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Steelers add Patrick Morris to active roster to take place of suspended Maurkice Pouncey
The Pittsburgh Steelers promoted Patrick Morris from their practice squad to the 53-man roster Friday, giving them an extra interior offensive lineman for the duration of Maurkice Pouncey’s two-game suspension. Morris has been with the Steelers since signing as an undrafted free agent out of TCU in 2018. A center...
No more ‘Benny Snell football,’ but Steelers rookie ‘110%’ healthy, ready to contribute
Benny Snell is no longer referencing “Benny Snell football.” But Snell is ready to show his talents once again. “I’m 110%, baby,” the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie running back said Thursday. Snell was a full practice participant for the second consecutive day Thursday and is primed to return from knee surgery...
Steelers’ newest running back, Kerrith Whyte, eager to make NFL debutVideo
It was his first day in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room earlier this week, his NFL debut days away. Even with that dream on the horizon, Kerrith Whyte wasn’t going to overthink it. “I try to keep football real simple,” the Steelers newest running back said. “I have been playing...
NFL upholds Myles Garrett’s suspension, cuts Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey’s to 2 gamesVideo
One week after the helmet slam heard ‘round the world, the NFL finalized its discipline for the primary Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns involved. Cleveland defensive lineman Myles Garrett had his suspension for the remainder of this season upheld by appeals officer James Thrash, the league announced Thursday. Garrett, who...
Penguins notes: Justin Schultz leaves practice for unspecified reason
Justin Schultz began practice with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday, but the veteran defenseman did not end the session at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry. It is not known why Schultz left about midway through the hourlong practice. After practice ended, coach Mike Sullivan was asked if there was...
Longtime Penguins penalty-killer Bryan Rust gets time on power playVideo
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Bryan Rust already was known and respected for his ability to play with virtually any linemate on almost any spot on the forward depth chart. Recently, he has added power-play time to his resume, too. Rust’s power-play goal early during Tuesday’s game against the New York Islanders...
A day after ‘brutal’ overtime, Penguins practice skating 3-on-3
Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan’s assessment of his team’s play during overtime of Tuesday’s game was not kind. “I didn’t think we were very good at all,” Sullivan said after a 5-4 loss to the New York Islanders. “I just thought our details were brutal.” So with the same opponent...
Patric Hornqvist prepared to return to Penguins lineup Thursday at IslandersVideo
Patric Hornqvist warned reporters after practice Wednesday that he was going to limit questioning to less than 2 minutes. True to his word, the Pittsburgh Penguins veteran forward politely but firmly ended his media session after less than 100 seconds. Fitting for a player who often only needs a few...
Newest Steelers WR Deon Cain says he’s playmaker team needsVideo
Deon Cain’s most recent NFL game was against the Pittsburgh Steelers. His next one will be for them. Signed Saturday, Cain injects depth, size (6-foot-2, 202 pounds) and speed (4.4 in the 40-yard dash) to a Steelers wide receivers corps in dire straits because of injury. “They need some immediate...
Steelers add former Pitt star Quadree Henderson, 2 others to practice squadVideo
Before this week, Quadree Henderson’s most recent trip to Pittsburgh was to see his alma mater open its season 2 ½ months ago. Monday, he was back in the building where he spent three years training. The Pittsburgh Steelers announced the signing of Henderson to their practice squad Monday, the...
Report: Steelers appealing NFL fine relating to injury report
The Pittsburgh Steelers are appealing the $75,000 fine levied on the organization by the NFL in relation its handling of the league-mandated injury report earlier this season, ESPN reported Monday. The Steelers did not list quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as having an injury leading up to their Week 2 game. Roethlisberger...
Four Downs: Steelers wide receivers not separating themselves
1. No separating Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph had four interceptions and was 0 for 7 on passes that were intended more than 20 yards downfield during Thursday’s 21-7 loss to the Cleveland Browns. It was, by any reasonable measure, an awful game for Rudolph. But it should be noted...
Injuries bump Johnny Holton from journeyman special teamer to Steelers No. 2 WR
CLEVELAND – More passes were thrown Johnny Holton’s way Thursday than had been in NFL regular season games over the prior 23 months combined. But of the seven official targets from Mason Rudolph to Holton during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 21-7 loss to the Cleveland Browns, only one of them was...
Steelers’ Tevin Jones on his NFL debut: I have to be a better guy, better receiver
CLEVELAND — It had to be one of the better days in the football career and life of Tevin Jones. But as it ended late Thursday night, Jones was in no mood to celebrate his promotion to an NFL active roster for the first time. “I didn’t do well enough,”...
Dozens of Steelers could face fines for leaving sideline, joining fracasVideo
CLEVELAND — The NFL swiftly administered harsh penalties to the Cleveland Browns’ Myles Garrett and Larry Ogunjobi and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey for their actions in the final seconds of Thursday night’s game. But the league cautioned that those won’t be the only players disciplined for involvement in the...
‘He has to answer for that’ – Steelers shocked by helmet swing of Browns’ Myles GarrettVideo
CLEVELAND — There was anger, there was a sense of standing up for a teammate, and there even was an air of pending restitution. But perhaps the most prominent feeling of all in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room about a half hour after Myles Garrett’s helmet swing at Mason Rudolph...
Browns ‘embarrassed’ by ‘inexcusable’ Myles Garrett helmet swingVideo
CLEVELAND — Myles Garrett didn’t offer any excuses. And neither did his teammates. Across the Cleveland Browns locker room and at the postgame podium at FirstEnergy Stadium, there was unanimous admonishment for Garrett’s notorious helmet swing toward the bare head of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph in the final minute...
Steelers’ Mason Rudolph hit with helmet during ugly brawl with BrownsVideo
CLEVELAND — An ugly brawl marred the end of Thursday’s Pittsburgh Steelers-Cleveland Browns game, and suspensions likely will be coming. Browns defensive end Myles Garrett drove Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph to the ground after a pass with 8 seconds left, and the two began wrestling. Garrett then ripped Rudolph’s helmet...
Tevin Jones to make Steelers debut, Joe Haden active for Steelers vs. Browns
With rare intermittent exception, Tevin Jones has been part of the Pittsburgh Steelers organization for 22 months. Thursday night represents the first time he’s in uniform for a regular season game for them. Officially added to the active roster hours before kickoff, Jones is in uniform and serving as the...
Without running mate Stephon Tuitt, Cameron Heyward been at disruptive best for SteelersVideo
MInkah Fitzpatrick and T.J. Watt have emerged as legitimate NFL Defensive Player of the Year candidates, Bud Dupree has played the best football of his career in a contract year and Devin Bush has played well enough it appears the Pittsburgh Steelers’ three-draft-pick investment to get him was a wise...
Will the Steelers sign Colin Kaepernick? The bookmakers think it’s definitely possible
The NFL has arranged for a private workout for teams to evaluate Colin Kaepernick and his possible readiness to return to the league. If that happens, there are some who believe it could be the Pittsburgh Steelers who facilitate it. Kaepernick will work out for all NFL teams at the...
After game in which Steelers’ offense netted 1 point, defense recognizes challengeVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers offense netted its team one point Sunday. That was enough for the defense. The offense committed two turnovers. Again, the defense more than made up for that. “I mean, you give them nine points, you usually lose games,” Steelers offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner said in reference to...
Steelers QB Mason Rudolph ‘still a work in progress’Video
He has a passer rating over his past five starts (95.1) that is better than Ben Roethlisberger posted over his past five seasons (94.2). And while that likely is more of an indictment of the passer rating statistic than it is indicative that Mason Rudolph has cemented himself as better...
Fewer chances for Steelers receivers might be leading to more dropped passesVideo
Attempted passes are significantly down, but dropped passes are way up for the Pittsburgh Steelers. As tight end Vance McDonald noted, “I know that sounds counterintuitive.” But the Steelers say there’s a correlation. “Everyone wants to make a play, and they want to have opportunities,” offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner said....
Steelers unconcerned with challenges of short work week into Thursday game
It’s the Pittsburgh Steelers’ annual Thursday night game. So it must be time for everyone at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex to bemoan the short preparation week between games, right? Not exactly. As a matchup at the Cleveland Browns looms Thursday, the talk among the Steelers about the two-games-in-five-days stuff...
