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Steelers vs. Jets: What they’re saying in New York after win
Surrounded by amped-up Kenny Pickett fans, opposing quarterback Zach Wilson was undaunted. The Pittsburgh Steelers home crowd spent the afternoon chanting “Ken-ny, Ken-ny.” Wilson snagged the glory away from Pickett and his hyped fans. The New York Jets quarterback marched his team down the field for a game-winning drive that...
First Call: JuJu Smith-Schuster’s eye-catching quote about Steelers; Diontae Johnson says 2022 a ‘rebuilding year’
We have some very revealing quotes about the Pittsburgh Steelers from JuJu Smith-Schuster, Minkah Fitzpatrick and Diontae Johnson. Plus, a former Pitt Panthers football coach has been fired. All that in Monday’s “First Call.” So what are you trying to say, JuJu? Melissa Stark of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” had...
Madden Monday: Steelers ‘have to stay with (Kenny) Pickett now’
In a perfect world, the Pittsburgh Steelers would’ve inserted Kenny Pickett into a more advantageous situation than he found himself Sunday. He wouldn’t have been put into a game with the team at 1-2, trailing at halftime, staring at a four-game slog of a schedule against teams that are currently...
Airing of Grievances: Defensive demise, ill-timed interceptions undermine Kenny Pickett’s Steelers debut in loss to Jets
There was plenty of bluster, hoopla and emotional peaks during the debut game for Pittsburgh Steelers rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium. In the end, however, all it amounted to was a home loss to the stinkin’ New York Jets — for just the second time in...
Rookie Kenny Pickett leads Steelers to edge of victory in NFL debut
Kenny Pickett wanted to do two things in making his NFL debut Sunday: play with an edge and get a win. He certainly achieved the former, even if he would have prioritized the latter. “I just play with an edge. That’s something that I wanted to bring to the table,”...
Monaca man dies after falling from Acrisure Stadium escalator at Steelers game
Pittsburgh police are investigating the death of a Monaca man who fell from an escalator inside Acrisure Stadium at Sunday’s game between the Steelers and the New York Jets. Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said the incident happened at 4:45 p.m., and paramedics provided the man with medical treatment on scene...
Mitch Trubisky ‘disappointed,’ did not expect to be benched as Steelers QB
Mitch Trubisky’s postgame session with media Sunday was relatively short, his answers concise. Kind of like the way he found out he’d been benched while in that same Pittsburgh Steelers locker room. “He said, ‘8’s in,’ at halftime,” Trubisky said of how Mike Tomlin let him know that Kenny Pickett...
Steelers’ Terrell Edmunds in concussion protocol, 3 other defensive starters evaluated for injury
Four Pittsburgh Steelers starters on defense suffered injuries during Sunday’s 24-20 loss to the New York Jets, including three members of the secondary. Early indications, though, are it’s possible none are serious. Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and cornerback Cameron Sutton had knee and hamstring injuries, respectively. But each finished the game...
Kenny Pickett replaces Mitch Trubisky, but Jets rally past Steelers on late TD
Cameron Heyward walked with a limp. His elbow was hurting, too. The biggest bruise the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive captain felt Sunday, though, was to his ego. The Steelers defense, which was supposed to be so dominant this season, wilted down the stretch once again, giving up two touchdowns in the...
Ex-Steelers LB Ryan Shazier: players should police teammates when it comes to concussions
By all indications, Ryan Shazier is content and happy with his life. Accompanied by his wife and son at Acrisure Stadium for Pittsburgh Steelers alumni weekend festivities, the former Pro Bowl linebacker spoke about how his life now is fulfilled by being a father, husband and business owner. “Obviously, my...
Kenny Pickett makes NFL debut, replaces Mitch Trubisky as Steelers QB to begin 2nd half vs. Jets
The Kenny Pickett era is underway. Pickett, the former Pitt star and first-round pick in April, made his NFL debut to begin the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first offensive possession of the second half of Sunday’s home game against the New York Jets. The Steelers managed just six points in the first...
After yearlong battle, Steelers great Terry Bradshaw says he is cancer-free
Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw, who helped guide the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowls in six years in the 1970s, revealed Sunday he battled two forms of cancer over the past year but now is cancer-free. A longtime analyst on “Fox NFL Sunday,” Bradshaw announced on the pregame...
Former Pitt, Jets, Steelers offensive lineman Jim Sweeney dies at age 60
Jim Sweeney, who left his mark on Western Pennsylvania football as a teenager and later became a durable and reliable offensive lineman for Pitt, the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers, died Saturday. He was 60. Sweeney helped Seton LaSalle win its first WPIAL title in 1979 while compiling a...
Joe Greene ready to welcome Franco Harris into Steelers’ exclusive retired number fraternity
Joe Greene sees no reason why the Pittsburgh Steelers shouldn’t be retiring Franco Harris’ No. 32 in December on the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception. “Before Franco, we hadn’t done very much,” Greene said. “After Franco, we didn’t do much, either. But during Franco, we did a lot.” Greene...
Rookie ILB Mark Robinson remains a Sunday inactive for Steelers
Aside from an injury and previously-announced change in practice-squad call-ups, the Pittsburgh Steelers have largely kept their list of Sunday inactives the same through four games this season. That remained true Sunday for the game against the New York Jets, meaning rookie seventh-round pick Mark Robinson still has yet to...
Steelers elevate Anderson, Jackson from practice squad; Okorafor escapes fine by NFL
On Saturday, the Pittsburgh Steelers added reinforcements from the practice squad to provide depth in the wake of injuries to outside linebacker T.J. Watt and cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon. Elevated to the 53-man roster were linebacker Ryan Anderson and cornerback Josh Jackson. They will be in uniform Sunday when the Steelers...
Steelers have overcome plenty of slow starts before in Mike Tomlin’s coaching tenure
Experience has taught Cam Heyward not to sweat a two-game losing streak in the first month of an NFL season. He’s been here before. So much so that he’s become somewhat of an expert on slow starts by the Pittsburgh Steelers. In nine of Heyward’s 12 seasons, the Steelers have...
Ex-Steeler Antonio Brown exposes himself in Dubai pool, per video
Controversy seems to follow Antonio Brown wherever he goes. That trend continued on Saturday, when the New York Post released videos from a May 14 incident at a Dubai hotel pool. Brown, who was apparently nude in the pool, is shown shoving his naked buttocks directly in the face of...
Steelers’ Cameron Heyward: Players need protection from themselves regarding concussions
In watching the Tua Tagovailoa head-injury saga play out this week, Cameron Heyward couldn’t help but think back to when some observers believed he’d suffered a concussion during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals. “But I had no symptoms or anything; I just got the wind knocked out of me,”...
Steelers’ Ahkello Witherspoon will not play vs. Jets; Minkah Fitzpatrick, Pressley Harvin cleared
Starting cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon did not practice again Friday and will not play for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. But star safety Minkah Fitzpatrick satisfied NFL concussion protocol and was cleared to play in their home game against the New York Jets. Witherspoon left last week’s loss at the Cleveland...
Najee Harris blames himself for the Steelers’ poor run game – and the stats say he’s right
Heading into his Week 4 game, Najee Harris ranks 32nd in the NFL in rushing yards and 45th in yards per carry. Unlike 82 other players across the league, Harris does not have a run that’s gained more than 11 yards. Not exactly the type of production the Steelers envisioned...
Najee Harris: There’s no discord inside Steelers offense, it’s media ‘who are breaking us up’
Some say the players are blaming the offensive coordinator. Some interpret comments from the wide receivers that they blame the quarterback. Seemingly everyone has, at one point, blamed the offensive line. But one of the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive captains strongly asserted Friday that there is no internal discord among those...
Mark Madden: Despite reputation, Mike Tomlin needs to be better for Steelers
Outside linebacker Melvin Ingram of the Miami Dolphins won AFC Defensive Player of the Month. Ingram played for the Pittsburgh Steelers last year until leaving after six games because he was unhappy with playing time. Coach Mike Tomlin granted Ingram his requested exit because, as Tomlin says, “We need volunteers,...
Hines Ward’s path to becoming NFL head coach starts in XFL
Hines Ward sees some Pittsburgh in San Antonio. Ward, who played his entire 14-year career with the Steelers and was MVP of their Super Bowl win over Seattle in 2006, is getting his first opportunity to be a head coach with San Antonio in the new XFL. The league relaunches...
NFL fans, players react to Tua Tagovailoa head injuryVideo
Former Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier was watching Thursday night when Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa left Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati on a stretcher. He quickly tweeted out a message of support. “(Prayers) for Tua. May god be with you and hopefully okay. The staff in UC hospital do a great...
