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Mike Priefer subbing as Browns head coach in playoffs vs. Steelers
CLEVELAND — Mike Priefer has known for months that he would be Browns coach Kevin Stefanski’s replacement in the event of a positive covid-19 test. He never imagined it happening in the playoffs. Cleveland’s special teams coordinator will handle Stefanski’s game-day duties on Sunday night in Pittsburgh when the Browns...
Steelers activate Eric Ebron, Cassius Marsh off covid list
Tight end Eric Ebron and reserve linebacker Cassius Marsh were activated off the NFL’s reserve/covid-19 list by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, clearing the way for each to play in Sunday’s wild-card round playoff game. Ebron and Marsh were put on the list Saturday, the same day that starting cornerback...
Fans limited to friends, family members for Steelers’ playoff game against Browns
The Pittsburgh Steelers were denied Thursday in their quest to have fan capacity expanded for their home playoff game Sunday night, meaning friends and family members will be the only ones permitted inside Heinz Field when the team faces the Cleveland Browns in the wild-card round. The Steelers were hoping...
U mad, bro?: Steelers fans lash out about position changes, refs, crying New Yorkers
The first “U mad, bro?” of 2021 starts with Steelers fans in Pittsburgh. Then it hits Philadelphia, New York, Washington and Miami along the way. We’ve got tight ends turning into running backs. A cure-all for NFL officiating. And dismay over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Oh, and a lesson in grammar....
Steelers fan among finalists for Hall of Fame superfan recognition
Alan Faneca isn’t the only person associated with the Steelers who is a Hall of Fame finalist this year. Justin Laveing, a 25-year-old Beaver Falls native, has been named one of six nominees for the Ford Hall of Fans, a program that recognizes some of the most passionate NFL fans...
After being shut out in 1st quarter for past 5 games, Steelers seek hot start to open playoffs
When it comes to starting fast, the Pittsburgh Steelers are like the race horse that stumbles out of the gate. Sometimes, they recover with a strong closing kick and get to the wire first. Sometimes, they come up short. Such has been the case for much of the season, and...
Steelers sign former Penn State CB Trevor Williams to practice squad
With their most trusted cornerback on the covid list for their playoff opener, the Pittsburgh Steelers added former Penn State cornerback Trevor Williams to help fortify the position. The team announced the signing of Williams to their practice squad after Wednesday’s practice, releasing long snapper Christian Kuntz off of the...
Steelers continue to play coy over possible Josh Dobbs deployment vs. Browns
Whether or not they actually intend to use Josh Dobbs as a change-of-pace quarterback during Sunday’s wild-card playoff game, it has become clear that the Pittsburgh Steelers are quite all right with allowing the Cleveland Browns to believe the possibility that they will. But did Ben Roethlisberger blow the cover...
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski says ‘We’ve got to find a way’ despite covid-19 issues
CLEVELAND — Browns coach Kevin Stefanski doesn’t know how he contracted covid-19, and he’s not going to let the virus stop him from preparing his team for the playoffs. Beating the Pittsburgh Steelers is priority No. 1. “We’ve got to find a way,” Stefanski said. Cleveland’s first-year coach, who has...
Matt Feiler, Robert Spillane return to practice for Steelers; Tyson Alualu, Vince Williams sit out
Left guard Matt Feiler and inside linebacker Robert Spillane returned to practice Wednesday for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the first step toward their potential return Sunday night against the Cleveland Browns in an AFC wild-card game. Feiler and Spillane remain on injured reserve, and the Steelers have 21 days to activate...
Steelers’ 2021 schedule — on paper — tougher than 2020’s
The 2021 opponents for the Pittsburgh Steelers are known. And, at least on paper and based on current record alone, next season figures to be more difficult for the Steelers than 2020. Twelve of the 16 opponents known for 2021 had a record of 7-9 or better this season and...
Steelers stadium will remain named ‘Heinz Field’ through 2021
It’s possible Sunday’s playoff game is the final contest of the season for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But it won’t be the last one at the facility that has been known for two decades as Heinz Field. The Steelers and the Kraft Heinz Co. on Wednesday announced a one-year extension for...
First Call: Report says Steelers’ Omar Khan won’t be Texans GM; Seattle franchise hires more Penguins alumni
It doesn’t look like Omar Khan will be leaving the Steelers just yet. The NHL’s new franchise in Seattle is going to have some very familiar Penguins alumni in the front office. A WPIAL product is upset about what happened in Philadelphia Sunday night. And there is an update on...
Tim Benz: Steelers-Browns rematch may be coronavirus test for NFL’s playoff boundaries
The Steelers-Browns playoff game is on as scheduled. For now. That’s despite a continuing spread of coronavirus cases within the Cleveland Browns organization that started before its Week 16 loss and continued through the team’s Week 17 win over the Steelers. Via an email to TribLive Steelers beat writer Joe...
Steelers’ Alan Faneca makes list of 15 hall of fame finalists
Peyton Manning, no surprise, is among 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2021. Joining him is former Pittsburgh Steelers stalwart Alan Faneca — again. The star quarterback, owner of a record five NFL Most Valuable Player awards and two Super Bowl titles, was the first...
Despite short playoff absence, Mike Tomlin appreciates what’s ahead for Steelers
One look at his opponent’s postseason history — or lack thereof — is enough to make coach Mike Tomlin appreciate what awaits the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night in the AFC wild-card round at Heinz Field. While the Steelers are making their ninth playoff appearance and seventh as AFC North...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin says Matt Feiler, Robert Spillane could be available for start of playoffsVideo
As coach Mike Tomlin prepares for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ playoff opener Sunday against the Cleveland Browns, he does so knowing he might get a starting left guard and inside linebacker back from injured reserve. Tomlin said Tuesday at his weekly press conference guard Matt Feiler and inside linebacker Robert Spillane...
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski, 2 assistants, 2 players test positive for covid-19
When the Pittsburgh Steelers open the playoffs Sunday night, they will be facing a short-handed opponent because of covid-19. Five days before the Steelers face Cleveland for the third time this season and second time in eight days, the Browns announced head coach Kevin Stefanski, two of his assistants and...
First Call: Odds of Carson Wentz to Steelers. Ex-Steeler signs with Browns. Cleveland’s clutch play mocks talk-show host.
The Steelers are listed among the teams favored to acquire Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz. Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield gets a subtle shot at one of his critics. A former Steeler is teaming up with the Browns in advance of their playoff showdown. And Robert Morris hockey is ranked...
Tim Benz: What was real (and what wasn’t) from Steelers-Browns playoff appetizer
Watching Sunday’s 24-22 Steelers loss in Cleveland felt like a preseason game to me. I spent 50% of the game yelling at the Steelers players to run more aggressively, block better and tackle harder. Then I spent the other 50% of the game yelling at them to avoid getting injured....
Steelers’ exec Omar Khan interviews for Houston Texans GM vacancy
Omar Khan, the Pittsburgh Steelers vice president of football and business administration, interviewed Monday for the vacant Houston Texans general manager position. The Texans announced the interview on their Twitter account. Khan, 43, has worked for the Steelers since 2001, and he has been responsible for the team’s contract negotiations...
Steelers offense boosted by resurgence of Diontae Johnson, Chase Claypool
After a December that largely wasn’t one to remember, Chase Claypool and Diontae Johnson on the first Sunday of the new year turned back the clock to earlier in the 2020 season when it comes to their receiving production for the Pittsburgh Steelers. “I felt like myself again,” Johnson said...
Baker Mayfield’s scrambling presents another challenge for Steelers in playoff rematch with Browns
Needing 2 yards for a first down that would clinch the franchise’s first playoff berth in 18 years, the Cleveland Browns didn’t just put the outcome in quarterback Baker Mayfield’s hands. They put it in his feet, too. A designed keeper around the right edge gained 3 yards and enabled...
Baker Mayfield pushes Browns back into playoffs, rematch with SteelersVideo
CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield forcefully planted his Browns flag Sunday. With the weight of a city’s football hopes riding on his back, Mayfield delivered for Cleveland and its long-suffering fans. Coming off an embarrassing performance a week earlier, Mayfield, who came into the NFL vowing to return a fallen franchise...
Browns lose DE Oliver Vernon for playoffs with torn Achilles tendon
CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns starting defensive end Olivier Vernon ruptured his Achilles tendon during Sunday’s playoff-clinching win over the Pittsburgh Steelers and is done for the season. Coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday that Vernon, who has played well in his second year with Cleveland, will have surgery. “Obviously, I’m very...
