‘It’s sad. He’s a great guy’
Just like coach Mike Tomlin said they did in the hours after firing offensive coordinator Matt Canada on Tuesday morning, most Pittsburgh Steelers players received the news the same way many fans did. “I found out,” tight end Pat Freiermuth said, “on social media.” Freiermuth, first and foremost, reacted more...
Steelers sign veteran ILB Blake Martinez to active roster
The Pittsburgh Steelers added another veteran option to their depleted inside linebackers group with the signing of Blake Martinez announced Wednesday. Martinez, 29, has appeared in 84 NFL regular-season games with 78 starts since turning pro in 2016. He led the league in tackles for the Green Bay Packers in...
First Call: Odds on who may replace Matt Canada as Steelers offensive coordinator; potential ILB candidate for Steelers
Wednesday’s “First Call” gives us some odds to track when it comes to replacing Matt Canada as the Steelers offensive coordinator. We also get another inside linebacker candidate for the team and take a look at Sunday’s officiating crew in Cincinnati. Plus, there’s a preview of the Duquesne and Pitt...
Tim Benz: Matt Canada fired now so Mike Tomlin can protect Kenny Pickett
At Mike Tomlin’s weekly news conference Tuesday, the Steelers coach received a lot of questions about Matt Canada’s firing that essentially amounted to: “Why now?” Why — after 21⁄2 years of evidence that suggested Canada shouldn’t be an offensive coordinator in the NFL — did Tomlin finally terminate Canada’s role...
Steelers notes: No more ‘or’ between starter Broderick Jones and Chuks Okorafor at RT
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin initially was noncommittal about if the promotion of Broderick Jones was permanent. A pdf document sent out Tuesday made it official. Not that there was any question Jones would remain the Steelers’ starting right tackle for the remainder of the season. The rookie No. 14...
TribLive’s Tim Benz, Joe Rutter discuss Steelers firing of Matt Canada
For the first time since 1941, the Pittsburgh Steelers had an in-season firing of an assistant coach when Mike Tomlin announced Tuesday morning that offensive coordinator Matt Canada had been relieved of his duties. TribLive columnist Tim Benz and beat writer Joe Rutter discuss the Steelers’ decision on the Breakfast...
Steelers official depth chart moves Mykal Walker ahead of Mark Robinson at ILB
The Pittsburgh Steelers have a new starter at inside linebacker. Officially. And it’s not their old starter at inside linebacker. Mykal Walker was listed as the first-team left inside linebacker on the team’s depth chart distributed to media in advance of Sunday’s game at the Cincinnati Bengals. Walker joined the...
Eddie Faulkner, Mike Sullivan to share responsibilities after Steelers fire OC Matt Canada
The fallout from Mike Tomlin’s dismissal of Matt Canada as Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator means added responsibilities for two assistants on staff. Tomlin on Tuesday announced running backs coach Eddie Faulkner as offensive coordinator but named quarterbacks coach Mike Sullivan as the play-caller on game days. In essence, they will...
After firing Matt Canada, Mike Tomlin only focused on short-term results with QB Kenny Pickett
Mike Tomlin changed his offensive coordinator Tuesday. He has no plans to also make a switch at quarterback. Despite Kenny Pickett coming off one of his worst games statistically in his two-year career, he will remain the Steelers starter, Tomlin said at his weekly news conference. Asked why he remains...
‘All for it,’ Steelers fans praise Matt Canada firing
Steelers Nation was elated by Tuesday morning’s news that the struggling team fired offensive coordinator Matt Canada. “I don’t think he should have had the job in the first place,” said Billy Raught, 58, of Lower Burrell. “He wasn’t qualified.” Raught said he thinks the Steelers are worthy of a...
Unlike continuity at head coach, Steelers have checkered history with offensive coordinators
A franchise that is widely lauded for having three head coaches over the past 54 years, the Pittsburgh Steelers are on their third offensive coordinator over the past 34 months after the Tuesday firing of Matt Canada. Canada’s tenure lasted 44 games. Believe it or not, that’s only the fifth-shortest...
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin takes questions about firing Matt CanadaVideo
Mike Tomlin was expected to talk with reporters Wednesday about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ upcoming game at Cincinnati. However, his announcement Tuesday morning on “X” that Matt Canada had been relieved of his duties as offensive coordinator altered those plans. Statement from Coach Mike Tomlin: pic.twitter.com/kitcpLnyqF— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) November 21,...
Mark Madden: The Steelers’ scapegoat is gone, but will that make Kenny Pickett play better?
The Pittsburgh Steelers fired offensive coordinator Matt Canada. Now we find out who’s really been at fault for the Steelers’ scared, limp offense. Here’s thinking it hasn’t been Canada. Here’s betting we see more of the same. Will quarterback Kenny Pickett use the middle of the field now? Will Pickett...
Steelers fire offensive coordinator Matt Canada
Through two-and-a-half years of watching his offense plod along like it was mired in quicksand, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin remained steadfast that Matt Canada was the right fit at offensive coordinator. On Tuesday, two days after the Steelers produced just 10 points in a loss to a division rival,...
Cam Heyward, Steelers players hand out turkeysVideo
Guests of the Market at Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank received a big surprise on Monday morning when they were met with Pittsburgh Steelers Cam Heyward, Alex Highsmith, T.J. Watt, Larry Ogunjobi, Markus Golden, Isaiahh Loudermilk, Breiden Fehoko, Armon Watts and Jonathan Marshall handing out turkeys and helping people shop....
First Call: Diontae Johnson defends his route running; Ravens may get star tight end back
In Tuesday’s “First Call,” Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Diontae Johnson pipes up on social media. Ben Roethlisberger wonders what the Steelers offense was doing. Weekly honors were awarded for players and coaches at Pitt and Duquesne. The Baltimore Ravens may have room for optimism on the injury front. And Robert Morris...
Tim Benz: Developing QB dilemma just the latest internal Steelers contradiction
The 2023 Pittsburgh Steelers are a team chock-full of contradictions. • The entire premise of the offense is to seek victory by way of securing the football, avoiding turnovers and minimizing mistakes. But the offense is so conservative it can’t maintain possession and rarely threatens to score. • After a...
5 thing we learned: Steelers’ playoff odds don’t take a dent despite loss to Browns
Five things we learned from Browns 13, Steelers 10: 1. Win for losing Despite losing for the first time in three games, the Steelers had their chance of reaching the postseason increase to 70%, according to the New York Times playoff simulator. The simulator gives the Steelers a 14% chance...
Steelers bring back former starting ILB Myles Jack, add him to practice squad
A new (old) face is back in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room. Myles Jack, a 2022 starter for the team, was signed to the Steelers practice squad Monday. A veteran inside linebacker, Jack provides reinforcement at a position where the Steelers lost two of their three co-starters to season-ending injuries...
Stats, analytics show Steelers QB Kenny Pickett not throwing downfield
“Throw it deep!” It’s a cliched and over-simplified cry from fans and armchair quarterbacks who perpetually tend to believe their team’s QB isn’t “going long” enough and instead is merely “dinking-and-dunking.” But in the case of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Kenny Pickett on Sunday, it was true. The numbers show it,...
