Chris Adamski stories, Page 137
Early lines say Steelers favored in 10 games, underdogs in 6; Ravens favored in all 16
Now that the NFL scheduled is set, the game-by-game betting lines are out. By the odds, the Pittsburgh Steelers are projected to go 10-6. The Steelers are favored in 10 of their 16 scheduled games in 2020, according to BetOnline.ag. The Steelers are underdogs in road games at the Tennessee...
Fear the turtle: Maryland developing strong pipeline to Steelers
There is no truth to the rumor the Great Allegheny Passage biking and hiking trail that runs southeast from Pittsburgh was forged by a convoy of future Steelers. But in recent years, it seems as if it could have been. The Steelers have taken three University of Maryland players over...
Steelers announce dates, times for preseason games
The NFL’s two all-time leading passers are scheduled to be at Heinz Field in August. Not that they are expected to play, though — if the games are played at all. The Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday announced the dates and times for their full preseason schedule. The two annual home...
Steelers rookies getting creative in finding weightrooms, fields, other facilities
In a typical year, the newest Pittsburgh Steelers — those drafted and signed as rookie free agents — would have access to a state-of-the-art weight room; four on-site, pristinely maintained, full-sized football fields (one of them, under a climate-controlled roof); and a professional staff of athletic trainers, physicians, strength and...
Steelers top picks likely to be seen more on special teams than offense/defense as rookiesVideo
It’s an annual rite of spring for the Pittsburgh Steelers: Coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Kevin Colbert sit down for remarks to the media about their newest top draft pick. And while this year’s gushing over superlatives and complimentary scouting reports were not about a first-round pick but a...
New assistants Ike Hilliard, Matt Canada face unique challenges prepping Steelers rookies
The two new faces on the Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff for this season work with the skill positions on offense. It just so happens two of their first three draft picks play skill positions on offense. In the midst of this peculiar offseason, relationship-building between coaches and players isn’t conventional....
Rookie Chase Claypool has only Steelers jersey among top 140 sellers on NFL site
The Pittsburgh Steelers remain one of the NFL’s most popular franchises. That, though, is not currently reflected in the league’s jersey sales. Only one Steelers jersey was among the top 147 sellers listed on the NFL’s official apparel website Monday. That was of rookie receiver Chase Claypool, whose black (home)...
Steelers’ Anthony McFarland ‘idolizes’ Le’Veon Bell, but will forge own path as No. 26Video
He’s been given high praise on a national stage by a legend at his position. A college teammate who’s joined him in the pros can’t say enough good things about him. A prominent new teammate has taken a liking to him, and he has quite the “in” with a notable...
Recently retired Ramon Foster a guest speaker at Steelers virtual rookie minicamp
Eleven years ago, Ramon Foster took part in the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp as an undrafted offensive lineman desperate to earn a job. Foster not only did that, he became a starter throughout the course of his career, the past several seasons of which as a sage left guard on...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin: No team facilities should open until all NFL team facilities can open
Even if Allegheny County’s “yellow light” turns green, that will have little to do with if the Pittsburgh Steelers can get back to the football field. At least, that’s Mike Tomlin’s opinion. The Steelers coach said Saturday he believes no NFL teams should be permitted access to their facilities until...
Coaches exposing him to ‘a lot,’ but Steelers rookie Antoine Brooks’ first focus is safetyVideo
Antoine Brooks appealed to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the draft because of his versatility. Less than two weeks into his pro career, that remains true. But it’s his given position — safety — that is Brooks’ primary focus during this weekend’s virtual rookie minicamp. “(Coaches) have let me know a...
Steelers captains reach out to rookies from afar
It can be difficult enough assimilating into an NFL locker room as a rookie. Doing it during a worldwide pandemic that prevents any in-person meeting? Even harder. The Pittsburgh Steelers rookie class hasn’t even met each other — let alone their veteran teammates. But two draft choices who spoke with...
Carlos Davis ‘attends’ Steelers rookie camp in same house twin Khalil does so for BucsVideo
“Little” brother Khalil Davis banishes his brother to the basement. As close as he and identical twin Carlos are, their respective employers probably would frown upon them taking part in each other’s work. Carlos Davis was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers two weeks ago. Khalil Davis was taken a round...
Coronavirus concerns create a most unusual rookie minicamp for newest SteelersVideo
A typical NFL rookie minicamp often can include some face time and zoom. As in, a team’s newest players getting some valuable face time in front of their new coaches, and the faster ones showing off by zooming around practice fields. The unique circumstances surrounding 2020, of course, have made...
Mike Tomlin: Steelers ‘extremely confident’ Ben Roethlisberger will be ready for seasonVideo
Another public comment from a prominent member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, another highly optimistic outlook for the health of Ben Roethlisberger. During a 3 ½-minute spot on the NFL Network during its 2020 schedule-release show Thursday night, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was asked about Roethlisberger’s projected availability for the Steelers’...
Tom Brady’s first scheduled appearance with Buccaneers is in Pittsburgh vs. Steelers
He probably won’t play, and he perhaps might not even put on a uniform. For that matter, the game might not even be played. But, as things stand now, Tom Brady’s first game of any sort for somebody other than the New England Patriots in 21 years is scheduled to...
Steelers schedule: Thanksgiving vs. Ravens, 2 prime-time December games
For the third time in eight years, Thanksgiving desserts across Western Pennsylvania will involve a heavy helping of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers are scheduled to host the rival Baltimore Ravens in a prime-time game Nov. 26, one of the highlights of their 2020 schedule revealed Thursday night. “We just...
Steelers to open season at Giants on ‘Monday Night Football’
Assuming the coronavirus pandemic allows for it, the stage doesn’t get much bigger for the opening of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2020 season. The Steelers will play in the shadow of New York City on “Monday Night Football” for their first game of the regular season, ESPN announced Thursday evening. The...
Steelers’ Ryan Shazier among NFL players in charity ‘Call of Duty’ tournament
Injured Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier will join Hall of Famer Terrell Owens and six active NFL players in a video game tournament that will benefit charities related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Shazier and the other NFL players will face professional gamers in “Call of Duty Warzone” matches that...
Steelers, Penguins among top 10 on Forbes list of ‘most passionate fans’
The page-wide photo at the top of the website link for the article said it all: a face-painted fan covered in black and gold from the waist up and waving a Terrible Towel at a Pittsburgh Steelers game. Though stay-at-home orders that have shut down the sports world offer them...
Steelers rookie Chase Claypool joins short but growing list of Canadians in the NFLVideo
For the first time in a decade, the top draft picks of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Pittsburgh Steelers share something in particular in common. Each is a citizen of the same nation. But while the prior time it happened Maurkice Pouncey and Beau Bennett were both American, this time, the...
Steelers’ Devin Bush taking laid-back approach to stay-at-home ordersVideo
Mirroring the rest of society, it seems every athlete has been taking a different approach to the stay-at-home orders issued by most of the nation’s governors. For Devin Bush, he hasn’t overtaxed himself. Still the second-youngest player on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster as he enters his second season, the inside...
Devin Bush confident he, Vince Williams can shoulder Steelers ILB workloadVideo
Mark Barron is gone. Tyler Matakevich, too. No reinforcements were added via free agency, and no direct help is coming in from the draft. That leaves Devin Bush and Vince Williams as something of the last men standing at inside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2020. But Bush is...
A look back at Steelers rookie Anthony McFarland’s 298-yard outburst vs. Ohio State
The morning of what had all the looks of another easy Ohio State win, Buckeyes quarterback Dwayne Haskins tried to warn his defensive teammates about the diminutive running back they were about to face Nov. 17, 2018. “I told them going into the game, ‘That boy Ant (is) a beast,’...
Art Rooney II, Kevin Colbert, Bill Cowher among those paying tribute to Don ShulaVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers president and general manager and their only living former coach were among those mourning Monday after the death of legendary NFL coach Don Shula. Steelers president Art Rooney II said Shula was on his “Mount Rushmore of NFL head coaches.” Rooney II also cited Shula’s recommendation to...
