Chris Adamski stories, Page 15
Steelers add WR Lance McCutcheon, veteran special-teamer Jon Rhattigan to practice squad
Four days before their regular-season opener, the Pittsburgh Steelers amended their practice squad by signing receiver Lance McCutcheon and linebacker Jon Rhattigan on Wednesday. McCutcheon spent all of training camp and the preseason with the Steelers, and he was on their practice squad for four weeks midway through last season....
Steelers name 2025 captains with 55 NFL seasons, 13 All-Pro nods between them
Reflecting the veteran nature of the roster, the men sharing captaincy for the 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t lacking in experience. The four players announced Monday as those voted by their peers to serve in the official leadership capacity this season have an average age of almost 35 and have been...
Among busy Steelers offseason of big-name acquisitions, don’t forget about Darius ‘Big Play’ Slay
He started the first game of his rookie season and has barely looked back, six times getting named to the Pro Bowl and once making first-team All-Pro after leading the NFL in interceptions. Brought in almost a month to the day after winning a Super Bowl ring, Darius Slay’s signing...
With Alex Highsmith, Nick Herbig ailing, Steelers’ depth at OLB might get tested early on
A reasonable case can be made that T.J. Watt is the NFL’s best edge defender of his era. A similarly rational argument could be posited that Watt and Alex Highsmith form the NFL’s best tandem of pass rushers off the edge. Additionally, with a stat line of 81⁄2 sacks over...
Beanie Bishop, Robert Woods, DeMarvin Leal among those on Steelers’ initial practice squad
Welcome back, recently cut Pittsburgh Steelers. Of the 37 players cut from the 90-man camp roster in the lead up to Tuesday’s league-mandated deadline, 16 were back with the team and at practice Wednesday after they were added to the practice squad. The entire initial practice squad consists of players...
Analysis: Breaking down who stayed and who went as the Steelers made their mandatory final roster cuts
Via a 4:30 p.m. Tuesday social media post by the team, the Pittsburgh Steelers initial 53-man roster was revealed. Remember, though, that it is all but guaranteed that the 53 players who survived Tuesday’s NFL cut deadline will not match the 53-man roster come Sept. 7 when the regular season...
Steelers notes: Joey Porter Jr. adjusts to 3 pairs of CB partners in 3 NFL seasons, Donte Kent update
When he entered the starting lineup early during his rookie season, Joey Porter Jr. most often was on the field with fellow cornerbacks Patrick Peterson and Levi Wallace. For his second NFL season last year, Porter’s running mates at CB were Donte Jackson and Cameron Sutton. Now for his —...
Stock up, stock down for Steelers after final preseason game
The NFL’s 2021 addition of an annual preseason “bye” over Labor Day weekend leaves some ambiguity as to when, exactly, training camp ends and the regular season begins. For the sake of argument, let’s say training camp ended Thursday night for the Pittsburgh Steelers with their 19-10 preseason victory at...
Steelers 1st-rounder Derrick Harmon reportedly out ‘about a month’ with knee injury
Pittsburgh Steelers first-round rookie Derrick Harmon has been diagnosed with a knee ligament sprain and will be out “about a month,” according to a report from the NFL Network. Harmon, a defensive lineman drafted 21st overall, suffered an injury early during the second quarter of the Steelers’ preseason finale at...
Steelers begin roster purge, cutting 11 a day after preseason finale
Less than 24 hours after wrapping up their preseason — but four days before the league-mandated deadline to trim rosters — the Pittsburgh Steelers announced 11 cuts. No overly notable names were among those cut from the offseason/training camp 90-man roster, with 10 of the 11 combining for 30 regular-season...
5 things to watch in Steelers’ preseason finale vs. Panthers
After Thursday, the next time the Pittsburgh Steelers are — to use a favorite Mike Tomlin phrase — “in the stadium,” it will matter. Thursday’s trip to Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., won’t — at least inasmuch as who wins. It won’t matter, either, to the readiness for...
On Sports: Penguins’ Bryan Rust earns Olympic look; Cam Heyward chats with Aaron Rodgers on podcastVideo
An all-American honor for four NHL players with local ties, a lovefest for Aaron Rodgers from a pair of his new teammates and a Pittsburgh Steelers opponent for 2025 names its starting quarterback. All that and more on the Wednesday edition of On Sports: Team USA hopefuls On the heels...
Steelers’ Jalen Ramsey embraces ‘vicious player’ label applied to him — ‘I would hope so’
A member of management referencing an employee as “vicious?” That typically might necessitate the counsel of the human resources department and an attorney. Not in the NFL — at least not as far as Jalen Ramsey is concerned. Five days after Pittsburgh Steelers assistant general manager Andy Weidl called Ramsey...
Steelers notes: Cam Heyward practices … does ‘hold in’ persist?
Asked about his longtime defensive captain being in uniform and participating in stretches and individual drills while at practice Tuesday, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin volunteered another nugget about Cam Heyward. “He also participated in team work, as well,” Tomlin said, referring to team drills. It has been since the...
After full year with Steelers, Brandon Johnson strives to make WR corps for season
Considering it’s been since Christmas Eve 2023 since he’d last scored a touchdown during the regular season, Brandon Johnson wasn’t going to complain that his most recent score came in a preseason game. Johnson had the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first points — a 2-yard touchdown reception from Mason Rudolph — in...
Steelers sign outside linebacker Kenny WillekesVideo
Two days before their preseason finale, the Pittsburgh Steelers added to their depth at edge defender by signing former Michigan State star Kenny Willekes. Willekes (6-foot-3, 264 pounds) had 26 sacks in 39 games over his final three college seasons but has not stuck in the NFL over the six...
Steelers notes: As Calvin Austin III mends, will team add to its WR depth?
Monday became the latest occasion in which a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ brain trust expressed praise for the team’s wide receivers corps. Of course, it also became the latest day in which the team was reported to have sought to add to the position from the outside. Speaking about...
Facing a crunch at his position, Beanie Bishop fights to keep roster spot on Steelers
Beanie Bishop not only returned for his second NFL season as an incumbent starter at his position with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the player who shared slot/nickel with him last season was let go. But after the offseason additions of veterans Brandin Echols and Jalen Ramsey, Bishop not only isn’t assured...
Steelers add 3 to roster, including 37-year-old long snapper Jake McQuaide
The Pittsburgh Steelers made a flurry of roster moves in advance of their preseason finale, announcing the additions of a long snapper, cornerback and offensive lineman on Monday. Jake McQuaide, Kam Alexander and Julian Pearl were signed to the 90-man roster eight days before it needs trimming to 53 as...
After quiet pro debut, Derrick Harmon makes plays in Steelers’ 2nd preseason game
It was only the preseason, and it was his first game action as a pro, but as a first-round pick immediately anointed a starter, Derrick Harmon expects more of himself than the blank stat line he put up in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ preseason opener in Jacksonville. Harmon made a better...
Logan Lee fills in as emergency long snapper in Steelers’ preseason game
It was 17 years ago when an injury to the long snapper cost the Pittsburgh Steelers a win during what ended up a Super Bowl season. The stakes weren’t high Saturday. But fair to say Logan Lee performed better as an emergency long snapper than James Harrison did in 2008....
Steelers notebook: Nick Herbig, Christian Kuntz leave preseason game because of injury
Despite coach Mike Tomlin’s apparent attempts to shield him from injury, outside linebacker Nick Herbig was the first Pittsburgh Steelers player to leave Saturday’s preseason game because of one. Herbig left the game after the Steelers’ second defensive series because of a hamstring injury. There was no immediate update on...
5 things to watch in Steelers preseason home game vs. Bucs
It, technically, would be inaccurate to call Saturday’s preseason home opener the first time the Pittsburgh Steelers will play a game at Acrisure Stadium in 2025. The 2024 regular-season finale was Jan. 4, 2025. The Steelers lost that one, 19-17, to the Cincinnati Bengals to finish the season on a...
Steelers defense not satisfied with performance in joint practice vs. Bucs
Thursday was the first — and, almost certainly, only — time the entirety of the first-team Pittsburgh Steelers defense took the field together in a stadium against an offense of a different NFL team. And according to the Steelers defensive players who talked about it afterward, they weren’t happy with...
Steelers inside the ropes: ‘Really smart’ Connor Heyward makes plays in final camp practice
Before practice, his Hall of Fame quarterback heaped praise on him. A couple of hours later, Connor Heyward delivered one of his best practices of this Pittsburgh Steelers training camp. Heyward, a fourth-year tight end, was brought up unsolicited by Aaron Rodgers, who said: “Connor does the right thing every...
