Chris Adamski stories, Page 95
Ben Roethlisberger speaking with teammates, taking part in Steelers Zooms while on covid list
Exiled from the team facility after testing positive for covid-19, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is staying involved and in contact with his coaches and teammates. Roethlisberger typically does not practice Wednesdays during the season anyway, so that reps were split between Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins was not all...
Claypool returns to Steelers practice; Watt, Haden, Turner, Dotson do not practice
As coach Mike Tomlin alluded to Tuesday, wide receiver Chase Claypool returned to Pittsburgh Steelers practice Wednesday. But early indications are that Tomlin’s “confidence” in regards to Trai Turner might have been less founded. Turner, the Steelers’ veteran starting right guard, did not practice Wednesday because of an ankle injury...
Despite big receiving day, Steelers’ McCloud knows being more reliable return man is his meal ticket
A week after perhaps the most glaring gaffe of his NFL career, Ray-Ray McCloud had the most productive game of his career. “You never know going into a game what’s going to come and what’s not going to come,” McCloud said Monday, a day after setting career highs for catches...
Steelers sign QB James Morgan to practice squad
The Pittsburgh Steelers added a quarterback to the building Monday, signing former fourth-round pick James Morgan to their practice squad. Morgan was released off the Carolina Panthers’ practice squad last week after the Panthers brought back Cam Newton. Drafted No. 125 overall by the New York Jets last year, Morgan...
Steelers run defense turns in another putrid performance
For the second time in four games, the Pittsburgh Steelers allowed a team with a losing record to come into Heinz Field and put up a season-high rushing yards. For the second time in four games, an opposing running back had a career-high (or close to it) rushing effort. And...
Steelers CB Joe Haden, guards Kevin Dotson, Trai Turner leave game with injuries
They didn’t lose a game Sunday, but the Pittsburgh Steelers did lose a handful of starters to injury. In addition to T.J. Watt missing all of the fourth quarter and overtime a 16-16 tie with the winless Detroit Lions, cornerback Joe Haden and the starting guard duo of Kevin Dotson...
Prognosis unclear for Steelers’ T.J. Watt after hip/knee injury
Pittsburgh Steelers star outside linebacker T.J. Watt gingerly walked off the field during the third quarter and did not return to Sunday’s tie against the Detroit Lions. Watt suffered a hip/knee injury colliding with teammate Joe Schobert in the process of making a sack of Jared Goff late in the...
Steelers OT Zach Banner makes season debut vs. Lions
Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Zach Banner is in uniform and made his season debut Sunday against the Detroit Lions. Banner had not played in a regular-season game since the 2020 opener, during which he suffered a torn ACL. His rehab hit an apparent setback during this past training camp, and...
Steelers rookie TE Pat Freiermuth develops rapport with Ben Roethlisberger, shows penchant for TDs
Heath Miller made a rare post-retirement appearance at Heinz Field last week. Perfect timing, because the Pittsburgh Steelers — at long last — are comfortable that they finally have been able to replace their former Pro Bowl tight end, who retired in February 2016. Following a couple of swings and...
Steelers call up WR Steven Sims from practice squad for game vs. Lions
Down another wide receiver because of injury, the Pittsburgh Steelers turned to their practice squad for reinforcement at the position. Three-year veteran Steven Sims was elevated to the roster for Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions, the team announced Saturday. Sims had 61 catches and five touchdowns over the past...
Four Downs: Numbers show contrast of Steelers defense in 1st, 2nd halves
1. Half-and-half The Pittsburgh Steelers were expected to have one of the NFL’s best defenses. But that’s only been half true so far this season. The Steelers have been among the best on defense… in the first halves of games. Come the second half, they’ve statistically been one of the...
T.J. Watt on the art, science of batting passes, at which Steelers excel
There were 81 batted down passes in the NFL through nine weeks of this season, according to Pro Football Focus. Teammates T.J. Watt and Cameron Heyward, by themselves, have accounted for almost 10% of them. Heyward’s five plus Watt’s three in addition to two from Chris Wormley gave the Pittsburgh...
Steelers WR Chase Claypool will not play Sunday, but TE Eric Ebron will
The attrition continues on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ wide receivers depth chart. Chase Claypool will not play in Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions after sitting out the entire week’s worth of practice because of a toe injury. Claypool joins JuJu Smith-Schuster, who had season-ending shoulder surgery last month, as wide...
Despite mid-week injuries, Steelers’ Najee Harris and Kendrick Green will play vs. Lions
Despite an apparent mid-week foot injury, Pittsburgh Steelers workhorse running back Najee Harris will play in Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions. After he was listed as a limited participant at Thursday’s practice, Friday’s injury report had Harris as a full participant. Starting center Kendrick Green similarly was a Thursday...
Trai Turner emerges as respected, sage leader of young Steelers offensive line
Is 28 considered old? It’s all relative in life, and perhaps nowhere more than among the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offensive line. In the context of that inexperienced group, 28-year-old Trai Turner is a veritable pied piper of sage knowledge and insight. “We were all laughing because we were sitting on the...
Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool doesn’t practice
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool did not practice Wednesday, a day after coach Mike Tomlin said Claypool was undergoing an MRI to evaluate a toe injury. The workout was shortened and lightened to the point it was referred to as a walkthrough, and the participation designations were estimated as...
Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger says shoulder has been injured for several weeks
Among the hundreds of players’ names on respective injury reports for the 32 NFL teams last week, few (if any) listed three separate ailments under the “injury” heading of the status report. Typically, the player’s name is accompanied by the one body part that has an issue preventing him from...
Steelers notes: T.J. Watt continues on torrid sack pace
T.J. Watt made a significant impact on Monday night’s game – and achieved some milestones in the process for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Watt had his third career three-sack game in the win against the Chicago Bears, giving him 61 career sacks in 69 games. His two first-half takedowns of Justin...
Mike Tomlin moves past Bill Cowher into 2nd place in Steelers’ all-time coaching wins
Three months after Bill Cowher was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, his successor passed him in career victories. Mike Tomlin earned his 150th win as Pittsburgh Steelers head coach when his team defeated the Chicago Bears, 29-27, Monday night. That number carries more significance than a round...
Steelers vs. Bears: RB Anthony McFarland inactive for Steelers
A week after Anthony McFarland’s 2021 debut, the Pittsburgh Steelers running back was back in street clothes for a game. McFarland was announced as a healthy scratch for Monday night’s game against the Chicago Bears. The second-year speedster began the season on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury during...
Pine-Richland alum Kevin Rader activated by Steelers for game vs. Bears
After playing with just two active tight ends last week, the Pittsburgh Steelers ensured they’d have a third available to them for Monday night’s game against the Chicago Bears. Pine-Richland alumnus Kevin Rader was elevated from the practice squad, the team announced Monday afternoon. Headed into Monday, Rader’s prior NFL...
Steelers’ Najee Harris wants big workload, not worried about cumulative effects
When it comes to NFL running backs, some see it as a big problem. Najee Harris, though, views it as a problem for the “little.” Does the pounding accumulated over the course of a career harm high-volume running backs? There’s a school of thought that elite runners only have so...
Isaiahh Loudermilk making most of unexpected opportunity as rookie for Steelers
With the other two veteran starters at his position out longterm because of injury, Cameron Heyward is often playing alongside inexperienced players this season. Heyward is a two-time first-team NFL All Pro. To show how often, for example, Isaiahh Loudermilk is playing as a rookie, consider that Loudermilk (a fifth-round...
Steelers Four Downs: Offenses shifting from WRs to tight ends
1. Whither the WR? Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Keith Butler this week broached the subject of how NFL offenses have morphed over his two-decade tenure in the league. There was a gradual and significant increased emphasis put on speed and passing beginning roughly around the turn of the century. But...
Steelers vs. Bears: Chris Boswell cleared to play, Eric Ebron will not
The Pittsburgh Steelers finished last week’s game without a healthy kicker. They’ll enter prep for their next game with two. Chris Boswell emerged from a week of practice as cleared to play in Monday night’s home game against the Chicago Bears, per the league-mandated injury report released Saturday. Boswell was...
