Chris Adamski stories, Page 8

After a second consecutive week of sitting out practices, Pittsburgh Steelers starting defensive backs DeShon Elliott and Joey Porter Jr. officially were given an “out” designations for a second straight game. Friday’s league-mandated status report officially declared that neither Elliott, a safety, nor Porter, a cornerback, will be available to...

It — officially — is well in the realm of possibility that Derrick Harmon will make his NFL debut this weekend. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ first-round pick was deemed “questionable” to suit up for Sunday’s game at the New England Patriots, according to the league-mandated status report. A defensive tackle listed...

Asked Thursday a question related to his projected offensive personnel deployment for Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith displayed a little paranoia. “I don’t want to give too much strategy away,” Smith said, “especially playing these guys in New England. I know (Patriots...

Starting defensive backs DeShon Elliott and Joey Porter Jr. continue to miss practice, dampening any hope either will be able to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Sunday’s game at the New England Patriots. Elliott, a safety, and Porter, a cornerback, left the Sept. 7 season opener because of injury:...

So far, so good, with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ red-zone offense. Through two weeks of the NFL season, only three teams have had a higher rate of conversions of offensive possessions inside the opponents’ 20 yard-line that result in touchdowns. As quarterback Aaron Rodgers put it this week, “Anything above 70...

The first practice of the week did not provide much optimism that two starting defensive backs will return to the lineup this week for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Safety DeShon Elliott and cornerback Joey Porter Jr. each sat out Wednesday’s practice, according to the league-mandated injury report. Elliott suffered a knee...

Derrick Harmon described himself as “anxious” to get on an NFL field. He said it’s been “tough” having to endure an injury that’s delayed his pro debut. But as a young man who lost his mother to the effects of a stroke hours after he was selected as a first-round...

DeMarvin Leal was brought back up to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ active roster, among a flurry of transactions announced by the team Steelers on Wednesday. Leal joined the Steelers as a third-round pick and defensive lineman in 2022. Beginning with the 2024 training camp, he gradually transitioned increasingly to outside linebacker....

The official NFL statisticians did not divvy up Sunday’s fourth-quarter sack of the Seattle Seahawks’ Sam Darnold. They gave full credit to rookie Jack Sawyer. That was big because it gave the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie edge rusher his first NFL sack. Sawyer, though, wanted to credit T.J. Watt with a...

Aaron Rodgers was looking to his right after he accepted the first snap of a Pittsburgh Steelers third-quarter possession following a Seattle Seahawks touchdown that had tied the score Sunday. Rodgers then scanned the middle of the field. Not satisfied with what he saw — and now facing some pressure...

Two games into the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rushing attack hasn’t shown significant improvements over last season. In fact, so far, it’s been worse. Among the many disappointing aspects of Sunday’s 31-17 home-opening defeat to the Seattle Seahawks was that the running game managed 3.4 yards per carry and 72...

Over the course of Sunday’s home-opening defeat to the Seattle Seahawks, four Pittsburgh Steelers defensive players left the game at some point because of injury. This after two starters went down during the previous week’s season opener to a degree that neither was available for the 31-17 loss to Seattle....

A rookie running back misunderstanding the rules for returning a kickoff? History repeated itself Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Some 35 years after a mental gaffe by Barry Foster cost the Steelers an opponent touchdown, during Sunday’s 2025 regular-season home opener it was Kaleb Johnson who similarly erred to give...

Pro Bowl cornerback Devon Witherspoon was not in uniform for the Seattle Seahawks for Sunday’s game at the Pittsburgh Steelers because of a knee injury. Witherspoon joined rookie safety Nick Emmanwori (ankle) as starters from Seattle’s secondary who were unavailable for the Steelers home opener at Acrisure Stadium. It had...

When Gary Anderson lined up for a field goal in overtime of a playoff game on New Year’s Eve 1989, eyebrows across Western Pennsylvania were raised. Though Anderson ultimately would retire as the NFL’s career leader in successful field goals, where Anderson was lining up that day at the Houston...

1. Quick draw Over the first weekend of the NFL season, no quarterback had a faster average time from snap to throw than the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Aaron Rodgers. Per Pro Football Focus, Rodgers averaged 2.18 seconds from the snap until his attempted passes last week against the New York Jets....

SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS Last meeting Steelers beat Seahawks, 30-23, on Dec. 31, 2023, in Seattle Key matchup Steelers DB Jalen Ramsey vs. Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba Smith-Njigba is Seattle’s top wide receiver, and Ramsey has a history of embracing the challenge of a “shutdown corner” role assigned to the opponent’s...

The Pittsburgh Steelers are down two starting members of their secondary for Sunday’s home opener. Their opponent could very well be down a pair of defensive backs, too. Devon Witherspoon — one of the best young cornerbacks in the game — was designated on the injury report as doubtful to...

For only the second time over his three-year pro career, Joey Porter Jr. will miss a game for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The starting cornerback has been ruled out for Sunday’s home opener against the Seattle Seahawks. Per the status report, Porter did not practice in any capacity all week after...

By most measures for a rookie fifth-round pick, Yahya Black had a fruitful and productive NFL debut. Black ranked fourth among Pittsburgh Steelers defensive linemen in defensive snaps played with 24, registering two assisted tackles and (according to Pro Football Focus) two quarterback hurries during a 34-32 win at the...

After Sunday’s season opener, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin dismissed Joey Porter Jr.’s injury as a “hamstring (that) got tight.” Two days later at his weekly news conference, Tomlin declared himself “optimistic” about Porter’s chances of playing in this coming Sunday’s home opener. Two days into the practice week, however,...

Separately and on consecutive days this week, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and veteran NFL safety Jabrill Peppers acknowledged they had eyes for each other during the lead-up to the 2017 draft. It never will be known with certainty if the Steelers would have selected Peppers with the No. 30...

Bemused by the multiple attempts to elicit a change of tone, DK Metcalf finally had enough. Smiling, he playfully mocked the reporters gathered around him. “Y’all are gonna make it a big deal,” Metcalf said of facing his former team, “but I’m not.” Try as they collectively might via several...

Three days after leaving the season opener during the second half because of a hamstring injury, Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. did not participate in the first practice of the week. The top reserve at outside linebacker, Nick Herbig, was listed as a limited participant on the injury report....