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Madden Monday on Steelers training camp: ‘You have to have resources to have position battles’
The Pittsburgh Steelers don’t have a lot of position battles heading into training camp. That really shouldn’t be the case for a team that hasn’t won a playoff game in five years and barely made the postseason at 9-7-1 a year ago. But in this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark...
First Call: Le’Veon Bell’s boxing match on hold; new head coaching job for Hines Ward; Daniel Vogelbach’s Mets debut
Monday’s “First Call” relays some unfortunate news about Le’Veon Bell’s boxing match. Two former Pittsburgh Steelers are getting jobs in the coaching world. The Pirates are getting the Chicago Cubs while they are hot. And Daniel Vogelbach makes his first start as a New York Met against another former Pirate....
Steelers vow to get back to ‘the standard’ of stopping the run on defense
New year, new challenges for the Pittsburgh Steelers defense? Not so fast, says defensive line coach Karl Dunbar. While the Steelers theoretically will start with a clean slate when training camp opens Tuesday, Dunbar believes it wouldn’t be productive to ignore the fact the defense gave up the most rushing...
Steelers 2022 training camp positional breakdown: Specialists
The Pittsburgh Steelers report to 2022 training camp Tuesday. Here’s a look at each of the specialists on the roster. 9 CHRIS BOSWELL · 6-2 · 185 Firmly recognized as one of the NFL’s best kickers, Boswell is eligible for a contract extension as he enters the final year of...
Steelers 2022 training camp positional breakdown: Offense
The Pittsburgh Steelers report to 2022 training camp Tuesday. Here’s a look at each of the offensive players on the roster. Quarterbacks 10 MITCH TRUBISKY · 6-2 · 220 He’s quickly endeared himself to teammates and coaches so much so that despite proclamations that it’s an open competition, Trubisky has...
Steelers 2022 training camp positional breakdown: Defense
The Pittsburgh Steelers report to 2022 training camp Tuesday. Here’s a look at each of the defensive players on the roster. Defensive linemen 97 CAMERON HEYWARD · 6-5 · 295 Heyward has gotten better as his career has gone on. But at 33, how long will that last? He wants...
Steelers 2-a-days: Rookie Jaylen Warren in the mix at RB, Cody White for No. 4-5 WR
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2022 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, two per day, between June 11...
Tim Benz: Steelers may be a middle of the road team, but these aren’t middle of the road predictions
As the Pittsburgh Steelers head to training camp at Saint Vincent College, this is the time of year when many Pittsburgh media types (and fans) make a lot predictions about the upcoming season. Except the predictions usually aren’t too bold. They usually are couched with a bunch of “ifs” and...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Steelers have a method with rookies, so expect Kenny Pickett to be 3rd string
When the Steelers drafted Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett with the 20th selection in this year’s draft, a lot of you thought he might start. Not me. I said that if the Steelers drafted him, Pickett should start. But he won’t. I wouldn’t have drafted Pickett. But the Steelers did. The...
Steelers 2-a-days: T.J. Watt on a Hall of Fame trajectory? Can brother Derek make team again?
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2022 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, two per day, between June 11...
All eyes on offense when Steelers open 1st post-Ben training camp
Speaking less than two weeks after last season ended for the Pittsburgh Steelers, team president Art Rooney II concisely summed up the problems that plagued the offense in Matt Canada’s first season as coordinator. “We needed to be more consistent more than anything else,” Rooney said after the Steelers finished...
Steelers 2-a-days: Free-agent signee CB Levi Wallace, depth WR Tyler Vaughns
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2022 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, two per day, between June 11...
Heinz hanging around: Oversized ketchup bottles to be displayed at Acrisure Stadium
Kraft Heinz will continue to have a presence at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ home stadium even if the food and beverage giant no longer maintains naming rights at the North Shore venue. The Steelers have agreed in principle to a five-year sponsorship deal with Kraft Heinz at the newly renamed Acrisure...
Steelers 2-a-days: Undrafted rookie OT Jordan Tucker, reserve OLB Derrek Tuszka
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2022 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, two per day, between June 11...
Kevin Dotson will embrace competition at left guard when Steelers report to training camp
Amid all of the changes the Pittsburgh Steelers made to the interior of the offensive line in free agency, Kevin Dotson wasn’t sure of his future when he reported for offseason workouts in the spring. As training camp approaches next week, that no longer is the case. Dotson will get...
One more throw for Big Ben: Pirates to have Steelers great throw out ceremonial 1st pitch
Ben Roethlisberger might have retired from the Pittsburgh Steelers, but the two-time Super Bowl champion has at least one more throw in him. The Pirates are having Big Ben throw out a ceremonial first pitch before their game against the Philadelphia Phillies on July 29 at PNC Park, as part...
Mark Madden: Outrage over insignificant Madden NFL video game ratings is ridiculous
Blood pressure skyrocketed in Pittsburgh when Acrisure Stadium was christened and the ketchup bottles were removed. They were presumably stored right next to the Joe Paterno statue. But locals already have found a different insignificance to babble about. (It never takes long.) The EA Sports Madden NFL video game player...
Steelers 2-a-days: Mitch Trubisky enters camp as QB1, Donovan Stiner an option at safety
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2022 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, two per day, between June 11...
Report: Former Steelers wide receiver Charles Johnson dies at age 50
Former Steelers wide receiver Charles Johnson has died at the age of 50, a North Carolina television station reported Tuesday night. Johnson was the Steelers’ first-round pick in the 1994 draft. A cause of death was not reported. Johnson played five seasons with the team, catching 247 passes for 3,400...
Steelers sign DT Doug Costin to 1-year contract
The retooling of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive line continued Tuesday with the signing of veteran tackle Doug Costin to a one-year contract. Costin (6-foot-2, 295 pounds) spent the past two seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Cincinnati Bengals. He played in 13 games, starting nine, recording 33 tackles (13 solos),...
Steelers’ Cam Heyward is not letting Acrisure name bring him down
As Pittsburghers come to terms with the renaming of their football stadium, there’s at least one Steelers player who is accepting the new branding of his workplace. Black and Gold fans appear to have nearly universal disdain for a Michigan-based insurance company’s purchase of the naming rights to what has...
Steelers 2-a-days: Trusted, versatile veteran Cameron Sutton; Jace Sternberger a tight end option
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2022 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, two per day, between June 11...
Heinz ketchup bottles removed from scoreboard at Acrisure StadiumVideo
The giant Heinz ketchup bottles are coming down. Crews on Monday morning removed the first of two ketchup bottles that framed the scoreboard at the former Heinz Field. Last week, the stadium announced that Kraft Heinz no longer held the naming rights for the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers and...
Steelers 2-a-days: Chris Steele, Linden Stephens aim to make impression in cornerbacks room
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2022 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, two per day, between June 11...
Former Steelers WR/returner Ryan Switzer retires from NFL, plans to coach
Citing a recent injury that he sustained, former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Ryan Switzer announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday. Switzer, 27, recently underwent ankle surgery. “I feel like I’m no longer able to meet the physical demands of the game,” Switzer wrote on his verified Twitter account....
