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Steelers’ offseason primer: dates, deadlines, draft, free agency and more
Pittsburgh Steelers fans disappointed by their team’s season ending Monday woke up the next morning to word that NFL draft was exactly 100 days away. Rest assured many fans were already eagerly looking ahead to it and prognosticating whom the Steelers might take. While the draft is certainly a highlight...
Cameron Heyward wants to stick around with Steelers in 2024 — and, if healthy, maybe beyond
If his body cooperates and the finances can be ironed out, Cameron Heyward would like to return to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2024. Heyward, though, isn’t selling himself short. He sees no reason why a 14th season wearing the black and gold would be his last. “In my mind, I...
First Call: Ben Roethlisberger thinks Mason Rudolph should compete for starting job; ESPN has 3 other Steelers QB ideas
In Wednesday’s “First Call,” Ben Roethlisberger endorses the idea of giving Mason Rudolph a chance to start at quarterback next year in Pittsburgh. An ESPN analyst has other ideas for the Steelers to pursue. The Browns are making major changes. And Robert Morris looks to avoid a first on the...
Tim Benz: Broderick Jones still thinks LT is ideal, but he won’t lobby for a change
If you are looking for positives from the 2023 Pittsburgh Steelers, the rookie class is one of them. First-round pick Broderick Jones and second-round picks Joey Porter Jr. and Keeanu Benton all became starters and/or regular contributors throughout the season. Third-rounder Darnell Washington played in all 17 games, logging more...
Steelers captains go to bat for Mike Tomlin, who reportedly says he plans to return
Since he first walked into the Pittsburgh Steelers facility as a raw defensive lineman from Ohio State in 2011, Cameron Heyward has played for only one head coach. As he heads into an offseason of uncertainty a few months short of age 35, Heyward can’t envision starting over with a...
Change is inevitable, but Steelers players hope to be back, some recognize it might not happen
The final full-squad team meeting for the 2023 edition of the Pittsburgh Steelers lasted all of about 20 minutes Tuesday. “Nothing groundbreaking,” star outside linebacker T.J. Watt said at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex less than 20 hours after the Steelers’ season ended with a playoff loss at the Buffalo...
Mike Tomlin’s quick press conference exit creates internet gold
Mike Tomlin’s abrupt departure from his postgame press conference Monday generated all kinds of speculation of his future with the Pittsburgh Steelers. If you didn’t already know, the Steelers lost the wild-card round game 31-17 to the Buffalo Bills. The coach’s quick exit opened the door for online creativity. The...
Steelers’ George Pickens: 2023 showed ‘I can do it all,’ only ‘politics’ kept him out of Pro Bowl
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — George Pickens wasn’t happy with the circumstances under which his second NFL season ended. But on whole, he was pleased with his own individual performance during the 2023 season. “Yeah, for sure,” Pickens said from the visitor’s locker room after the Pittsburgh Steelers’ wild-card playoff loss...
First Call: Najee Harris says Steelers need more discipline; Gene Steratore has mixed reviews of officiating in loss to Bills
Tuesday’s “First Call” has some interesting comments from Najee Harris in the wake of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss in Buffalo. CBS officiating expert Gene Steratore weighs in on some controversial calls during the game. Bills fans are already gearing up for a potential Taylor Swift visit next week. And the...
What they’re saying in Buffalo after Bills knock Steelers from playoffs
Fans were left to dig out their seats at snowy Highmark Stadium in Buffalo, but the Pittsburgh Steelers couldn’t dig out of an early point deficit in losing their fifth consecutive playoff game. The Buffalo Bills and the sportswriters who cover them had a lot of praise for two specific...
Tim Benz: Mike Tomlin’s abrupt press conference exit felt calculated. So what’s he calculating?
By now, you’ve probably seen Mike Tomlin walking off the podium mid-question to end his press conference following the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 31-17 playoff loss in Buffalo on Monday. Tomlin was about to be asked about his contract status as he heads into his final year of his deal when he...
Mark Madden: Steelers going nowhere with Mike Tomlin, overpaid defense
It’s another season of no progress for the Pittsburgh Steelers. They were never in danger of beating Buffalo on Monday and now have officially gone seven seasons without a playoff win. They have no clear answer at quarterback and will go with the inferiority of Kenny Pickett next season no...
Steelers QB Mason Rudolph faced with questions about next season
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Mason Rudolph seemed almost as pained by finding the appropriate words to answer the question as he did by the result of Monday’s season-ending playoff loss. Still smarting after the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 31-17 defeat to the Buffalo Bills in the wild-card game that ended less than...
Fan came from Illinois to the North Shore to root for the Steelers with family, Pittsburghers
Susan Young wore a T.J. Watt jersey with a big Steelers logo hanging from a thick gold chain as she watched Pittsburgh play without the star linebacker in Monday’s wild-card game against Buffalo. Young, of Effingham, Ill., is the Pittsburgh fan in her family, and her husband, who goes by...
Airing of Grievances: Predictable problems end Steelers’ season without a playoff win yet again
During his call of the Steelers’ playoff loss Monday, CBS play-by-play man Jim Nantz said he had been locked in his snowbound hotel for so long, it was starting to feel like “The Shining.” Well, however frightening Nantz’s stay was in Buffalo’s version of the Overlook Hotel, it couldn’t have...
Steelers’ George Pickens: ‘Not gonna win a game when you have to play the refs and the Buffalo Bills’
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — In the postgame locker room after his second NFL season had just come to an end, George Pickens couldn’t bring himself to concentrate on much aside from the officiating during Monday’s playoff loss. “I am still stuck on this game right now, with the refs,” Pickens...
Mike Tomlin’s future among many pressing questions as Steelers enter offseasonVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — As Mike Tomlin’s postgame news conference was concluding after the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 31-17 playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills on Monday night, a reporter attempted to ask the 17-year head coach about his contract status. Tomlin, who has one year left on his deal amid speculation...
Steelers notes: Joey Porter Jr., Allen Robinson in concussion protocol; 13 set for unrestricted free agencyVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. and wide receiver Allen Robinson were in NFL concussion protocol when Monday’s playoff game ended. Each absorbed a hit during a play late in the third quarter of the 31-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills and did not return. Tight...
Steelers go cold in Buffalo, lose 5th consecutive playoff game
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The snowstorm that paralyzed western New York and led to the postponement of an AFC wild-card game until Monday merely delayed the inevitable playoff letdown for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Fans shoveled the 3 feet of snow that was dumped on Highmark Stadium over the weekend, but...
Fans for Steelers-Bills playoff game on apparent shovel-your-own-seats policyVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Apparently, not enough people took up the $20-per-hour offer. The plan for removing multiple feet of snow from the 71,000-plus seats at Highmark Stadium in advance of Monday’s playoff game evidently was to accept those willing to shovel for as long as they pleased. But by...
Bills without 4 starters, Steelers sans T.J. Watt for wild-card game
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Linebacker Tyrel Dodson and cornerback Rasul Douglas were designated as inactive by the Buffalo Bills for Monday’s playoff game, making for four starters who are out against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Bills on Friday announced that receiver Gabe Davis (knee) and safety Taylor Rapp (calf) would...
What you need to know for Steelers vs. Bills AFC wild-card gameVideo
It’s cold. It’s snowing. It’s windy. Get ready for playoff football on a Monday afternoon in Buffalo. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills will kick off their AFC wild-card game at 4:30 p.m. Workers armed with shovels, plows and dump trucks continued to clear snow from inside and outside Highmark...
First Call: Plan for potential Steelers-Ravens rematch announced; ex-Bills player mad at fans calling Buffalo ‘soft’
Monday’s “First Call” is laying out the playoff schedule for the Pittsburgh Steelers if they survive Monday’s rescheduled wild-card game in Buffalo. A former Bills player is mad at Steelers fans for criticizing the decision to delay the game. Some NFL defensive standouts with local ties had a weekend they’d...
Winter weather continues to impact western New York as Steelers head to Buffalo for wild-card game
That hole the Pittsburgh Steelers figuratively dug themselves out of to qualify for the playoffs? That’s nothing compared to the literal shoveling necessary to facilitate playable enough conditions for the team to take part in their playoff opener in Orchard Park, N.Y. There was more than a foot of snow...
Steelers prefer to ignore odds, history against them as underdog No. 7 seed vs. Bills
Damontae Kazee’s locker is two stalls over from Levi Wallace’s at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Kazee seemingly was minding his own business while a five-minute interview was being conducted between Wallace and a pair of media members after the final practice of this past week. There was no reason to...
