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First Call: A Steeler jabs LeBron James about the Browns; Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell quiet in showdown
A little Twitter trash talk from a Pittsburgh Steeler to LeBron James. The Steelers-Ravens gambling line continues to grow. Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown don’t have it in gear yet with their new teams. And Aaron Donald flashes again with the Los Angeles Rams. All that for Monday’s “First Call.”...
Tim Benz: Steelers-Ravens slog shows NFL must streamline its covid-19 contingency plans
Steelers fans all over the country are wondering the same thing right now. How long are Thanksgiving leftovers safe to eat? Can they keep until Tuesday night? Or, uh, Week 18? That’d be a week after New Year’s Day. So you might want to freeze them now if that’s the...
Madden Monday: Ultimate chaos theory scenario for Steelers-Ravens, pounding Pitt athletics
Of all the doomsday scenarios, hypotheticals, and “what ifs” about what could happen with the oft-delayed Steelers-Ravens matchup, here’s an absolute doozy. Mark Madden advanced it during our “Madden Monday” podcast. What if the Steelers-Ravens game still can’t be played Tuesday? And, as a result, both teams finish with only...
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...
Steelers RB James Conner latest to test positive for covid-19
The Pittsburgh Steelers are dealing with more covid-19 cases as their twice-postponed game against the Baltimore Ravens approaches. Running back James Conner tested positive Saturday, the Steelers announced, and he is the fourth player in two days to be added to the reserve/covid-19 list. The Steelers also announced assistant coaches...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: A pandemic doesn’t know how to be fair; the NFL has to make do
Since the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens got pushed back to Sunday and then Tuesday, two themes have emerged via local angst: • Baltimore broke the rules. • The Steelers have been hard done by. The former implies that an outbreak of covid is akin to jumping...
Youthful enthusiasm masks JuJu Smith-Schuster’s maturation as receiver for Steelers
Everyone saw JuJu Smith-Schuster blow out the “candle” — a football — after the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers receiving corps sang “Happy Birthday” to him following the first touchdown of last week’s game in Jacksonville. It was classic JuJu, complete with a set of effervescent celebratory hops — the...
Steelers Four Downs: Ben Roethlisberger and the deep passVideo
1. Going long The advanced analytics community has been less than kind in evaluating the season of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger, who is the starting quarterback for a 10-0 team. Often, the criticisms of Roethlisberger revolve around his downfield passing. First, the good: Only four NFL quarterbacks this season...
3 Steelers players go on reserve/covid-19 list; game vs. Ravens postponed until Tuesday
The NFL is moving the date of the Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens game one more time. Because of a continued covid-19 outbreak in the Ravens organization, the league announced the game is being postponed from Sunday afternoon until Tuesday night. The game will be televised at 8 p.m. by NBC. The...
Vance McDonald reinstated to Steelers’ active roster, Trey Edmunds to IR
Tight end Vance McDonald was re-instated to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 53-man roster Thursday, the day his exemption from being on the reserve/covid-19 list expired. A coronavirus test McDonald took while the Steelers were in Dallas on Nov. 8 came back positive the following day, and he has been isolated from...
Postponement adds to quirky, sad history of Steelers’ Thanksgiving Day games
The game never getting played because of a worldwide pandemic that caused an outbreak within a bitter division rival? Unprecedented. Unique. Bizarre. And yet, entirely on brand for what has been the history of Pittsburgh Steelers games on Thanksgiving. The first scheduled NFL game to be played on Thanksgiving in...
Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster delivers turkeys to seniors after Thanksgiving game canceledVideo
Turkey with a side of JuJu? Thanksgiving turned out to be an off day for Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. So, he delivered turkeys to seniors. “Giving back to the community has always been a thing in my heart,” Smith-Schuster said. He gathered with volunteers Thursday morning at Dive...
Ravens reportedly have more positive tests; Steelers game potentially in jeopardy
“Multiple” coronavirus tests among Baltimore Ravens came back positive Thursday, according to CBS Sports reports, potentially further endangering the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers that already has been pushed back because of covid-19 concerns. In an early Thanksgiving Day morning post to his verified Twitter account, CBS’ Jason La Canfora...
NFL postpones Steelers-Ravens game over coronavirus concerns, sets new game time
The Pittsburgh Steelers will have to wait to host a Thanksgiving Day game for the first time. Their fans will have to wait until 2021 to see them in person. In the wake of several members of the Baltimore Ravens organization testing positive for coronavirus this week, the NFL announced...
As Ravens await, Steelers eyeing bigger prize than running the table on 16-0 season
They already have achieved the best start in franchise history. They are the first NFL team in five years to win their first 10 games. The Pittsburgh Steelers, though, have no interest in matching the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only team to complete a perfect season. Sure, they want...
Mark Madden: Tom Brady’s mystique is dissipating while others step into spotlight
When Tom Brady ditched New England and coach Bill Belichick to join Tampa Bay for the 2020 season, debate raged immediately: Who made who? What we’ve learned, however, should have been obvious: They made each other. Minus Brady (and eight covid opt-outs), Belichick’s Patriots are 4-6 and out of realistic...
First Call: Game-by-game odds of Steelers going 16-0, how Steelers can qualify for playoffs this week
Wednesday’s “First Call” gives us game-by-game odds of the Pittsburgh Steelers going 16-0. There’s a long-shot way the Steelers can clinch a playoff spot this weekend. And we get a look at some plans to handle the Baltimore Ravens rush attack. What it will take? ESPN.com did a deep statistical...
U mad, bro?: Fans all over the map about how Steelers rate, stack up to Chiefs
Are you mad that the government doesn’t want you congregating for Thanksgiving? Yeah. I get it. But that’ll result in fewer angry debates at the dinner table. So that’s a plus. Instead, you can just get mad on Twitter like we do the other 364 days of the year. To...
Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster donates Thanksgiving meals to seniors
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster fondly remembers Thanksgiving dinners growing up. “The older people would always be served first,” said Smith-Schuster on Tuesday. He’s making the sure the seniors are taken care of this year, especially when they might not be able to have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and...
Despite 10-0 start, Steelers not satisfied with number of points offense is producing
When it comes to scoring points, few NFL teams have been as consistent as the Pittsburgh Steelers this season. The Steelers have established a franchise record by scoring at least 24 points in every game while building a 10-0 record that represents the best start in franchise history. Only the...
CB Joe Haden doesn’t practice for Steelers with knee injury
Cornerback Joe Haden, who sat out part of the fourth quarter Sunday with a knee injury, did not practice Tuesday as the Pittsburgh Steelers continued preparations for their Thanksgiving night game against the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field. Haden played 37 of 58 snaps in the Steelers’ 27-3 victory at...
Alan Faneca, Hines Ward represent Steelers again as Hall of Fame semifinalists
Former Pittsburgh Steelers guard Alan Faneca and wide receiver Hines Ward have again made the cut from 130 preliminary candidates to the group of 25 semifinalists eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Faneca is a semifinalist for the sixth time. Ward has made it to the second step...
Steelers activate TE Vance McDonald, add Pine-Richland’s Kevin Rader from practice squad
Down to one healthy tight end entering the week, the Pittsburgh Steelers will have three available Thursday night when they play the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field. On Tuesday, the Steelers activated veteran Vance McDonald from the reserve/covid-19 list and signed Pine-Richland graduate Kevin Rader from the practice squad. Rader...
First Call: Steelers-Ravens line jumps, Bud Dupree on perfect record chase vs. Super Bowl, Antonio Brown evolving with Bucs
Tuesday’s “First Call” looks at shifting gambling lines for the Steelers-Ravens game. Bud Dupree on the topic of a potential 16-0 Steelers season. A rare quiet game for Aaron Donald. And Antonio Brown gets stats with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Opening up The gambling line for the Steelers-Ravens game opened...
