Steelers/NFL category, Page 349
First Call: Ravens already benefitting from bye week before Steelers game, more praise for ‘Mapletron’
More praise for Steelers receiver Chase Claypool. The Baltimore Ravens are already using their rescheduled bye week to their advantage in advance of next week’s matchup with the Steelers. And Patrick Mahomes is endorsing the Le’Veon Bell signing in Kansas City. Plus, Tyler Glasnow is off to a bad start...
Former Steeler linebacker endorses ‘next man up’ approach with Robert Spillane
Former Steelers linebacker Chad Brown knows all about the Steelers’ “next man up” mentality. He was part of it with Bill Cowher. It has continued with current head coach Mike Tomlin. Brown was replaced by Jerry Olsavsky for five games in 1995 when he was injured. The team went to...
Familiar hype-train rolling for Steelers. Will it stay on track for the next 2 weeks?
I wonder if Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is getting a sense of deja vu. Because Year 17 is starting to feel like his rookie campaign of 2004. Roethlisberger took over for an injured Tommy Maddox in the middle of a Week 2 loss to Baltimore. From there, the Steelers won...
Steelers’ next challenge awaits in form of NFL’s leading rusher, Derrick Henry
In one regards, the NFL didn’t do the Pittsburgh Steelers any favors by rescheduling their postponed game against the Tennessee Titans for Week 7. The Steelers’ reward for controlling the NFL’s top rushing team is a matchup against the league’s top individual runner, the Titans’ Derrick Henry. It could cause...
Mike Tomlin: Dustin Colquitt’s punting for Steelers not ‘up to snuff’
Mike Tomlin might be rethinking his decision to swap out punters before the start of the regular season. With 38-year-old Dustin Colquitt possessing an NFL-worst 37.1 yards net punting average, the Steelers brought in former punter Jordan Berry for a tryout Monday, according to several reports. Tomlin acknowledged Tuesday at...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin throws support behind Robert Spillane as Devin Bush’s replacement
Mike Tomlin is prepared to go with former undrafted free agent Robert Spillane at inside linebacker for the immediate future as the Pittsburgh Steelers plan to play the rest of the season without starter Devin Bush. Tomlin said Tuesday at his weekly news conference Bush will undergo surgery Wednesday to...
First Call: Ex-Steeler rips Baker Mayfield; Steelers favored vs. Titans; Penguins, Primanti Bros. honor Mike Emrick
Tuesday’s “First Call” just keeps piling on the Cleveland Browns after their 38-7 humiliation by the Steelers. Meanwhile, gamblers seem to think the Steelers are getting to 6-0 even against steep competition on the road next week. There is an outpouring of congratulations for Mike “Doc” Emrick from the hockey...
Unbeaten Titans are unapologetic, but hardly unblemished, as they host Steelers
You’d think that after their facility in Nashville became the epicenter of the NFL’s first covid-19 outbreak, the Tennessee Titans may be a bit remorseful. After all, the whole league went into crisis prevention mode, and the schedules of multiple teams got reshuffled as a result. So maybe a sense...
Tim Benz: Steelers ’11/11ths’ pass protection mentality adding up to 5-0
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is fond of talking about “complementary football.” Usually, that’s meant to outline how the defense helps set up the offense in good field position. Or how the offense allows the defense to stay fresh by possessing the ball. Or how the pass rush and pass coverage...
AP source: No talk of individual punishment for Titans
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The NFL and the NFL Players Association found instances when the Tennessee Titans failed to wear masks at all times and were “insufficiently clear” to players about not meeting or working out once the facility closed in a review given to the team Monday, a person familiar...
James Washington takes a spin as Steelers’ go-to receiver in win over Browns
Coach Mike Tomlin likes to say the strength of the pack is in the pack, and that continues to hold true for the Pittsburgh Steelers pass catchers. In crafting a 5-0 record, the Steelers have had five wide receivers or tight ends make significant contributions to each victory. The latest...
With Devin Bush down, Robert Spillane is next man up for Steelers
Robert Spillane knows he can’t replicate Devin Bush on the football field. He doesn’t have 4.43 speed or a Big Ten pedigree. He doesn’t share the sideline-to-sideline playmaking ability that made Bush the most athletic Steelers inside linebacker since Ryan Shazier. “Devin is a great player,” Spillane said Monday. “He...
Stuffing the run highlights 5 things learned in Steelers’ win over Browns
Five things we learned about Steelers 38, Browns 7: 1. Challenge accepted The Browns didn’t have Nick Chubb, who was on injured reserve, but they still brought Kareem Hunt and a running game that rated as the best in the NFL to Heinz Field. It was the biggest test for...
Mark Madden: Steelers ‘D’ dominant against Browns, but replacing Devin Bush will be a challenge
The Pittsburgh Steelers still haven’t beaten a good team. Cleveland certainly isn’t a good team. The Browns are 0-2 against Baltimore and the Steelers, losing those games by a combined 76-13. Quarterback Baker Mayfield (aka Johnny Manziel Jr.) is a bust and certainly won’t get better via the teaching tool...
Madden Monday: Should Steelers make a trade to replace Devin Bush? Should they use JuJu Smith-Schuster to do it?
Mark Madden is back from Las Vegas for our Madden Monday podcast. It wasn’t the typical Vegas vacation for Double-M. But at least he had a better time there than the Cleveland Browns had at Heinz Field. Oof! The Steelers thumped the Browns 38-7. Mark and I seem to be...
First Call: OBJ has temper tantrum after loss to Steelers; Titans problems beyond Derrick Henry
It doesn’t appear that the Browns took Sunday’s loss to the Steelers very well. Odell Beckham Jr. had a hissy fit on the sideline toward the end of the game. That’s how we start “First Call” Monday. We also look at how deep the Tennessee Titans are offensively as the...
Steelers turn around 3rd-down defense with emphatic performance
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense spent much of the past week working to atone for a poor showing on third downs in its most recent game. Not only did the Steelers pass the test in reversing that trend Sunday, they went for extra credit. The Steelers allowed the Cleveland Browns one...
Steelers’ run game evoking memories of Bill Cowher, Jerome Bettis
It was Steelers-Browns, so why not go old-school? Ben Roethlisberger evoked two names from early in his career: Bill Cowher and Jerome Bettis. It was the team on the other side that entered with the NFL’s top-ranked rushing offense Sunday. It was the Pittsburgh Steelers, though, that continued to ascend...
Emotions remain in check as Steelers keep Myles Garrett quiet in 38-7 win
If anyone expected Myles Garrett to try to make amends with the Pittsburgh Steelers and coach Mike Tomlin on Sunday afternoon, they were disappointed. Garrett did speak with Tomlin prior to the start of the Steelers’ 38-7 victory against the Cleveland Browns at Heinz Field, but the conversation was not...
Tim Benz: ‘Feats of Strength’ abound as Steelers blow out Browns
The Pittsburgh Steelers blew out the Cleveland Browns, 38-7, on Sunday at Heinz Field. They improved to 5-0 for the first time since 1978. Helmet-swinging villain Myles Garrett was a minimal factor. Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield got benched. The defense bounced back after some shaky moments against the Philadelphia Eagles...
John Steigerwald: Browns’ Baker Mayfield no match for Steelers defense
Baker Mayfield had no chance. The Steelers defense obviously smelled his bruised ribs and gave him no time in the pocket and, even more importantly, gave him no chance on his rollouts, something he has had a lot of success with this season. In Browns Country, you can be sure...
Steelers’ Devin Bush suffers serious knee injury, putting his season in doubtVideo
Devin Bush had played every single defensive snap over the first five-plus games of the Pittsburgh Steelers season until a second-quarter pass defense knocked him out of Sunday’s win against the Cleveland Browns. Indications are that was his final snap of the season. Bush did not return because of an...
Unbeaten Steelers rout Browns behind dominant defense
The Cleveland Browns thought this game would be different. That they were equipped to end the Pittsburgh Steelers’ domination at Heinz Field. That they no longer were going to be pushed around in this AFC North rivalry. Instead, their trip back up the Pennsylvania Turnpike ended up being another lonely...
Browns’ Baker Mayfield, Odell Beckham Jr. active — but not productive — vs. Steelers
Even if they did not end up producing much, the Cleveland Browns had all of their offensive stars active for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field. Quarterback Baker Mayfield (ribs) and wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. (illness) and Jarvis Landry (hip/ribs) each suited up after being listed...
Browns’ Odell Beckham tests negative, cleared to play Steelers
CLEVELAND — Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. had his second negative covid-19 test in 24 hours, clearing him to rejoin his teammates and play in Sunday’s game at Heinz Field against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Beckham was kept away from Cleveland’s facility and didn’t practice for two days after feeling...
