Joe Rutter stories, Page 48
Steelers to face Panthers without leading tackler Myles Jack
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Despite being upgraded to questionable a day earlier, inside linebacker Myles Jack is inactive for the first time this season for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jack, who leads the Steelers with 100 tackles, will miss the 1 p.m. game against the Carolina Panthers with a groin injury. Jack...
As season winds down, Steelers have handful of players eyeing bigger roles on defense
Teryl Austin doesn’t believe in the phrase “Wait till next year.” Not with four games remaining and not with the 5-8 Pittsburgh Steelers mathematically still in the hunt for the final spot in the AFC playoffs. Even if the Steelers are eliminated Sunday when they face the Carolina Panthers at...
Mitch Trubisky named starter for Steelers after QB Kenny Pickett ruled out
On the day the Pittsburgh Steelers traveled to Carolina for their game against the Panthers at Bank of America Stadium, they downgraded quarterback Kenny Pickett to out because of concussion symptoms. Pickett had been listed as doubtful Friday, but he was ruled out from playing after the team went through...
WR Diontae Johnson rooting for Mason Rudolph to get snaps at quarterback for Steelers
When he was a rookie in 2019, Diontae Johnson’s first NFL touchdown reception came on a pass thrown to him by Mason Rudolph. It took place in the third week of the year when Rudolph made his first career start for the Pittsburgh Steelers after Ben Roethlisberger sustained a season-ending...
Mason Rudolph, Mitch Trubisky split snaps at QB to open practice week for Steelers
There’s no truth that Mason Rudolph had to reintroduce himself to teammates when he got into the huddle with the first-team offense Wednesday. But it was the first time in weeks, if not months, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ fifth-year quarterback took snaps with the starters, so there was an adjustment period....
Chris Wormley knee injury will require surgery, effectively ending his Steelers season
Chris Wormley’s third season with the Pittsburgh Steelers likely is over as a result of a left knee injury he suffered late in the third quarter Sunday in the 16-14 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Wormley was seen sporting a brace Monday, and coach Mike Tomlin announced Tuesday that the...
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin: Kenny Pickett will start at Carolina if cleared from concussion protocolVideo
Mike Tomlin said it’s too soon to know whether Kenny Pickett will be cleared to return from concussion protocol to start at quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday at Carolina. Tomlin also believes it is premature to name a starting quarterback in the event Pickett cannot play against the...
Mason Rudolph ‘ready to rock’ if Kenny Pickett can’t play for Steelers because of concussion
It will be bittersweet for Mason Rudolph if he is active Sunday for the first time this season when the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium. It would mean the fifth-year quarterback would be one step closer to seeing his first game action since the...
5 things we learned: Steelers running game became an afterthought following Kenny Pickett’s early exit
Five things we learned from Ravens 16, Steelers 14: 1. One-dimensional offense After having five consecutive games with at least 100 yards rushing, the Steelers totaled just 65 on the ground against the Ravens. That is the second-lowest total of the season. The fewest rushing yards came in Week 5...
Mistakes doom Steelers in close loss to Ravens
If the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to avoid their first losing season under coach Mike Tomlin — and keep alive any slim playoff aspirations they might have — they are going to have to run the table. The margin for error is nil as the result of a 16-14 loss...
Malik Reed among inactives, leaving Steelers thin at outside linebacker vs. Ravens
The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without their designated top backup at outside linebacker Sunday when they play the Baltimore Ravens at Acrisure Stadium. Malik Reed was removed from the injury report Saturday, yet he was among five players scratched from the game-day roster. Also inactive were quarterback Mason Rudolph, cornerback...
When it comes to facing Ravens backups, Steelers used to expecting the unexpected
It doesn’t matter to Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin that his team is preparing to face backup quarterback Tyler Huntley instead of starter Lamar Jackson. Just like it meant little when the Steelers had to face Robert Griffin III, Ryan Mallett or Troy Smith over the years. The Steelers have...
Steelers activate K Chris Boswell, cut Matthew Wright
For the first time since October, the Pittsburgh Steelers will have Chris Boswell back as their kicker. Boswell was activated from injured reserve Saturday and will kick for the Steelers when they face the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium. Boswell hasn’t kicked since Oct. 23 because of a...
Steelers defense finding ways to get job done without producing QB sacks
In five weeks, an unprecedented run of NFL pass-rushing excellence will end for the Pittsburgh Steelers. For the first time since 2016, the Steelers won’t lead the NFL in sacks. And, barring an unexpected turnaround down the stretch, they also won’t reach the 50-sack plateau for the first time in...
Steelers, Kenny Pickett cut down on sacks just in time to face Ravens defense
Kenny Pickett doesn’t expect to be so fortunate this Sunday. For the first time in eight NFL starts, Pickett wasn’t sacked when the Steelers defeated the Atlanta Falcons, 19-16, last weekend to win their second consecutive game. Pickett was hit four times but not brought down once in the 28...
Diontae Johnson, T.J. Watt limited in practice as Steelers prepare to face Ravens
Wide receiver Diontae Johnson and outside linebacker T.J. Watt began the practice week for the Pittsburgh Steelers participating on a limited basis. Johnson is dealing with a hip injury, and Watt has been bothered by a rib injury that prevented him from practicing fully last week. Both are expected to...
Mike Tomlin expects to see ‘much better’ play if Steelers face Ravens backup QB Tyler Huntley
The last time Tyler Huntley started an NFL game, he faced the Pittsburgh Steelers in the final week of the 2021 season. Huntley will draw the same opponent but at a different venue when he is expected to replace former NFL MVP Lamar Jackson at quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens...
Mike Tomlin wants Steelers WR George Pickens to express emotions in ‘professional and mature’ way
Mike Tomlin doesn’t take issue with George Pickens’ competitive nature. He does wish the rookie wide receiver would express his frustrations in not such a public manner. Pickens was caught by television cameras in the fourth quarter Sunday expressing his displeasure at not being targeted more frequently. He yelled at...
Joe Greene game-worn jersey from Steelers’ 1975 Super Bowl season up for auction
The first Pittsburgh Steelers player from the Super Bowl era to have his number retired is having one of his game-worn jerseys put up for auction. Joe Greene, considered the greatest player in franchise history, will have his No. 75 jersey from the 1975 Super Bowl championship season auctioned off...
For 5th time, Cameron Heyward chosen to represent Steelers for Man of Year Award
It wasn’t a surprise to Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin that Cameron Heyward was announced Tuesday as the team’s choice as the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award nominee. It would have surprised Tomlin if any player other than Heyward had received the honor. Heyward, the team’s 33-year-old defensive...
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin senses ‘weight’ of 1st matchup with Ravens
It took until December for the Pittsburgh Steelers to win a second game in a row. With the Baltimore Ravens looming on the horizon, coach Mike Tomlin doesn’t want his players being satisfied with that modest achievement. “We can’t wear our hands out patting ourselves on the back,” Tomlin said...
5 things we learned: Matthew Wright is a perfect 10, but what is his future with Steelers?
Five things we learned from Steelers 19, Falcons 16: 1. Wright stuff Since missing two field-goal attempts in his first game with the Steelers, Matthew Wright has made 10 in a row, including four against the Falcons — the difference in the three-point victory. Wright made kicks of 46, 48,...
Heyward brothers enjoy emotional Steelers’ victory in return to Atlanta
ATLANTA — The day began with a trip to their father’s gravesite. It ended with Cameron and Connor Heyward honoring the man known as “Ironhead” by contributing to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 19-16 victory Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons. In a day filled with emotions for one brother who was raised...
Steelers get 2nd win in row by beating Falcons on road
ATLANTA — Don’t look now, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are making a slow climb back to respectability. Nothing was pretty about a 19-16 victory against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium other than it represented a second consecutive win for the Steelers and third in the past four games. “Long...
T.J. Watt doesn’t let rib injury keep him from playing for Steelers against Falcons
ATLANTA – Despite being bothered by a rib injury that limited him in practice for the entire week, outside linebacker T.J. Watt will play Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Watt was not among the players on the inactives list released...
