Chris Adamski stories, Page 164

The uncertainty and turmoil seemingly surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers right now isn’t affecting their chances to win next year’s Super Bowl. At least, that’s what the bookmakers at BetOnline.ag say. The site released its early odds to win Super Bowl LIV, to be played in February 2020 in South Florida....

Editor’s note: This is Part 11 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. If it’s the Pittsburgh Steelers, it’s probably an offseason in which they have question marks at cornerback. This year is no different for...

Editor’s note: This is Part 10 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. Last offseason, the Pittsburgh Steelers flooded their roster with new safeties. Now they are tasked with continuing to sort out all of it....

The sportsbook community has spoken. And it believes that Antonio Brown has played his final down for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The odds for where Brown mostly likely will play in 2019 is not a surprising one: the San Francisco 49ers. BetDSI.com released prop-betting lines for Brown’s team in Week 1...

Editor’s note: This is Part 9 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. It’s time for Take 2 in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quest to find a replacement for Ryan Shazier. Last year as the offseason began,...

Many associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers breathed a sigh of relief last week when the Denver Broncos decided to hire Vic Fangio as their coach in lieu of respected Steelers offensive line coach Mike Munchak. Turns out, that was premature. Munchak has agreed to terms with the Broncos to become...

Editor’s note: This is Part 8 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. The subject of the 2019 contract for Bud Dupree was of great interest and debate this time last year. A year later, not...

Editor’s note: This is Part 7 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary-cap information courtesy spotrac.com. The starters for 2019 Pittsburgh Steelers along the defensive line are set in stone. But with rotations so common at the position, who else...

The Pittsburgh Pirates avoided the sometimes-messy arbitration process, beating the deadline by agreeing to one-year contracts with Corey Dickerson and Keone Kela on Friday. Dickerson became the Pirates’ starting left fielder last season after a spring-training trade from the Tampa Bay Rays, and Kela became their top set-up man after...

Some who follow the Pittsburgh Steelers asked for or predicted change at defensive coordinator and secondary coach. On Friday, the Steelers announced the hiring of Teryl Austin to the coaching staff, with the Pitt graduate taking over a newly created position of “senior defensive assistant/secondary.” A Sharon native, the 53-year-old...

The Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday made a big addition to their pitching staff. Literally. The Pirates claimed 6-foot-10 right-hander Aaron Slegers off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. Slegers was the Twins’ minor league pitcher of the year in 2017 but struggled over four stints in the majors last season. A...

Editor’s note: This is sixth of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. Over the past 18 months, the long and prosperous Pittsburgh sports tenures of the likes of Marc-Andre Fleury, James Harrison and Andrew McCutchen came...

It all started 8 ½ years ago with #JagrWatch. Last year, it was “Where’s Le’Veon?” So far in 2019, the Pittsburgh sports scene is enamored with following Antonio Brown. Friday, Brown showed up on the social-media accounts of former Cincinnati Bengals star receiver Chad Johnson (nee Ochocinco), smoking cigars. During...

Editor’s note: This is the fifth of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. Marcus Gilbert took to Twitter soon after the season ended to proclaim on his verified account that “2019 will be my best one...

Only seven of the 55 other players who appeared in a game for the Pittsburgh Steelers during the recently-completed season have been with the team longer than Daniel McCullers. But as a pending unrestricted free agent, will Big Dan be back for a sixth season in black-and-gold? “We’ll just see...

Seemingly every time he walked into or out of the locker room at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, Trey Edmunds had a smile on his face. A second-year running back who’s developed a reputation as a special-teams standout, Edmunds was beaming not only because he was with the Pittsburgh Steelers but...

While the debate rages on about if the Pittsburgh Steelers should trade superstar Antonio Brown, an under-discussed aspect of the situation is how the organization would replace him. It’s true, should Brown be shipped out, JuJu Smith-Schuster would assume the role as No. 1 wide receiver. But that leaves a...

Editor’s note: This is the fourth of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary-cap information courtesy spotrac.com. For a period of several years about a decade ago, typically tight-lipped general manager Kevin Colbert would be very open about one thing regarding...

The Pittsburgh Steelers added to their organizational depth at defensive end Tuesday, signing former Wisconsin lineman Conor Sheehy to a reserve/future contract. The 6-foot-4, 293-pound Sheehy was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Green Bay Packers last spring but was cut at the end of training camp. He...

Editor’s note: This is Part 3 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. The eyes of not only Pittsburgh Steelers fans but of those around the entire NFL community will be watching closely how the Antonio...

The Pittsburgh Penguins tore through a 2 ½-week stretch, winning eight consecutive games and outscoring their foes by a 32-9 margin. Now that the run is over, though, the Penguins are left with a simple question: What, exactly, did the winning streak accomplish? “We are happy we are back where...

Sidney Crosby is embracing his new role, even if it is one he did with regularity almost a decade ago. The Pittsburgh Penguins best player now is one of its best penalty-killers. “It’s something I did earlier on and then not so much for a long period of time there....

Chad Ruhwedel was back in a familiar spot Sunday night: the press box at PPG Paints Arena. While he’d rather be playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins, that beats where he was the previous 10 days. Ruhwedel returned to the Penguins after a conditioning stint at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, where he appeared in...

Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. The top of the Steelers quarterback depth chart at quarterback is obvious: Ben Roethlisberger is the starter for the foreseeable future. Figure the...

Citing unnamed sources, the NFL Network reported Saturday morning the Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to consider trade requests for disgruntled star receiver Antonio Brown. NFL Network reported the Steelers “have not closed the door on the thought of Brown playing for someone else, provided they could receive adequate compensation.” The...