Joe Rutter stories, Page 63
Ben Roethlisberger capped a storybook career as a surefire Hall of Famer; what’s next is anyone’s guess
As he stood at a podium, located in a tiny room inside the bowels of Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium, Ben Roethlisberger was reflecting on what would be the final loss of his 18-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers when he was asked about his future. What’s next? What’s next for...
Steelers OLB T.J. Watt wins NFL Defensive Player of the Year award
The NFL’s single-season sacks leader is also the league’s defensive player of the year. After coming close the previous two seasons, T.J. Watt won the AP award given to the NFL’s top defensive player Thursday night. The announcement was made at the NFL Honors awards ceremony in Los Angeles, site...
Steelers officially promote Teryl Austin to defensive coordinator
Teryl Austin will get his third chance to run a defense in the NFL. Austin, a Sharon native and Pitt graduate, is the new defensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Austin’s promotion was reported over the weekend but was not finalized until Wednesday. We have named Teryl Austin as our...
Steelers move on from WR coach Ike Hilliard, hire Frisman Jackson from Panthers
The Pittsburgh Steelers hired a wide receivers coach Tuesday without previously mentioning the position was vacant. Frisman Jackson, who spent the past two seasons with the Carolina Panthers, was announced as the new position coach. He will replace Ike Hilliard, who spent the past two years coaching the Steelers receivers....
Reports: Steelers to promote Teryl Austin to defensive coordinator position
The Pittsburgh Steelers are poised to promote Teryl Austin to defensive coordinator, according to ESPN and NFL Network reports Sunday. Austin would replace Keith Butler, who retired last month after spending the past seven seasons as defensive coordinator. Austin, 56, is a Sharon native and Pitt graduate. He spent the...
Steelers interview 3 external candidates to replace outgoing GM Kevin Colbert
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ search for their next general manager has led them to interviewing three candidates from outside the organization. The team announced Friday that interviews were conducted this week with Ryan Cowden of the Tennessee Titans, Ed Dodds of the Indianapolis Colts and JoJo Wooden of the Los Angeles...
Steelers’ Diontae Johnson, Najee Harris named Pro Bowl replacements for Bengals duo
With the Cincinnati Bengals representing the AFC in the Super Bowl and their players no longer eligible for the Pro Bowl, the NFL found replacements in a pair of Pittsburgh Steelers players. Running back Najee Harris and wide receiver Diontae Johnson were named as replacements Sunday night. They will take...
Steelers owner finds mobility a ‘desirable’ trait in team’s next quarterback
Art Rooney II is ready to oversee the first seismic shift in quarterbacks for the Pittsburgh Steelers since two-time Super Bowl winner Ben Roethlisberger was drafted in 2004. He realizes the task facing him and the organization is daunting. “You have to take advantage of whatever opportunity you have to...
Art Rooney II announces Kevin Colbert’s departure as Steelers GM following NFL Draft
Kevin Colbert will be stepping down as general manager of the Pittsburgh Steelers once his contract expires in May, and the organization already has started interviewing candidates to replace him. Team president Art Rooney II confirmed Colbert’s upcoming departure as general manager during a video call with reporters Friday. Colbert,...
Ben Roethlisberger announces retirement after 18 seasons with Steelers
Ben Roethlisberger made it official Thursday. The two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback is retiring from the NFL after spending 18 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Roethlisberger, who indicated in late December that the 2021 season would be his last, made the announcement by releasing a 2-minute, 16-second video on his website,...
Steelers’ Najee Harris, Pressley Harvin III named to PFWA all-rookie team
Running back Najee Harris and punter Pressley Harvin III were two representatives of the Pittsburgh Steelers to earn spots on the NFL all-rookie team as announced Tuesday by the Pro Football Writers Association. Harris, the team’s first-round pick, finished fourth in the NFL with 1,200 rushing yards, and he also...
Free agents, draft prospects abound as Steelers weigh best way to land quarterback
Trades involving high-profile quarterbacks returned to fashion last offseason with the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions swapping starters Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff and the Philadelphia Eagles sending Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts. Such deals don’t come along every offseason, and they are even rarer when they involve...
Mason Rudolph ready for ‘real possibility’ of being Steelers starting QB in 2022
It will be a different dynamic inside the locker room this spring when Mason Rudolph returns for his fifth season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He no longer will have the presence — and abilities — of the franchise’s most prolific quarterback impeding his chance at earning a starting job. “It’s...
Mike Tomlin ‘optimistic’ about what Matt Canada can do if given 2nd year as Steelers offensive coordinator
After having Ben Roethlisberger at quarterback for 18 seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers are ready to find his successor — whether it comes from inside or outside the organization. Coach Mike Tomlin, though, doesn’t sound like he is ready to find someone new to call the plays the next quarterback will...
Steelers notebook: If Kevin Colbert retires, Mike Tomlin plans to be ‘easy person to work with’ for next GM
Mike Tomlin is aware he could be working with a new general manager after the NFL Draft when Kevin Colbert’s contract expires. Colbert has been working on a year-to-year contract basis and reportedly is contemplating retirement. “He and I have had discussions, but I’ll leave it to Kevin to address...
Keith Butler mulling retirement as Mike Tomlin faces changes to Steelers coaching staff
Based on answers given at his year-end press conference Tuesday, Mike Tomlin is prepared to have one new coordinator on his Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff in 2022. Tomlin admitted that defensive coordinator Keith Butler is mulling retirement. He also indicated that Matt Canada will return for a second season as...
5 things: Roster changes on horizon after Steelers season comes to close
Five things we learned from Chiefs 42, Steelers 21 1. Changes coming With 15 players set to hit unrestricted free agency, the Steelers that open OTAs in five months will look vastly different than the group that lost a playoff game for the fourth consecutive opportunity. Some decisions will be...
Ben Roethlisberger ready for next chapter after Steelers’ career ends with playoff loss to Chiefs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ben Roethlisberger tried to motivate his teammates by downplaying their chances against the Kansas City Chiefs in an AFC wild-card game. He labeled the Steelers the worst of the 14 teams that extended their season into mid-January. He talked of wanting to keep the game against...
Steelers unable to extend Roethlisberger’s final season as Chiefs roll to victory
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dreams of the Pittsburgh Steelers delaying Ben Roethlisberger’s farewell for another week were alive and well early in the second quarter Sunday night at Arrowhead Stadium. Then, reality set in and the fairytale finish to his 18-year NFL career turned into a nightmare. Patrick Mahomes upstaged...
With JuJu Smith-Schuster back for Steelers, WR Cody White heads to inactive list
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — JuJu Smith-Schuster’s return to the active roster for the Pittsburgh Steelers has resulted in wide receiver Cody White being designated as one of the team’s five inactive players Sunday night. Other players who won’t suit up for the wild-card game against the Kansas City Chiefs are...
Steelers’ Joe Haden has waited long time for playoff win
Ben Roethlisberger is aware his words may ring hollow when he tells his younger Pittsburgh Steelers teammates not to count on playing in the postseason every year. “You never really know if you’re going to get a chance to get back,” Roethlisberger said this week as he prepared for the...
Guess who’s back? JuJu Smith-Schuster practices with Steelers 3 months after surgery
If JuJu Smith-Schuster’s return to practice Thursday for the Pittsburgh Steelers was unexpected to outsiders, imagine the reaction inside the locker room at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Three months after undergoing supposed season-ending surgery on his right shoulder, Smith-Schuster was designated to return from injured reserve, leaving open the possibility...
Diontae Johnson: No room on bandwagon ‘once’ Steelers beat Chiefs in playoffs
Add wide receiver Diontae Johnson to the list of Pittsburgh Steelers players unhappy with the perceived lack of respect the team is getting heading into the AFC playoffs against the Kansas City Chiefs. But while quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has led the charge by playfully using it as a motivational tool,...
Keith Butler glad to return to Steelers sideline after watching Ravens game on TV
Since he got into coaching in 1990, Keith Butler estimated he never missed one of his team’s games until Sunday. A positive covid test and an inability to clear protocols in time led to Butler remaining in Pittsburgh while the Steelers traveled to Baltimore with their season hanging in the...
Trai Turner thinks lack of playoff experience can work in favor of Steelers young linemen
Right guard Trai Turner has more playoff experience than the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers starting offensive linemen combined. Only backup guard/tackle Joe Haeg can match Turner’s six games of playoff experience. Haeg earned a Super Bowl ring with Tampa Bay last year while Turner lost his Super Bowl appearance...
