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Tim Benz: Steelers, Chiefs need to avoid AFC ‘middle class’ uprising
Having a strong middle class is usually a good thing. Not if you are the 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers or Kansas City Chiefs, though. Elsewhere in life, that’s true. Economics. Politics. Education. You know, less important stuff than the AFC playoff picture. However, there seems to be a rising middle class...
First Call: New reports of an off-field Antonio Brown incident, Steelers won’t get Jaguars starting QB
Former Steeler Antonio Brown is already back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. A Baltimore Raven is catching some flak from his own fans. Even less reason for Steelers fans to worry about the Jacksonville Jaguars. And a bus is the reason why coaches of the Kansas City...
Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger up to No. 5 betting choice for NFL MVP
His four-touchdown, zero-interception effort helped lift the Pittsburgh Steelers to 9-0. It also lifted Ben Roethlisberger into legitimate hype regarding the NFL’s MVP race. Roethlisberger has moved into the top five among the betting odds to be named the 2020 league MVP. According to co.sportsbetting.com, a Monday wager on Roethlisberger...
Mike Tomlin, Ben Roethlisberger unconcerned about Steelers’ recent rushing woes
None of the other 31 NFL teams has a better record than the Pittsburgh Steelers. But 23 of them average more rushing yards per game, and 26 average more yards per carry. For the offense of a 9-0 team that has averaged 30.1 points per game (tied for fourth most...
Moving around defense doesn’t faze Steelers’ versatile Sutton
He has as many NFL seasons as he has starts. So why is Cameron Sutton viewed as being so valuable to the Pittsburgh Steelers defense? Perhaps because the number of positions he plays is greater than number of his seasons or starts. “You got to respect it,” teammate Terrell Edmunds...
5 things we learned: Time for Ben Roethlisberger to join the NFL MVP talk
Five things we learned from Steelers 36, Bengals 10: 1. Big award for Big Ben With the Steelers continuing to roll along as the NFL’s only unbeaten team, is it time to give credit to the player most responsible for that happening? Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s name will start surfacing as...
Mark Madden: Can the 9-0 Steelers run the ball when needed?
When the playoffs start, the Steelers better hope they don’t have to run the ball. The Steelers very often can’t. When they can’t, they stop trying to. There isn’t much to complain about when a 9-0 team wins by 26. But I do sports-talk radio and am obligated to try....
First Call: Bengals fans lash out at Bud Dupree, Patriots’ trick play burns Baltimore, Browns gut gamblers
Monday’s “First Call” features some Bengals fans wagging their fingers at Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree after their team lost at Heinz Field. The New England Patriots spring another trick play on the Baltimore Ravens. The Cleveland Browns ruined a bet. And the Jacksonville Jaguars gave the Steelers a few things...
Madden Monday: Can Steelers fans start obsessing about Chiefs the same way they did with Patriots?
It’s time to stop wondering “how” and time to start wondering “how many.” In other words, forget how the Steelers managed to get to 9-0. Now let’s focus on how many in a row they will win before that streak is snapped. It’s time to stop asking “when” and start...
Covid-19 issues don’t affect Steelers in win; team facility will get deep cleaning
The Steelers will have Monday off. That’s not unusual after a victory in the second half of the season. But what is unusual about this particular “victory Monday” is that UPMC Rooney Sports Complex team headquarters will undergo a deep cleaning. According to team spokesman Burt Lauten, the facility will...
Tim Benz: Big Ben, 3rd down ‘D’, special teams among Steelers ‘Feats of Strength’ during Bengals beatdown
Now that was a 60-minute game for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Well, maybe 50-55 minutes. But close enough as they smoked the Cincinnati Bengals, 36-10, Sunday afternoon at Heinz Field. For perhaps just the second time this season — despite nine wins in nine tries — the undefeated Steelers were better...
Steelers shut down prized Bengals rookie QB Joe Burrow, who said ‘I (stunk) a lot’
Joe Burrow is no ordinary rookie quarterback, but the Pittsburgh Steelers sure treated him like one in a 36-10 victory Sunday. The Cincinnati Bengals took Burrow with the No. 1 overall pick this past spring after he won the Heisman Trophy in leading LSU to the national title, and, halfway...
Marcus Allen, Antoine Brooks latest Steelers to contribute on defense
The Pittsburgh Steelers continue to search for the right combinations to their subpackage defense in light of injuries to Devin Bush and Mike Hilton. Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals presented the newest personnel grouping. A day after being added to the 53-man roster for the first time this season,...
Despite no practice, Roethlisberger leads Steelers to easy win over Bengals
Less apparently is more when it comes to preparation time for Ben Roethlisberger. Much like Allen Iverson did two decades ago, Roethlisberger stated his case Sunday that practice is overrated. The 17-year veteran didn’t look like a quarterback who didn’t take a snap all week in practice judging by the...
Steelers CB Mike Hilton inactive for 4th game in row with shoulder injury
All four players that were removed from the reserve/covid-19 list for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday are active and will play against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at Heinz Field. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, linebacker Vince Williams, tackle Jerald Hawkins and running back Jaylen Samuels will be in uniform. Roethlisberger and...
Analysis: Halfway through season, Steelers in lead for awards
Oh, the drama. Each year on Super Bowl Eve, the Associated Press presents its individual awards for the NFL season in a prime-time showcase fitting for the honors. We’re only halfway through the 2020 schedule, impacted of course by the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s worthwhile to take a look at...
T.J. Houshmandzadeh’s story behind Terrible Towel wipe; says Steelers ‘purposely hurt’ Carson PalmerVideo
While the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rivalry with the Cincinnati Bengals has cooled considerably from its simmering peak, some old feuds never die. Former longtime Bengals receiver T.J Houshmandzadeh revealed — from his perspective, at least — some lingering sour grapes about the Steelers’ 2005 wild-card round victory in Cincinnati. Bengals franchise...
‘Iron Man’ Robert Downey Jr. cheers Cam Heyward, SteelersVideo
Looks like Iron Man is a Steelers fan. Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward posted a video from Robert Downey Jr. - aka Iron Man from the Marvel movies - to his Instagram this weekend. In the video Downey thanks Heyward for a game jersey and asks for win No....
Steelers ‘appreciate’ 8-0 start, but final unbeatens don’t often claim real prize
These 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers might not be the best squad the franchise has fielded in its almost nine decades of existence. But these Steelers have done something none of their 87 predecessors did: win their first eight games. Never before, either, had any Steelers team entered a weekend as the...
Steelers activate Ben Roethlisberger, 3 others; Kevin Dotson placed on reserve/covid-19 list
Ben Roethlisberger did a lot of studying in his week while away from his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates. Some teaching, too. Activated from the reserve/covid-19 list Saturday, Roethlisberger talked about what it was like to sit out practice all week before participating in the team walkthrough in advance of the Steelers’...
James Washington comes up empty when Steelers use new wide receiver formation
James Washington’s versatility has worked against him the past two weeks for the Pittsburgh Steelers. When the Steelers went to a four-receiver, one-tight end formation in the second half against the Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys, Washington remained planted on the sideline. Instead of using Washington, the Steelers turned to...
Ben Roethlisberger remains on track to be activated, start for Steelers against Bengals
Coach Mike Tomlin remains confident quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be activated from the reserve/covid-19 list Saturday and start the following day against the Cincinnati Bengals. If Roethlisberger is cleared to rejoin the team Saturday, the Steelers will conduct what Tomlin termed an “extended walkthrough” in their final preparation before playing...
Four Downs: Steelers feast on No. 1-overall drafted QBs, is Bengals’ Joe Burrow next?
1. Wins versus No. 1s The Pittsburgh Steelers can make it three consecutive seasons with a victory against a rookie opposing quarterback drafted No. 1 overall. They are scheduled to face Joe Burrow’s Bengals on Sunday after defeating Kyler Murray’s Cardinals last season and Baker Mayfield’s Browns in 2018. But...
Steelers await 1st matchup with Bengals’ No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow
Growing up in Athens, Ohio, Joe Burrow found himself literally smack in the middle of an NFL football rivalry. Cincinnati was 130 miles away to the west. Pittsburgh loomed 135 miles to the northeast. “There were definitely more Steelers fans than Bengals fans growing up,” Burrow said this week. “That...
Mark Madden: Steelers run defense taking a hit without Devin Bush
When a team is undefeated, problems tend to be papered over. They’re mentally minimized. “What’s there to worry about? They’re 8-0.” Such is the case with the Steelers defense. There’s a lot to like about that defense. But there are a few things to worry about, too, and they mostly...
