Chris Adamski stories, Page 26
Steelers notes: 1st-round playoff opponent, time, date soon to be set
One thing is certain about the four-game losing streak that ended the Pittsburgh Steelers’ regular season. It assured them they won’t open up the playoffs with a home game. But where the Steelers will play on wild-card weekend is yet to be determined. And it will be the Los Angeles...
Steelers CB Donte Jackson, Bengals RB Chase Brown out for Saturday night game
One starting outside cornerback returned to game action but another was ruled out for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ regular-season finale. Veteran Donte Jackson was among the list of Steelers inactives for Saturday night’s home game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Jackson aggravated a back injury earlier this week and was listed as...
Steelers’ George Pickens passes $68,000 in NFL fines this season after helmet removal vs. K.C.
The NFL fined receiver George Pickens for removing his helmet during play of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game on Christmas Day against the Kansas City Chiefs. According to the league, Pickens was docked $10,231 for his actions at the 10:05 mark of the fourth quarter. Pickens actually twice took off his...
Steelers 4 Downs: Excelling in regular-season finales at home quite common
1. See you in the fall … If it’s the final regular-season game and it’s at the venue now called Acrisure Stadium, history tells us it’s time for a Pittsburgh Steelers victory. The Steelers have never lost a season finale at what once was called Heinz Field. They’re 11-0 in...
Scouting the Bengals: Steelers opponent carries 4-game win streak into regular-season finale
SCOUTING THE BENGALS Last meeting The Steelers beat the Bengals, 44-38, on Dec. 1 in Cincinnati. Key matchup Bengals QB Joe Burrow vs. Steelers secondary After a week in which there was much consternation about missed assignments and lack of communication among the Steelers defense during their three-game losing streak,...
5 weeks after allowing 38 points to Bengals, struggling Steelers defense taking rematch ‘personal’
The last time the Pittsburgh Steelers were preparing to face the Cincinnati Bengals, they ranked among the NFL leaders in points and yards against. But that Dec. 1 meeting — a 44-38 Steelers win — turned the tide. Since, the Steelers’ defense has been reeling, both statistically and with what...
Steelers starting CB Donte Jackson questionable to play vs. Bengals, but Joey Porter Jr. to return
Donte Jackson said he was “feeling good” after practice Thursday. But Jackson’s back was not feeling good enough for the Pittsburgh Steelers to give him any better than a “questionable” designation to play in Saturday’s regular-season finale against the Cincinnati Bengals. Jackson was listed as a limited participant at Thursday’s...
Steelers’ Chris Boswell, Minkah Fitzpatrick, T.J. Watt, Cam Heyward named to Pro Bowl roster
Justin Tucker’s five-year reign as the AFC kicker named to the Pro Bowl roster has ended. But the man who replaced him doesn’t views it as a passing of the torch. “There’s no passing a guy like that,” said Chris Boswell, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 10th-year kicker. Tucker, the Baltimore Ravens’...
His voice welcome — in-house — on Steelers defense, DeShon Elliott isn’t afraid to use it
Of the six dozen or so players in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room, few speak their mind more openly — and more often — than DeShon Elliott. “You know, DeShon is DeShon,” defensive coordinator Teryl Austin said. “He likes to talk. He’s great for you guys (in the media).” Actually,...
Steelers CB Donte Jackson added to injury report
Starting cornerback Donte Jackson was added to the Pittsburgh Steelers injury report Wednesday, listed as a limited practice participant on the league-mandated injury report. Jackson was listed with a back injury. A back injury is what forced Jackson out of a Dec. 15 loss at the Philadelphia Eagles and prevented...
Steelers injury report: Joey Porter Jr. full practice participant, Jaylen Warren limited
Joey Porter Jr. returned to Pittsburgh Steelers practice Tuesday, six days after he sat out a game because of a knee injury. The Steelers No. 1 cornerback, Porter suffered the injury in a Dec. 21 loss at the Baltimore Ravens. Porter was regarded as a full practice participant on Tuesday’s...
Zach Frazier given Joe Greene Award as Steelers rookie of the year
When the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Zach Frazier with the 51st overall pick of April’s draft, it marked the highest the team had selected a center since Maurkice Pouncey 14 years prior. Tuesday, Frazier joined Pouncey as a Steelers rookie of the year. He can only hope to follow by matching...
OLB Alex Highsmith given ‘Chief Award’ as Steeler most cooperative with media
It wasn’t lost on Alex Highsmith that he was at a podium accepting an award recognizing his interactions with media just six days after he had arguably his most honest and poignant public comments of the Pittsburgh Steelers season. After the Steelers lost their third consecutive game, Highsmith, on Christmas...
Rest the starters if Ravens wrap up North? Steelers’ Mike Tomlin downplays idea vs. Bengals
By the time the Pittsburgh Steelers kick off their regular-season finale Saturday night, they will know if a division title is still attainable. If it’s not, will coach Mike Tomlin elect to rest some key players as a means of protecting his healthy team headed into the playoffs? “I haven’t...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin expects ‘a full stable at our disposal,’ injury-free team for finale vs. Bengals
The reward for playing three games over an 11-day span was a nine-day break for the Pittsburgh Steelers before their regular-season finale. In regards to the health of a roster that had been pockmarked by a growing number of injuries in recent weeks, that time to rest is proving valuable....
Mike Tomlin: George Pickens’ sluggish route ‘had zero to do with’ interception vs. KC
Some time not long before his Monday news conference, Mike Tomlin encountered his No. 1 wide receiver at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. “I just saw him in the training room.” Tomlin said of George Pickens, “and he had a smile on his face.” Pickens perhaps had reason to smile again...
After stellar start with Steelers, Russell Wilson’s struggles contributing to 3-game skid
Russell Wilson quickly became a Pittsburgh sensation, in part because of his deft and visually pleasing “moon ball” throws. But after three mediocre performances, is the honeymoon over between Wilson and Steelers fans? Wilson directed the Steelers to six wins in his first seven starts, flashing form that had made...
2024 just the latest in a long string of late-season Steelers collapses under Mike Tomlin
During the annual holiday season, the Pittsburgh Steelers under Mike Tomlin far too often have been in quite the giving mood. As in, giving back leads in the AFC North race. Giving up ground in the conference standings. Giving away higher playoff seedings. Even giving up what appeared to be...
Steelers defense questioning its ‘want-to’ after 3rd straight subpar effort in loss to Chiefs
That Pittsburgh Steelers defense that was collecting takeaways and pressuring quarterbacks? The unit that carried the team to two wins this season in which its offense didn’t even score a touchdown? It has lost its swagger. “The last three weeks,” defensive co-captain Cameron Heyward said, “we played like (crap). “Simple...
Steelers notes: Return of George Pickens doesn’t boost sputtering offense
The return of George Pickens did little to kick-start the sputtering Pittsburgh Steelers offense. Pickens, the No. 1 wide receiver, played for the first time Wednesday since Dec. 1 because of a hamstring injury suffered in practice later that week. But instead of buoying an offense that had two of...
Chiefs without All Pro DT Chris Jones for game vs. Steelers
Two-time reigning AP NFL All Pro Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones was not in uniform for Wednesday’s game at the Pittsburgh Steelers because of a calf injury four days prior in Kansas City’s win against the Houston Texans. Jones, who has been part of all three recent Chiefs’...
Steelers 4 Downs: Sack totals aren’t gaudy, but pressures and QB hits are piling up
1. Sacks lack, but… The Pittsburgh Steelers’ remarkable run of leading the NFL in sacks for five consecutive seasons (2017-21) is long gone. At 16th in the league in sacks through 15 games this season with 36, the Steelers are right about at league average and appear destined to finish...
Scouting the Chiefs: Steelers opponent is 20-1 over past calendar year
SCOUTING THE CHIEFS Last meeting Chiefs beat Steelers, 42-21, on Jan. 16, 2022, in a playoff game at Kansas City. Key matchup Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes vs. Steelers S Minkah Fitzpatrick The Steelers have acknowledged communication problems in their defense during losses the past two weeks, and between veteran Mahomes...
Curiously not targeted often recently, Pat Freiermuth still major part of Steelers offense
Simple intuitiveness would have suggested that in the absence of No. 1 wide receiver George Pickens over the past three games that Pat Freiermuth would have been a much-utilized weapon in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense. That has not materialized. Although Freiermuth does have two touchdown receptions in that time, he...
Joey Porter Jr., Ben Skowronek remain out; other injured Steelers full practice participants
In regards to the prospects for returning to game action Wednesday, Monday offered some promising news about the five Pittsburgh Steelers players who missed this past weekend’s loss in Baltimore. The four starters on the active roster who missed that game because of injury all were listed as full practice...
