Joe Rutter stories, Page 65
Ben Roethlisberger confirms game vs. Browns likely will be his last at home for Steelers
Barring a change of heart, Ben Roethlisberger will play his final regular-season home game Monday night for the Pittsburgh Steelers. In his first extensive public comments about his future, Roethlisberger admitted Thursday that “this could be it” as he nears the end of his 18th year with the Steelers. “I...
Trai Turner unfazed by Steelers losing position coach with 2 games left in season
NFL players come and go on a weekly basis, so why not coaches? That is the philosophy Pittsburgh Steelers right guard Trai Turner is taking about the departure of position coach Adrian Klemm with two games left in the season. A week after accepting a job at Oregon, Klemm was...
Steelers allow Adrian Klemm to leave for Oregon to eliminate distractions in final 2 weeks of season
When the Pittsburgh Steelers lost their offensive line coach to a college job late in the 2012 season, Sean Kugler finished out the year before departing. When their offensive line coach accepted a college position this year, Adrian Klemm remained on the staff for one more game before Mike Tomlin...
Mike Tomlin: Too early to ‘sing his praises’ as Ben Roethlisberger approaches likely final home game
Mike Tomlin isn’t ready to get sentimental about Ben Roethlisberger perhaps playing his final game at Heinz Field. The Pittsburgh Steelers close the home portion of their schedule Monday night against the Cleveland Browns. Barring an improbable ascent to the AFC North title, the Steelers won’t play another game at...
Mike Tomlin allowed offensive line coach Adrian Klemm to leave to avoid ‘perception’ of distraction
Mike Tomlin’s decision to allow first-year offensive line coach Adrian Klemm to leave his job with two weeks remaining in the regular season was done to eliminate the “perception” of distractions as the Pittsburgh Steelers try to chase a playoff berth. Klemm accepted a job with Oregon and was expected...
5 things: Najee Harris approaching 1,000 yards, Franco Harris rookie rushing mark
Five things we learned from Chiefs 36, Steelers 10: 1. Working OT With two games left in his rookie season, Najee Harris needs 16 yards to reach 1,000. Harris also is 72 yards from breaking Franco Harris’ franchise rookie rushing record. Franco Harris gained 1,055 yards in 1972 when the...
Steelers notebook: After quiet game, T.J. Watt mum on possible rib injury
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A week after setting the franchise’s single-season sacks record, T.J. Watt was invisible for much of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 36-10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. An injury to his ribs might have been a contributing factor to Watt finishing with just one tackle and no...
Steelers blown out by Chiefs as playoff hopes take hit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Pittsburgh Steelers came to this Midwestern outpost and had their division title hopes smoked like so much of this city’s famous barbecue. Playing a game they needed to win to keep pace in the AFC North, the Steelers followed a familiar script of road letdowns....
Steelers vs. Chiefs: Corliss Waitman to make NFL debut as Steelers punter
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Punter Corliss Waitman, who spent the 2020 season on the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad, will make his NFL debut against the Kansas City Chiefs. Waitman will replace rookie Pressley Harvin III, who did not make the trip to Kansas City because of the death of his...
Steelers punter Pressley Harvin III to miss game against Chiefs after death of his father
Rookie punter Pressley Harvin III did not make the trip to Kansas City with the Pittsburgh Steelers and will not play Sunday after the death of his father on Christmas morning. A Steelers spokesman said Harvin was downgraded to out because of “personal reasons.” Harvin wrote on his verified Instagram...
Crisper snaps for rookie C Kendrick Green to be tested when Steelers play Chiefs at raucous Arrowhead
Kendrick Green removed the glove from his right hand — the one he uses to snap the football — and removed some of the issues that have plagued him during his rookie season. A week after he was beset by several off-the-mark snaps in a loss at Minnesota, the Pittsburgh...
Pat Freiermuth, Chris Wormley sit out practice again for Steelers; Ben Roethlisberger limited
Rookie tight end Pat Freiermuth and veteran defensive end Chris Wormley will have one more opportunity to show if they will be available Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. Freiermuth (concussion) and Wormley (groin) each missed practice for the second day in a...
Slow finish against Titans adds to list of growing problems for Steelers offense
After starting slower than a dial-up web connection for the past month, the Pittsburgh Steelers offense encountered a new issue Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. They couldn’t finish fast, either. Lost in the 19-13 come-from-behind victory Sunday was the way the offense bogged down after the defense repeatedly provided a...
Steelers add RB Anthony McFarland, DL Isaiah Buggs to reserve/covid list
It hasn’t quite reached outbreak status, but the number of players added to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ reserve/covid list continues to increase daily. Running back Anthony McFarland and defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs were the latest to join the list Thursday, the team announced. They join linebackers Devin Bush and Marcus Allen,...
Ben Roethlisberger plans to resist temptation to match throws with Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes
Ben Roethlisberger’s memories from the only time he went head-to-head against Patrick Mahomes are a little foggy. Perhaps with good reason. It came in the second game of the 2018 season. After an unexpected 21-21 tie to open the season at Cleveland, the Pittsburgh Steelers opened their home schedule against...
Mike Tomlin: Steelers’ handling of covid protocols could provide ‘winning edge’
The most important results of the week for the Pittsburgh Steelers might not come on the practice field but rather the medical testing lab. The Steelers are hoping to avoid the outbreak of positive coronavirus tests that has taken place on the Kansas City Chiefs, their opponent Sunday at Arrowhead...
With reunion looming, Mike Tomlin doesn’t regret Steelers’ decision to trade Melvin Ingram to Chiefs
On his social media accounts, Melvin Ingram goes by the moniker “King Mel.” And as someone who identifies as a supreme ruler, Ingram wasn’t happy with his role in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ kingdom. The Steelers relocated Ingram to a new castle, trading him to the Kansas City Chiefs on Nov....
Mike Tomlin warns Steelers can’t afford slow start against ChiefsVideo
Slow starts and faster finishes, for better or worse, have defined the Pittsburgh Steelers’ play over the past month. That recipe won’t work Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, coach Mike Tomlin warned Tuesday at his press conference. Coming off a 19-13 victory against Tennessee — just the second in...
5 things: Offensive bar set to historical low for Steelers, Roethlisberger in win against Titans
Five things we learned from Steelers 19, Titans 13: 1. Going low On a day when Ben Roethlisberger moved into fifth place on the all-time passing yardage list and engineered his 40th career fourth-quarter comeback, he made history of another sort. The offense had its least productive winning performance with...
Steelers eke out victory with rally against Titans
The running game was nonexistent — again — and the run defense was even worse. As usual. The Pittsburgh Steelers failed to score a first-half touchdown for the fourth game in a row, and they trailed after three quarters for the sixth consecutive week. The difference Sunday against the Tennessee...
Cornerback Joe Haden active for Steelers’ game against Titans
Listed as questionable on the final injury report of the week, Joe Haden will return from a four-game absence and start at left cornerback Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their game at Heinz Field against the Tennessee Titans. Haden had sat out with a foot injury that he sustained...
Keith Butler searching for ways to eliminate Steelers’ run-defense issues with Titans on tap
Keith Butler was in his third season as linebackers coach in 2005 when the Pittsburgh Steelers needed to run the table with four games remaining in order to make the playoffs. The Steelers did that, of course, and accomplished so much more, rolling to eight consecutive victories en route to...
Steelers’ line trying to keep Ben Roethlisberger clean by clearing up communication issues
In a season filled with growing pains for a predominantly young Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line, another issue arose last week in a 36-28 loss at the Minnesota Vikings. Communication was a problem — at least for nearly three quarters — as the Steelers fell behind by 29 points and couldn’t...
Steelers’ lineman J.C. Hassenauer returns to practice, B.J. Finney placed on injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Steelers added another interior offensive lineman to injured reserve Wednesday, but they are close to getting another back on the 53-man roster. Center/guard B.J. Finney was placed on IR with a back injury that has bothered him for most of the second half of the season. The designation...
Mike Tomlin expecting healthy roster when Steelers face Titans to kick off stretch run
Mike Tomlin’s ability to turn over stones, the term he used to describe getting the Pittsburgh Steelers back on track after a loss at Minnesota, will depend on the health of his injured players. At his weekly news conference Tuesday, Tomlin mentioned eight players who could be available Sunday when...
