Steelers/NFL category, Page 104
Steelers inside the ropes: George Pickens gets 2 scores, but defense dominates ‘Seven Shots’
Despite coach Mike Tomlin withholding some of his most experienced — and decorated — defensive players from team portions of practice Saturday, that unit showed it was up to the challenge at the outset of a two-hour workout at Saint Vincent. Defense ruled the opening “seven shots” 2-point simulation drill...
OLB Markus Golden bided his time, waiting for Steelers to bring him back for 1 more year
Markus Golden knew he would return for a second season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He just didn’t know when he would get the call to come back. “If they had told me to come in the day after the season ended, I would have done that,” Golden said Saturday. “I...
Steelers camp report: Tomlin reduces wear and tear on players day after physical night workout
On the heels of a physical workout under the lights at Latrobe Memorial Stadium, coach Mike Tomlin dialed back the contact Saturday as training camp returned to its normal weekend afternoon time slot. After players wore pads Friday night and Tomlin held a rematch of the feisty “backs on backers”...
Steelers get best and worst of Justin Fields at training camp — and that’s fine with them
The qualities that made Justin Fields the No. 11 overall draft pick in 2021 have been evident during the first 10 days of Pittsburgh Steelers training camp at Saint Vincent. The 25-year-old quarterback has dazzled with long runs after breaking containment in the pocket. He has made some laser-sharp throws...
Steelers inside the ropes: Najee Harris, Patrick Queen get chippy in ‘Backs on backers’
For the second time in a four-day span, the Pittsburgh Steelers staged the drill that, arguably, results in the most contact, physicality, trash-talking and testosterone. And the Friday Night Lights edition of “backs on backers” featured some chippiness between some of the team’s highest-profile players. While the one-on-one mock-pass rush/pass...
Fans get pumped to meet their favorite players at Latrobe Friday Night Lights practice
Pittsburgh Steelers fans got an up-close look at some of their favorite players Friday during the team’s annual Friday Night Lights practice at Latrobe Memorial Stadium in Latrobe....
Festival, practice draw thousands to Latrobe for annual Steelers Nation gathering
John and Bree Tedesco brought their family from across the country Friday to Latrobe’s Legion Keener Park. Victor Desport brought his grandson, 8-year-old Liam Desport, from just across town. They were among thousands of members of Steelers Nation who converged on the park for a free daylong festival devoted to...
Some things you’ll notice from the Steelers at the ‘Friday Night Lights’ practice
The “Friday Night Lights” practice at Latrobe Memorial Stadium is always a good time for fans to get an early glimpse of the Steelers in advance of the club’s preseason games. It all starts at 7 p.m. For those who are attending but haven’t been to training camp practices yet,...
On 1-year anniversary of torn ACL, Steelers’ Cory Trice ramps up reps, gets intriguing new dutyVideo
As measured by the rhythm of a football season, Tuesday was a milestone for Cory Trice in that it was during the first padded practice of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2023 training camp that Trice suffered a torn ACL. “We’re (past that) now,” Trice said after emerging from the first padded...
New Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith on tight ends, fullbacks, pistol formationVideo
New Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith arrived with a reputation for leaning on tight ends. Over the first week-plus of training camp, that certainly has appeared to play out. Though nothing is “official” statistically or tracked reliably by media, rest assured that watching a practice at Saint Vincent would...
First Call: Ex-Steelers WR finds familiar home; good start for Pirates’ Nick Yorke; potential Steelers WR trade target update
Friday’s “First Call” has a new home for a recently released Pittsburgh Steelers receiver. Another Steelers trade target at the position may be staying put. A new Pirate is off to a strong start in the minor leagues. And the Pirates are getting set for a crucial six-game stretch against...
Annual ‘Friday Night Lights’ practice comes to Latrobe
Aside from his family, there is not much Mike Tomlin enjoys more than training camp. And there, perhaps, is no greater highlight of training camp than the annual “Friday Night Lights” Pittsburgh Steelers practice. For the 16th time under Tomlin, the Steelers will spend their traditional second Friday of camp...
Steelers camp report: Back to non-padded practice, Russell Wilson status quo
After two days of physicality associated with fully padded players, Thursday’s Pittsburgh Steelers practice reverted back to “shells.” But coach Mike Tomlin tried his best to ensure that didn’t mean a drop in intensity. “Attire cannot dictate attitude or approach,” Tomlin said after the Thursday session at Saint Vincent. “We’ve...
Steelers inside the ropes: 2-minute drill ‘situational football’ a highlight to end practice
One of the highest-profile and most interesting to watch of any drill at training camp is the 2-minute simulation the Pittsburgh Steelers will end practices with on occasion. Thursday was its first appearance during this camp. In mock scenarios in which the offense took over at its own 47-yard line...
Steelers putting NFL’s new kickoff rule to test with officials on site at training campVideo
If television sets in coaching staff offices are hooked up to the Nielsen measurements, the Hall of Fame Game on Thursday night between Houston and Chicago is guaranteed to be a ratings bonanza. “It will be the most watched Hall of Fame Game in the history of NFL football,” Steelers...
Ciara watches husband Russell Wilson at Steelers training camp
Pop star Ciara was seen this week at Steelers training camp, decked out in the team’s gear and watching her husband, quarterback Russell Wilson. TribLlive snapped a few photos of Ciara at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe on Wednesday. She wore a baseball hat and a Steelers T-shirt with a...
Family of Steelers’ Dwayne Haskins Jr. sues his widow in federal court
An ugly dispute between the widow of the late Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr., who was fatally struck by a dump truck in Florida in 2022, and his parents and sister, is now playing out in federal court in Pittsburgh. Haskins’ family on Wednesday sued the Steeler’s widow, accusing...
Steelers bring back veteran OLB Markus Golden
Veteran outside linebacker Markus Golden signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, returning to the team with which he spent his ninth NFL season in 2023. Golden, 33, served as the top backup to the T.J. Watt-Alex Highsmith edge rusher duo last season. The Steelers entered this camp with second-year...
Mark Madden: Training camp has Steelers full of hope … and something else
Pittsburgh Steelers training camp is a wonderful occasion. Full of hope. Full of excrement, too. That’s why I get nowhere near it. Dino’s and Sharkey’s are the closest I come. On Tuesday, the first day of practice in pads, the offense used six running plays during the “seven shots” segment. That’s...
Tim Benz: Nick Herbig gets tips from James Harrison; Jeremiah Moon opens eyes as Steelers hope to boost OLB depth
Outside linebacker Nick Herbig already spent much of his first year as a Pittsburgh Steeler trying to absorb whatever tactics he could from All-Pro starter T.J. Watt. This year at training camp, he’s also getting tips from another former Steelers Pro Bowler: James Harrison. The 2008 Defensive Player of the...
First Call: Arthur Maulet jabs back at Patrick Queen; Steelers Hall of Fame projections for the next decade
Thursday’s “First Call” features a former Pittsburgh Steeler in Baltimore firing back at a current Steeler who used to be a Raven. We also get some speculation on Steelers Hall of Fame candidates and some national reaction to the Pirates’ trade deadline tactics. Plus, a former Penguins fan favorite has...
U mad, bro?: I’m too hard on Mike Tomlin, too soft on Ben Cherington, too excited about Pirates
After a week off from “U mad, bro,” my emails and social media messages were overflowing. Here is what I learned after sifting through them. I’m too hard on Mike Tomlin. I’m not hard enough on Ben Cherington, but I’m too optimistic about the Pirates. I’m too nice to Kenny...
2nd-year Steelers OL Spencer Anderson takes on double duty as guard on 1st, 2nd team offenses
Spencer Anderson didn’t look any worse for the wear. But by one measure he certainly had more cause to combat exhaustion after Wednesday’s training-camp practice than any of the more than seven dozen Pittsburgh Steelers players who took part in it. “Did anyone take more reps than me today? No,”...
Steelers inside the ropes: With the pads on, running game again prominent
A second day of pads, another day in which the running game was featured prominently by the offense during Pittsburgh Steelers training camp. Under new coordinator Arthur Smith, the Steelers are trending bigger and more physical. That has played out in recent days during the “seven shots” 2-point simulation that...
‘I want Beanie’ — Steelers coaches handpick 1-on-1 matchup Bishop vs. George Pickens
After the first full-team drill of Wednesday’s Pittsburgh Steelers training-camp practice, the defensive backs and wide receivers groups gathered opposite each other near the goal line on the left side as viewed from the bleachers at Chuck Noll Field. Quarterbacks stood in line between the hashes at about the 10-yard...
