Chris Adamski stories, Page 41

When Will Levis produced two touchdowns — one rushing, one passing — during a unique Christmas-week home game in front of no fans at Beaver Stadium on Dec. 19, 2020, who would have thought then that the next game Levis would play in Pennsylvania would come almost three years later....

The Pittsburgh Steelers have their longtime defensive captain back. Cameron Heyward was activated off of the injured reserve list Wednesday, clearing the way for the veteran defensive lineman to make his return to the active lineup for Thursday night’s home game against the Tennessee Titans. Heyward has been on IR...

Patrick J. Rooney, one of the five sons of late Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr. and the brother of longtime Steelers president and chairman Dan Rooney, has died. Pat Rooney, who was born on Pittsburgh’s North Side and most recently had been living in Florida, was 84. Born six...

Elijah Riley took stock of the safeties corps he is a part of in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room. “We are all pros,” Riley said earlier this week, “even if (each individual) hasn’t reached All-Pro.” The one member of his position group that has — perennially — reached that status...

It didn’t take long into Mike Tomlin’s weekly news conference Monday for the Pittsburgh Steelers coach to address the officiating that had been such a significant topic of discussion since his team’s loss Sunday. “I know a lot has been written or said or asked about the officiating and so...

Joey Porter Jr. made his first NFL start Sunday. His coach on Monday tacitly acknowledged there will be many more to come. Early during his weekly news conference, coach Mike Tomlin was asked that, regardless of the health status of erstwhile veteran starting outside cornerback Levi Wallace, if Porter has...

Less than a week after being cleared to return to practice, former All-Pro defensive tackle Cameron Heyward perhaps will be activated to return to game action for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Heyward has been on the injured reserve list since undergoing surgery to address a groin injury that knocked him out...

Facing one of the AFC’s best teams Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers had to play most of the game without two of the players who were most important to their chances of winning. All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick suffered a hamstring injury during the first quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Jacksonville...

A pool reporter was selected as the media representative tasked with interviewing the referee after Sunday’s game, and there were plenty of questions to get through. It was that kind of game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars. And to hear some Steelers players tell it, the officiating played...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett was forced out of Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars because of a rib injury. Pickett suffered the injury while absorbing a hit after throwing an incomplete pass with 17 seconds left in the first half. Jaguars defensive lineman Adam Gotsis drove Pickett into the...

The NFL handed out five fines to Pittsburgh Steelers players related to actions during last week’s win at the Los Angeles Rams, including two for taunting and two for plays in which the offending players were not flagged. Starting receivers George Pickens and Diontae Johnson combined for three flags, and...

The Joey Porter Jr. era, in earnest, got underway Sunday. The rookie selected No. 32 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers made his first NFL start during Sunay’s home game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Porter was limited in practice Thursday and Friday because of a calf injury. Porter’s enhanced status on...

1. Dialing it up The Pittsburgh Steelers have a reputation for bringing the blitz. After a two-year hiatus, they are back at it in 2023. According to pro-football-reference.com, only four NFL teams blitz at a higher rate this season than the Steelers’ 37.9%. That number is a significant increase over...

Two and a half years after the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Najee Harris to be their all-situations, highly-productive workhorse running back, the next player selected at that position in that 2021 draft is emerging as moreso exactly what the Steelers sought. That player, Travis Etienne, will face the Steelers for the...

Aside from the muddled situation at cornerback, the Pittsburgh Steelers have a healthy roster headed into Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Three relied-upon starters who spent time on the league-mandated official injury report this week all were full practice participants Friday and given the official green light to play...

It might be Luq Barcoo and Darius Rush getting significant playing time at outside cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Other than Patrick Peterson, it’s anyone’s guess who the cornerbacks will be against the Jacksonville Jaguars if the injury report is any indication. The Steelers’ Nos. 2-4 on the...

In Diontae Johnson’s first game back after being on the injured reserve list Sunday, George Pickens actually ended up with more production (five catches for 107 yards) than what he averaged in the four games during which Johnson was sidelined (4.3 catches, 89.8 yards). So much for any worries that...

Seven consecutive practices is as long as the streak would last for Larry Ogunjobi. A veteran defensive tackle, Ogunjobi since Oct. 4 had fully taken part in each of the seven Pittsburgh Steelers practices that had been eligible for noting on the league-mandated status report. He was not listed as...

In crediting Pittsburgh Steelers fans, rookie Nick Herbig let it slip the confidence he has in himself to beat NFL offensive tackles. An outside linebacker the Steelers drafted in the fourth round in April, Herbig explained his takedown of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford during the second quarter of...

Could the seeming gradual transition from Levi Wallace to Joey Porter Jr. as a Pittsburgh Steelers outside cornerback be hastened by an injury this week? Wallace, the six-year veteran who’s in his second season with the Steelers, did not practice Wednesday. According to the league-mandated injury report, Wallace has a...

Early on during Sunday’s game at the Los Angeles Rams, Najee Harris’ mouth evoked a warning from the officiating crew that was verbalized to Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. Late in the game, the Steelers receivers George Pickens and Diontae Johnson each drew taunting penalties for their actions at the...

What are the 2023 Pittsburgh Steelers? Do they have an “identity?” Coach Mike Tomlin would prefer they don’t, at least not in regards to schematics or tendencies. Seven weeks and six games into the season, the Steelers have poor statistical rankings (31st in total offense, 30th in total defense) but...

Eleven times during Sunday’s game at the Los Angeles Rams, officials threw flags against the Pittsburgh Steelers. A season-high eight were accepted, and another triggered a crucial offset of a Rams penalty that would have given the Steelers an important late first down. During his weekly news conference Tuesday, Steelers...

Teams that win the coin toss in the NFL elect to defer possession to the second half more than 90% of the time. For the second time this season, though, on Sunday the Pittsburgh Steelers chose to receive to begin a game at the Los Angeles Rams. In explaining why,...