No Steelers on PFWA NFL All Pro team; Cam Heyward lands on all-AFC team
Mirroring the more publicized Associated Press All Pro team, the Pittsburgh Steelers were likewise shut out of having any All-NFL recognition from the Pro Football Writers of America. Defensive tackle Cameron Heyward, again, however was part of a still-prestigious but slightly lesser honor. Heyward was on the All-AFC team released...
Market begins to declutter for Steelers as they aim to zero in on top coaching candidates
In-person interviews with teams have yet to even begin for the vast majority of the leading NFL coaching candidates, but that didn’t mean Saturday didn’t bring news — most of it good — for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers were scheduled to continue virtual interviews over the weekend, but what...
‘World-class communicator’: Rams gush over Steelers coach target Nate Scheelhaase
Friday’s Zoom discussion with the Pittsburgh Steelers wasn’t the only virtual interview Nate Scheelhaase had lined up with an NFL team in search of a head coach. And listening to what some of those with whom Scheelhaase works in the Los Angeles Rams organization, it’s easy to see why he’s...
What Steelers are free agents this offseason? Who might get a contract extension?
Just because there’s a coaching search doesn’t mean the NFL offseason is not proceeding as usual for the Pittsburgh Steelers. All of the typical player evaluations, transactions, acquisitions and contract negotiations press on. Here is a breakdown of Steelers players who are free agents and other relevant situations in regards...
The Steelers signed Pat Freiermuth to be their TE1. What happened in ’25 that he wasn’t?
Three days before his game debut as Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator — and on the eve of Pat Freiermuth signing a $48 million contract — Arthur Smith sounded downright giddy about the skillset of his No. 1 tight end. “He’s a unique player,” Smith said of Freiermuth on Sept. 5,...
Steelers request to interview Ejiro Evero, Jeff Hafley, Klay Kubiak
A trend is developing among the list of individuals the Pittsburgh Steelers have reportedly requested to interview for their vacant head coaching position. As the list grew to eight Thursday, six are sitting NFL defensive coordinators. The names with defensive backgrounds added Thursday, according to the NFL Network, were Ejiro...
Art Rooney II, Steelers ‘an open book’ in regards to what type of coach succeeds Mike Tomlin
As the Pittsburgh Steelers pivot from Mike Tomlin and into an era with a new head coach, don’t expect a total organizational “reset” to accompany it. The Steelers are keeping their football operations staff intact, and they’re of no mind to strip things down in an effort to head into...
Art Rooney II was ‘willing’ and ‘expecting’ Mike Tomlin to be Steelers coach for 2026 season
Saying he was “grateful” for Mike Tomlin and that Tomlin stepping down as coach created “an emotional day” for the organization, Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II spent the first 79 seconds of his Wednesday news conference extolling the virtues of Mike Tomlin. “Mike’s been a great leader of our...
Mike Tomlin’s departure makes it less likely Aaron Rodgers returns to SteelersVideo
As has been his family’s approach over decades as stewards of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Art Rooney II will continue to take a hands-off approach to football personnel decisions. That includes the future of the team at quarterback. And the way Rooney sees it, as he explained at Wednesday’s news conference,...
Art Rooney II, GM Omar Khan will lead search for next Steelers coachVideo
With Omar Khan sitting a few feet away, Art Rooney II said he and Khan would head a critically important process the Pittsburgh Steelers undertake once every couple decades or so. Hiring a new head coach. “Omar and I will lead the search,” Rooney, the Steelers president, said during a...
Mike Tomlin timeline with Steelers: 19 non-losing records, 1 Super Bowl ring … and lots of 8- to 10-win seasons
A timeline of the Mike Tomlin tenure as coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers: Jan. 22, 2007 With team president Art Rooney II saying “Mike’s core values are a good match for our organization,” Tomlin’s introductory news conference as coach is staged at team headquarters on Pittsburgh’s South Side. Sept. 9,...
Mike Tomlin steps down as Steelers coach after 19 seasons
For only the third time since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, the Pittsburgh Steelers are in the market for a new head coach. Mike Tomlin is no longer leading the team he had for the past 19 seasons. “After much thought and reflection, I have decided to step down as head...
Mike Tomlin brushes aside talk about his Steelers future after another playoff flop
Aaron Rodgers lamented what the questions about Mike Tomlin’s future reflect about society at large. Cameron Heyward fell on the proverbial sword, blaming himself and his fellow Pittsburgh Steelers players for the questions about Tomlin. The man himself? He skillfully evaded addressing the question head on. “I’m not even in...
‘Sitting up here again, same story’: T.J. Watt frustrated by Steelers’ playoff futility
For the sixth time over the past nine seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers went one-and-done in the playoffs. That stretch began with the start T.J. Watt’s career in 2017. Adding on a defeat in the AFC Championship game at the end of the 2016 season, the Steelers’ postseason losing streak hit...
Steelers notes: Chuck Clark gets start at strong safety over Kyle Dugger
For the first time since he joined the team, Kyle Dugger did not start a game he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Chuck Clark instead was at strong safety for the Steelers’ most of Monday night’s home wild-card playoff game against the Houston Texans. A safety acquired via an Oct....
After not traveling with team, Texans backup QB Davis Mills available vs. Steelers
Despite not traveling with the team to Pittsburgh, Davis Mills arrived at Acrisure Stadium and was available to serve as the Houston Texans’ backup quarterback for Monday night’s wild-card round playoff game. Though Mills is clearly No. 2 on the Houston QB depth chart, he has 29 career NFL starts...
Steelers elevate CBs Tre Flowers, D’Shawn Jamison from practice squad for playoff gameVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers added a pair of cornerbacks to their game day roster for Monday’s playoff meeting with the Houston Texans. Tre Flowers and D’Shawn Jamison were designated to be in uniform for the wild-card round game. Each is expected to be limited to a special-teams role and only play...
If Steelers win Monday, they head to New England next Sunday
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Texans on Monday night will close out the opening weekend of the NFL playoffs. The winner gets the chance to play in New England next weekend. The results of Sunday’s wild-card round games set up the matchups for the divisional round. No matter who wins...
Think fast: Steelers try to avoid another slow start, end playoff skid vs. Texans
Seventy-six different players have started a playoff game for the Pittsburgh Steelers during their six-game postseason losing streak. The skid has endured through four players who started at quarterback, 12 at linebacker and 15 on the offensive line. Arthur Smith became the fifth man to call plays for the Steelers...
A harrowing look back at each defeat of Steelers’ active 6-game playoff losing streak
Grab a six pack, Pittsburgh Steelers fans. You’ll need it to get through the memories conjured up in looking back at this sextet of poor postseason performances that comprise the Steelers’ current six-game playoff losing streak: 2016 AFC championship at New England The Steelers’ skid began modestly enough...
In what could be final NFL game, WR Adam Thielen brings veteran savvy to Steelers
From saying goodbye to his home state and a franchise he’s long been associated with, to navigating the waiver wire to a quick unforeseen promotion up the depth chart to a wild, highly meaningful, do-or-die game, it’s been quite a 5 ½-week span for Adam Thielen. “It definitely has been...
Jonnu Smith added to Steelers’ injury report; Jaylen Warren returns to full participation
Jonnu Smith was an addition to the Pittsburgh Steelers injury report, but Jaylen Warren got over his illness and is well back on track to play in the team’s playoff opener. Smith, a veteran tight end, was listed as limited at Friday’s practice on the injury report. Smith has a...
‘I’m going to shine when my time comes’: Steelers’ Kaleb Johnson deals with benching
Kaleb Johnson stopped to ponder the question. A star running back in college who was a relatively early draft pick for which great things were foreseen in his rookie season, Johnson dealt with the indignity of being designated a healthy inactive for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ final three regular-season games. Has...
DT Isaiahh Loudermilk returns to practice for Steelers, remains on IR
This season has been one unlike any other for Isaiahh Loudermilk in his football career. A high-ankle sprain suffered in Week 2 has had him on injured reserve for almost four months. “Five years here (with the Pittsburgh Steelers), five years (in college) at Wisconsin, never had a year end...
RB Jaylen Warren misses Steelers practice because of illness
During his weekly news conference Tuesday, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin termed his team as “relatively healthy” headed into the playoffs. Aside from an illness afflicting one player, that was true during the first practice of the week leading into the team’s playoff opener. Starting running back Jaylen Warren did...
