Joe Rutter stories, Page 85
Steelers clinch 1st playoff berth since 2017
The Pittsburgh Steelers are playoff-bound. For the first time since 2017, the Steelers clinched a berth in the NFL postseason. Before it even took the field Sunday night, the team learned it would be part of the playoff field. With Miami’s loss to Kansas City, the Steelers clinched a spot...
Steelers activate Ulysees Gilbert III, place Robert Spillane on injured reserve
The Pittsburgh Steelers have added reinforcements at inside linebacker for their game Sunday night at the Buffalo Bills. With only two healthy players available at the position, the Steelers activated Ulysees Gilbert from injured reserve and promoted Tegray Scales from the practice squad Saturday. Avery Williamson, acquired in a trade...
Steelers will be without CB Joe Haden vs. Bills because of concussion
A starting cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers will miss a game for the second week in a row. Despite getting Steve Nelson back from a knee injury that kept him from playing Monday, the Steelers will be without Joe Haden on Sunday night when they play at the Buffalo Bills....
Injuries at ILB will put newcomer Avery Williamson in spotlight when Steelers face Bills
With inside linebackers falling like dominoes, Avery Williamson has gone from part-time backup to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ most experienced starter at his position in a matter of days. “It’s crazy how the last week has spiraled,” Williamson said Friday. A knee injury to Robert Spillane in the third quarter Monday...
Steelers wary of damage Bills QB Josh Allen can cause with arm, legs
After the Pittsburgh Steelers absorbed their first loss of the season Monday, they had a chance to flick the channel to ESPN and get a preview of what awaits them this weekend in Buffalo. What defensive captain Cameron Heyward saw looked familiar. There was Bills quarterback Josh Allen moving around...
Steelers trying to rebound from 2nd-worst rushing performance of Mike Tomlin era
The last time the Pittsburgh Steelers ventured into Buffalo, Le’Veon Bell set the franchise single-game rushing record with 236 yards on a snowy December day at Bills Stadium. When the Steelers return to western New York on Sunday night for the first time since that 2016 game, they will be...
Steelers get RB James Conner back from reserve/covid-19 list
The Pittsburgh Steelers will have their starting running back available Sunday when they play the Buffalo Bills in a pivotal AFC matchup. James Conner was activated from the reserve/covid-19 list Wednesday after missing games against Baltimore and Washington. He leads the Steelers with 645 yards rushing in 10 games. Center...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin threatens benchings if receivers’ drops continue
Dropped passes can be a subjective metric to calculate in the NFL. What one stat-tracking website views as a drop could be considered an uncatchable pass by other services. ESPN Stats and Info, for instance, calculates the Pittsburgh Steelers with an NFL-high 31 drops this season, 10 more than any...
Mike Tomlin calls Steelers failures in short-yardage situations ‘catastrophic’ to 23-17 loss
Having some time to reflect on his team’s 23-17 loss to Washington a day earlier, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin came to one conclusion. “I live by the coaching creed, ‘If you can’t get a yard, you don’t deserve to win,’” Tomlin said Tuesday at his weekly press conference. The...
Catch the ball or face benching, Mike Tomlin tells Steelers’ receiversVideo
After watching his eligible targets drop ball after ball in the past two games, Mike Tomlin delivered an ultimatum Tuesday to the Pittsburgh Steelers pass catchers. “They can catch the ball or they can get replaced by those who will catch it,” Tomlin said a day after the Steelers offense...
5 things we learned: Short-yardage failures on display for Steelers in loss to Washington
Five things we learned from Washington Football Team 23, Steelers 17: 1. Short stops Be it issues with the play calls or the execution of what is sent in over the headset, the Steelers were beset by failures in short-yardage situations, and those mistakes correlated to the first defeat of...
Steelers’ perfect season ended by Washington
An undefeated season no longer is in the cards, and a playoff berth will have to wait another week for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Armed with a 14-point lead in the first half, the Steelers came unglued in the second, and any chance of matching the 1972 Dolphins was vanquished with...
Starting CB Steve Nelson among inactives for Steelers game against Washington
Cornerback Steve Nelson is among six players the Pittsburgh Steelers placed on the inactive list Monday for their game against Washington. Nelson will miss just the second game in his two seasons with the Steelers. He had an MRI taken on his knee last week and did not practice in...
Steelers activate OT Jerald Hawkins, promote PK Matthew Wright from practice squad
Matthew Wright will make an unlikely NFL debut Monday night for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Signed to the practice squad just a week ago, Wright was promoted to the active roster Monday, meaning he will replace an injured Chris Boswell as the Steelers’ placekicker against Washington. Boswell was added to the...
Sacks streak record within Steelers’ grasp when they play Washington
What the Pittsburgh Steelers hope to accomplish Monday doesn’t carry the historical significance of, say, Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak. It won’t go into the sports pantheon of memorable milestones alongside UCLA’s 88 consecutive wins, Cal Ripken’s 2,632 consecutive games played or the Boston Celtics’ run of eight NBA championships...
Ben Roethlisberger questionable to play for Steelers on Monday with knee injury
For the second time this season, Ben Roethlisberger has missed a full week of practice. This time, he is listed as questionable to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday against Washington. Roethlisberger was an observer at practice Saturday with what the team has categorized as a knee injury. Coach...
Steelers activate DE Stephon Tuitt from reserve/covid-19 list
The Pittsburgh Steelers will have another starter eligible to play Monday against Washington. Defensive end Stephon Tuitt was activated Saturday from the reserve/covid-19 list. Tuitt was placed on the list Nov. 27, and he missed the Steelers’ 19-14 victory against the Baltimore Ravens. Tuitt is having his best NFL season....
Steelers trying not to overload Alex Highsmith in first game as Bud Dupree’s replacement
He is not even a dozen games into his pro career, and Alex Highsmith has been given the unenviable task of replacing half of the NFL’s best pass-rushing duo for the rest of the season. The next-man up concept Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin preaches will be tested again with...
CB Steve Nelson sits out practice for Steelers with knee injury
On the first official practice in a short week of preparation for the Pittsburgh Steelers, cornerback Steve Nelson was not a participant, which could foreshadow his absence Monday against Washington. Nelson was not listed by coach Mike Tomlin on the injury report he gave after the Steelers’ 19-14 win Wednesday...
5 things we learned: Computers like Steelers’ chances of securing 1st-round bye
Five things we learned from Steelers 19, Ravens 14: 1. Looking ahead Although the Steelers officially haven’t clinched a playoff spot, mathematical models give them a 99% chance of reaching the postseason for the first time in three years. A win against the Washington Football Team on Monday would do...
Steelers work harder than expected in sloppy win over Ravens
It started from the moment he sat down and his microphone was turned on. After watching the Pittsburgh Steelers struggle to put away the undermanned Baltimore Ravens, 19-14, in just the second NFL game played on a Wednesday since 1949, Mike Tomlin displayed the type of fire in his postgame...
Steelers-Ravens game is on the move again, heading to Wednesday afternoon
Are you ready for some football? Some Wednesday afternoon football? The NFL is postponing the Pittsburgh Steelers game against the Baltimore Ravens for a third time, shifting it to Wednesday at Heinz Field. The game will start at the unusual time of 3:40 p.m. on NBC, presumably so it won’t...
Steelers get 2 players back from reserve/covid-19 list, make other roster moves
Two players were removed from the reserve/covid-19 list by the Pittsburgh Steelers, making them eligible to play Wednesday night against the Baltimore Ravens. Returned to the active roster were guard Kevin Dotson and defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs. Dotson was placed on the reserve/covid-19 list on Nov. 14, and Buggs was...
Steelers ready to face Ravens minus starters Stephon Tuitt, James Conner
With six games remaining in the Pittsburgh Steelers season, defensive end Stephon Tuitt already has established a career high with seven sacks. Tuitt won’t get a chance to add to his total Tuesday against the Baltimore Ravens — and perhaps not in Week 13 against Washington — courtesy of his...
Steelers get back to work in preparation for Tuesday game against Ravens
In a covid-19 environment where NFL practices are canceled and games rescheduled on short notice, what Mike Tomlin experienced Sunday was as close to normal as anything the Pittsburgh Steelers coach could imagine lately. Tomlin had his players on the field at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex for a workout that...
