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Some Pittsburgh Steelers fans held a makeshift funeral for the team’s defense Sunday outside Acrisure Stadium. As it turns out, the eulogy was a little premature — as the defense posted six takeaways and five sacks on the way to rattling the Colts’ offense and a 27-20 win. Indianapolis Star...

A Jekyll-and-Hyde first half of the NFL season concluded with the Pittsburgh Steelers holding a two-game lead for first place in the AFC North. That fact was nearly as surprising as the result Sunday at Acrisure Stadium. The good side of the Steelers was on display in a 27-20 victory...

As Halloween weekend ended, Colts quarterback Daniel Jones turned into a pumpkin. And the Steelers’ defense took all of his candy. In a stunning turn of events — based on recent performances — the leaky Steelers defense contained the Colts’ top-ranked offense and sent the team with the best record...

He officially joined the Pittsburgh Steelers three days prior. But after his debut with the team, Kyle Dugger already was sounding like a player who had been with the organization — and the coach closely identified with it — for a long time. “The standard,” Dugger said Sunday, “is the...

As one of only a handful of players on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster who have been in the NFL longer than Jalen Ramsey, Aaron Rodgers has an appreciation for how Ramsey showed his leadership and value to the team this weekend. On the field, Ramsey’s necessitated switch in role to...

The Pittsburgh Steelers were forced to finish a second consecutive game without their veteran starting left guard. Isaac Seumalo’s pectoral injury again apparently flared up during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 27-20 victory against the Indianapolis Colts. Seumalo similarly had been forced to leave the defeat to the Green Bay...

It was a result that defied logic. How else to explain a defense that was torched for 68 points and 924 yards the previous two games not only slowing down the NFL’s hottest offense but also responding with its most dominating performance of the season? Rebounding from consecutive losses that...

Staring at a crossroad of their season, the Pittsburgh Steelers are in a situation similar to what transpired 20 years ago when the team faced a string of must-win games late in the year. The 2005 Steelers were 7-5 before reeling off four consecutive wins to finish the season and...

For the first time since September, Malik Harrison and Trey Sermon on Sunday were in uniform for the start of a Pittsburgh Steelers game. For Sunday’s home game against the Indianapolis Colts, Harrison returned after a six-game absence because of a knee injury and Sermon was announced as a practice-squad...

The Pittsburgh Steelers will try to avoid a three-game losing streak when they host the Indianapolis Colts at Acrisure Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. Sunday. The game will be broadcast on CBS, with Ian Eagle on play-by-play alongside analyst JJ Watt and sideline reporter Evan Washburn. The Steelers...

A popular television commercial in the 1970s and ’80s told the tale of the Maytag repairman, billing him as the loneliest person in town. The reasoning was that the appliances were so reliable, he simply never got any work. The NFL equivalent in 2025 is Rigoberto Sanchez. He is the...

The depth at safety continued to shrink Saturday as the Pittsburgh Steelers ruled out Chuck Clark from playing in their game Sunday against Indianapolis because of an illness. Clark had been listed as questionable. With safety Jabrill Peppers already ruled out with a quadriceps injury and DeShon Elliott on injured...

When it got reported that the Steelers were already leaning toward bringing back Aaron Rodgers next season, I initially felt it was far too early to decide that. But then I considered that, except for the foolproof act of inheriting Ben Roethlisberger, coach Mike Tomlin has done nothing but mangle...

1. Fourth-and-whoa No team this season has gone for it less often on fourth down than the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have taken only four offensive snaps on fourth down. That basic stat doesn’t paint half the picture, though, of just how conservative coach Mike Tomlin has been when it comes...

SCOUTING THE COLTS Last meeting The Colts beat the Steelers, 27-24, on Sept. 29, 2024, in Indianapolis Key matchup Colts TE Tyler Warren vs. Steelers safeties Last week, the Steelers allowed Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft to have catches of 59, 33, 24 and 16 yards and score...

Pittsburgh Steelers starting left guard Isaac Seumalo returned to practice Friday and has been given the official green light to play in Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts. Seumalo left last week’s defeat to the Green Bay Packers during the second half because of a pectoral injury that prevented him...

No team in the NFL has allowed more yards per game against from tight ends than the Pittsburgh Steelers. No tight end in the NFL has more receiving yards than Tyler Warren. Say no more in regards to what can be a critical matchup of Sunday’s Steelers-Colts game at Acrisure...

Friday’s “First Call” has an update on contract talks surrounding George Pickens in Dallas. One analyst with Pittsburgh and Indianapolis ties sees little hope for the Steelers’ defense Sunday. We also have odds on all the local college football games, the upcoming local college hockey schedule, and a preview of...

It was 18 months to the day since he’d become a Pittsburgh Steeler when Roman Wilson had his breakout performance. During Sunday’s loss to the Green Bay Packers, Wilson had the Steelers’ longest play from scrimmage (45 yards) and their longest touchdown (21 yards) in addition to leading the team...

The Indianapolis Colts are one of the feel-good stories of the year. Based on how their offense is humming and how badly the Steelers’ defense is performing, I’m expecting most of Indiana to be feeling pretty good by about 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. The Colts visit Acrisure Stadium to play...

Kyle Dugger, of course, speaks fluent English. So does the entirety of the Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff and defensive unit. Dugger, though, needed to learn what in some ways sounds like a new “language’ — and fast — after officially joining the Steelers on Thursday. Good thing he has a...

Veteran cornerback Darius Slay was absent from Pittsburgh Steelers practice Thursday. The reason listed on the status report was “personal matter.” Slay, who turns 35 on New Year’s Day, is his first season with the Steelers after 12 years, six Pro Bowl berths and a Super Bowl ring earned last...

As a captain of the Pittsburgh Steelers defense, a title he has held for 11 consecutive seasons, Cameron Heyward isn’t afraid to speak his mind when his group underperforms. Such dissatisfaction was on display Sunday when Heyward said the Steelers didn’t handle adversity well and didn’t show enough fight during...