Chris Adamski stories, Page 89
No bull: Isaiahh Loudermilk shows as rookie what Steelers saw in trading up to draft him
Despite his Great Plains roots and an alma mater in America’s dairyland, Isaiahh Loudermilk’s choice of home décor isn’t supposed to represent a vocation of life passion as a rancher or farmer. Loudermilk laughed when he was asked this past week if there was significance to a black-and-white framed photo...
Report: Domestic violence charges dropped against wife of Steelers QB Dwayne Haskins
Charges related to domestic violence against the wife of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins were dropped earlier this month, according to a Friday report from TMZ.com. Court records from Clark County, Nevada, indicate the case against Kalabrya Gondrezick-Haskins was dismissed Jan. 10. Police had responded to a July incident at...
Former Steelers assistant Kirby Wilson named head coach of USFL Pittsburgh Maulers
The new pro football team named after Pittsburgh has its head coach — and it’s a man who used to coach pro ball in the city. Former Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach Kirby Wilson was named the first coach for the reboot of the Pittsburgh Maulers. The Maulers will play...
Steelers punter Pressley Harvin deals with grief off field, adversity on it to finish season on high note
That the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to end their season wasn’t going to put a damper on this past Sunday’s game for Pressley Harvin III. “Honestly,” Harvin said of the AFC wild-card playoff defeat at the Kansas City Chiefs, “that was one of the most fun games of my life. “Unfortunately...
Mason Rudolph, Dwayne Haskins vow to be good fits for Matt Canada’s Steelers offense
Matt Canada, by all indications, will have a second season in which to deploy his offense as coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The man who currently has the best chance to be entrusted putting Canada’s vision into action has pledged to be a more captive audience than his predecessor. “I’m...
Steelers’ offseason begins with plenty of unanswered questions ahead
A half foot of snow isn’t all that greeted the Pittsburgh Steelers upon their return to Pennsylvania early Monday. Boots will seemingly be just as needed to trudge through a deep collection of freshly-packed questions about charting the course of the future of the franchise. While the peripheral statistics suggest...
Diontae Johnson sees ‘a lot’ of upside in Mason Rudolph as next Steelers QB
Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers season is over, a long offseason of debate is sure to ensue regarding the identity of their next franchise quarterback. The player who arguably has the most at stake in that decision let it known whom he supports. “I’m pulling for (Mason Rudolph),” Diontae Johnson...
Steelers’ Cameron Heyward emotional about playing season without ‘brothers’ Stephon Tuitt, Tyson Alualu
Getting choked up and emotional Sunday night wasn’t only about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season coming to an end for Cameron Heyward. It went beyond feelings associated with Ben Roethlisberger’s purported final game, too. Speaking soon after the Steelers’ 42-21 defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs in an AFC wild-card game,...
JuJu Smith-Schuster has 5 catches in return, says ‘it would be a blessing’ to remain with Steelers
JuJu Smith-Schuster fought his way back to play one more game this season. Was it also one final time he wore the black-and-gold? Smith-Schuster’s surprise return to game action three months after shoulder surgery ended with a team-high-tying five receptions in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 42-21 loss to the Kansas City...
Steelers notes: Dan Moore Jr. returns to lineup, JuJu Smith-Schuster also starts
One Pittsburgh rookie offensive lineman — at least for the time being — lost his starting job late in the season after an injury. Another, apparently, did not. Dan Moore Jr. was back at left tackle when Sunday’s AFC wild-card playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs began. A fourth-round...
Staying grounded until earning role, Ahkello Witherspoon now blossoming with Steelers
In an era of athletes quitting teams and forcing trades, it would not have been unexpected to hear Ahkello Witherspoon was irked about what happened over his first 12 weeks with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But leave it to the veteran cornerback to apply some much-needed, heartening perspective. “Man, I had...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin chose Pressley Harvin over Corliss Waitman because of holding skills
Rare does a punters’ debate stoke the fires of a team’s football fans, but in Pittsburgh some were irked by a recent choice. The Pittsburgh Steelers elected to go back to Pressley Havin III to handle the punting duties during Sunday’s AFC wild-card playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs....
Steelers face long odds, but unlikely champions have been crowned before
The Pittsburgh Steelers enter tonight’s AFC wild-card game against the Kansas City Chiefs facing the longest odds, not only of any team in the NFL playoffs this season, but of any team ever at this point of the postseason. They are 13½-point underdogs against the two-time defending AFC champion Chiefs...
Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster, Najee Harris to play, Pressley Harvin the punter vs. Chiefs
The Pittsburgh Steelers made it official Saturday that two of their highest-profile players will be available for Sunday’s postseason opener. Running back Najee Harris was upgraded to assured to play from a questionable designation given to him during Friday’s league-mandated injury report. Less than two hours later Saturday afternoon, wide...
Four Downs: If Steelers must win special teams to beat Chiefs, it won’t be easy
1. Something special As a double-digit underdog, conventional wisdom suggests one of the best routes for a Pittsburgh Steelers upset of the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s AFC wild-card playoff game is via an advantage on special teams. Judging by the caliber of the Chiefs’ special-teams unit, though, don’t bet...
Steelers mum on if JuJu Smith-Schuster will play vs. Chiefs, but his presence brings ‘energy’
A little more than 24 hours in advance of a 4 p.m. Saturday deadline for activating JuJu Smith-Schuster to the roster in time for a playoff game Sunday, Pittsburgh Steelers teammates were eager to let it be known they were unwilling to unveil any inside information about if Smith-Schuster could...
Steelers hold rare Heinz Field practice in prep for Chiefs
Who said Heinz Field had seen the last of the Pittsburgh Steelers for the 2021 season? Two-and-a-half weeks after the Steelers’ regular-season home finale and longer than that since it’d been determined they had no chance of hosting a playoff game, the Steelers were back at their home stadium Friday....
Starting OL Dan Moore Jr., Trai Turner, DB Arthur Maulet will play for Steelers vs. Chiefs
The Pittsburgh Steelers have a relatively clean bill of health headed into the postseason. Outside of a questionable designation given to running back Najee Harris, all other players on the 53-man roster were deemed as able to play on the injury report Friday. Of those who had missed practice time...
Best path for Steelers against Chiefs runs through Najee Harris
Though it made him sore for a couple days, the platelet-rich plasma shot Najee Harris received helped heal his injured right elbow. Can it also play a role in injecting some life into the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense? The Steelers have a formidable opponent for Sunday’s AFC wild-card playoff game in...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt unanimously selected AP All Pro, Cam Heyward also on 1st team
For the second time in three seasons, Pittsburgh Steelers defensive teammates T.J. Watt and Cameron Heyward were named first-team AP All-Pro. Watt, the Steelers’ outside linebacker who tied the NFL season record for sacks with 22½, was a unanimous choice of 50 media members who regularly cover the league. The...
Concern ‘high’ about Najee Harris’ availability after he again misses Steelers practice
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris missed practice for a second consecutive day Thursday because of an elbow injury suffered during last week’s game. Coach Mike Tomlin, though, said Harris is “scheduled to” practice Friday, the final session before Sunday’s AFC wild-card playoff game at the Kansas City Chiefs. “I...
WRs return: JuJu Smith-Schuster practices, James Washington off covid list for Steelers
The two most veteran and tenured members of the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers corps returned to practice. Just as the Steelers began their workout Thursday afternoon, they announced JuJu Smith-Schuster had been cleared to practice for the first time since he suffered a shoulder injury early during an Oct. 10...
Najee Harris does not practice, Dan Moore Jr. does for Steelers
As coach Mike Tomlin had indicated the day prior, running back Najee Harris sat out Pittsburgh Steelers practice on Wednesday. Harris was limited during this past Sunday’s game in Baltimore because of an elbow injury. He played, though, during the fourth quarter and overtime, an indication that he can be...
Steelers notes: Chase Claypool ends regular season on high note
BALTIMORE – Since his best game of the season Oct. 10 against the Denver Broncos, Chase Claypool hadn’t scored for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Since his regrettable premature first-down celebration Dec. 9 in Minnesota, he barely made much of an impact. In Sunday’s must-win regular-season finale, though, Claypool was an offensive...
Steelers ‘hungrier than ever’ after securing postseason trip to Kansas City
BALTIMORE — Cameron Heyward paused and darted his eyes up to the ceiling in contemplation. The Pittsburgh Steelers defensive captain couldn’t recall with precision the date of their most recent game against the Kansas City Chiefs. “Was that three weeks ago or two weeks ago,” Heyward asked Sunday evening, “when...
