Steelers/NFL category, Page 157
Slowly being eased into a role, rookie CB Joey Porter Jr. impresses veteran Steelers teammatesVideo
Joey Porter Sr. couldn’t contain his excitement. In the postgame locker room late last Monday, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin noted that two players at Porter’s former position had scored touchdowns that night. “When both of them score,” Porter Sr. said of the Steelers’ starting outside linebackers, “how can you...
Steelers visit Raiders aiming to end road drought against silver and black
The last time the Pittsburgh Steelers went on the road and defeated their AFC nemesis that wears silver and black, the hot new product in the home entertainment market was the DVD. “Toy Story” was going strong in theaters, and “Jumanji” was set to be released. “ER,” “Seinfeld” and “Friends”...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Steelers have chance to fix Kenny Pickett against Raiders’ defense
Kenny Pickett’s arm is all over the place. He too often looks rattled. The swag and moxie of the preseason are gone. Pickett must be fixed. There’s no time like the present. The Las Vegas Raiders are allowing an 81.6% completion rate to opposing passers after two games. Seventy-one throws,...
Steelers 4 Downs: Most rushing plays gain 1 yard or fewer, but George Pickens delivering YAC
1. Running backward The struggles in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ running game have been well noted. After all, through two weeks of the season the team had the second-fewest rushing yards (96) and sixth-worst yard per attempt (3.1) in the NFL. But it is actually via a superlative that perhaps the...
Steelers lug league-worst run defense into matchup with yet another elite RB in Josh Jacobs
Over the 98 previous games the Pittsburgh Steelers had played heading into the start of this season, they allowed exactly two opponent rushing plays of at least 65 yards. That number has been matched just two games into this season. It goes without saying among the Steelers defense that the...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt unconcerned with how analytics evaluate him vs. other top edge rushers
After a week in which comparisons between T.J. Watt and Myles Garrett became common among fans because some of them found the conclusions on the topic unearthed by advanced analytics to be … curious … Watt was in no mood to offer his opinions. On his relative worth to Garrett...
Elijah Riley, Isaiahh Loudermillk forced to take on bigger roles on Steelers defense
Each was thought to have spent training camp on the active roster bubble. Each made the team with expectations to play a bit role for the Pittsburgh Steelers defense. And by the end of the second game of the regular season, each was asked to play a significantly more visible...
Gunner Olszewski out, but all other Steelers on active roster cleared to play vs. Raiders
After missing the entire week of Pittsburgh Steelers practice, Gunner Olszewski was officially deemed out of Sunday night’s game at the Las Vegas Raiders. But no other Steelers on the active roster will be prevented from playing, according to the final status report of the week. Olszewski was in NFL...
Tim Benz: Penguins look for smoother jump from offseason hope to regular season reality than Steelers have endured
The Steelers and Penguins have followed very similar paths of late. Last year marked the first time that both Pittsburgh teams missed the playoffs in the same year since 2006. But as Omar Khan ran his first full offseason as Steelers general manager and Kyle Dubas took over as president...
Friday Football Footnotes: Steelers-Raiders looks like a game where numbers are telling the story
As the Pittsburgh Steelers head out to Las Vegas to play the Raiders on Sunday night, the game is one in which a lot of the numbers going into the matchup seem to tell the story. I understand the whole “there are lies, damned lies, and statistics” belief. Frequently in...
First Call: Browns DB refuses to pile on Minkah Fitzpatrick; injury updates from Vegas, Houston
At least one Cleveland Brown refuses to pile on Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick after his “Monday Night Football” hit on Nick Chubb. We have injury updates on both of the next two opponents for the Steelers in Las Vegas and Houston. Plus, Gerrit Cole shines for the New York...
Steelers injury report: Damontae Kazee returns to full practice, Markus Golden remains limited
Minkah Fitzpatrick, Damontae Kazee, Markus Golden and Darnell Washington returned to Pittsburgh Steelers practice Thursday after missing the previous day’s session, but Gunner Olszewski and Larry Ogunjobi remained absent from drills. Safety Fitzpatrick (chest), outside linebacker Golden (knee) and tight end Washington (knee) each were listed on Thursday’s practice report...
Steelers’ Joey Porter Jr. to stay in dime role — ‘If he earns it, then we’ll give him more’
Teryl Austin had one word to describe the play rookie cornerback Joey Porter Jr. made on the final Pittsburgh Steelers defensive snap of Monday night’s game. “Outstanding,” Austin said, adding a laugh. After all, on face value, preventing the Cleveland Browns’ Donovan Peoples-Jones from securing a first-down catch on a...
With Steelers’ offense off to slow start, Matt Canada responds to fan criticism
Because he was wearing a headset in the coaching box, Matt Canada didn’t directly hear the fans at Acrisure Stadium chanting for his dismissal in the fourth quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 26-22 win against the Cleveland Browns on Monday. Given the way his offense has played in the first...
Steelers’ Minkah Fitzpatrick: ‘Nothing I would do differently’ on tackle that injured Nick Chubb
Minkah Fitzpatrick has seen and heard that some have been calling him a dirty player. That he delivered a dirty hit during Monday night’s game. Or that he was out to deliberately injure Cleveland Browns star running back Nick Chubb. Fitzpatrick, the Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro safety, has a simple answer...
Tim Benz: Mike Tomlin wants Steelers offense ‘fast and fluid’ — there’s 1 theory that may help
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin offered an accurate assessment of his team’s offense during his weekly press conference. “We’ve got to get that mojo that we had in the preseason, where we’re playing fast and fluid with confidence, individually and collectively. We’ve lost that, to be blunt, in the last...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans amped up about booing of Matt Canada, Kenny Pickett’s play, Minkah Fitzpatrick’s hit on Nick Chubb
I’m sure that many of you think that “U mad, bro?” hit its zenith last week after the Pittsburgh Steelers lost 30-7 in Week 1. Nay! When these Steelers lose that badly, sometimes it’s hard to comb through the voluminous amounts of reader interactions I get that are just so...
First Call: Ex-NFL GM says Matt Canada not qualified to be coordinator; injury news for next 2 Steelers opponents
Thursday’s “First Call” has some damning quotes about Steelers offensive coordinator Matt Canada from an ex-NFL general manager with Pittsburgh ties. More tough injury news for Nick Chubb. Las Vegas receiver Davante Adams, who is preparing to play the Steelers on Sunday night, isn’t happy about the blow to the...
Darnell Washington, Damontae Kazee, Markus Golden injury-report additions for Steelers
Veteran edge defender Markus Golden, safety Damontae Kazee and rookie tight end Darnell Washington did not practice Wednesday, according to the injury report released by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kazee was listed as having a calf injury, and Washington and Golden were listed as having a knee ailment four days prior...
Steelers promote DT Breiden Fehoko, sign RB Godwin Igwebuike
The Pittsburgh Steelers made a pair of moves to replenish their active roster, signing defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko off their own practice squad and adding running back Godwin Igwebuike via the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad. Fehoko signed in March but was part of final roster cuts off of a deep...
‘We’re not executing right now’: Steelers frustrated by another slow start to running game
The way the Pittsburgh Steelers have crawled out of the gate with the running game might conjure memories of last season, when the backs didn’t find their collective footing until the second half of the campaign. Through two games, the Steelers have totaled 96 rushing yards, second fewest in the...
For his role in 2 Steelers’ defensive TDs, Alex Highsmith named AFC defensive player of weekVideo
No player — offense or defense — was more impactful Monday in creating points for the Pittsburgh Steelers than Alex Highsmith. For his efforts that night during a win against the Cleveland Browns, Highsmith was named AFC defensive player of the week. Highsmith scored the game’s first points on the...
Hines Ward, James Harrison among 10 ex-Steelers nominated for Hall of Fame induction
Two-time Super Bowl-winning stars Hines Ward and James Harrison headline 10 former Pittsburgh Steelers players among 173 modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Ward is the Steelers’ leader in career receptions with 1,000. Harrison was the franchise’s career sacks leader before being bypassed Monday...
Steelers rookies visit kids at UPMC Children’s Hospital
A day after coming off a “Monday Night Football” victory over the Cleveland Browns, several rookies for the Pittsburgh Steelers took time to visit patients at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. The players spent time Tuesday afternoon playing games and doing crafts with children and their families in the Fred...
Mark Madden: Steelers’ lack of accountability abounds
The Pittsburgh Steelers have no accountability. We saw that Monday night in a big way. Gunner Olszewski committed one of the dumbest plays ever. He fielded a kickoff at the 9-yard line near the sideline midway through the first quarter, inexplicably toe-tapping to momentarily stay in bounds. Like he was...
