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Devlin Hodges, James Washington form bond for Steelers
Tuesday, James Washington and Devlin Hodges went on a duck-hunting outing. Five days later, the duo went hunting for big plays. Hodges and Washington connected on three passes of least 30 yards for the Pittsburgh Steelers during a 20-13 victory against the Cleveland Browns. “I told James after the game...
Fans go crazy — peaceably — during Steelers-Browns rematch
There was an intensity on the field and in the crowd for the grudge match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns on Sunday at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. But just as the players kept the action clean on the field, there were no reports of serious trouble among the...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers revel in rivalry, as Duck Hodges plays his tail off to beat the Browns 
Devlin Hodges dared to dream about the moment when he would receive a pre-game introduction as the starting quarterback, even if it wasn’t specifically for the Pittsburgh Steelers or at Heinz Field. “Just being in the NFL and starting in the NFL, that’s the dream I’ve always had,” Hodges said....
Rookie running back Benny Snell again closes out a Steelers win 
For the second consecutive week, Benny Snell was a central figure in closing out a Pittsburgh Steelers victory. Snell had 55 rushing yards in the second half of Sunday’s 20-13 win against the Cleveland Browns, including 51 on 10 carries after his touchdown gave the Steelers the lead. “He is...
John Steigerwald: With these Steelers, expect the unexpected
Who saw that coming? Not the 7-5 record and being in contention for the wild card, the 20-13 win after that hideous start. When the Browns scored to make it 10-0 everything pointed to a long, ugly day for the Steelers. It was the middle of the second quarter. The...
Steelers Joe Haden seals win against former team Browns 
Joe Haden dropped two potential game-sealing interceptions last week. He spent time at practice making sure it wouldn’t happen again. It paid off — and against his former team of seven years, too. Haden’s interception of Baker Mayfield with 1 minute, 6 seconds to play ended the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 20-13...
‘Bulletin-board material’ for Steelers; Browns’ Freddie Kitchens: ‘I’d wear (T-shirt) again’ 
Of the “Pittsburgh started it” T-shirt Freddie Kitchens wore in public less than 48 hours before playing the Pittsburgh Steelers, guard David DeCastro had one question for the Cleveland Browns coach. “What are you thinking?” DeCastro said after his team beat the Browns, 20-13, Sunday. While DeCastro was asking that...
With Steelers win, 'Pittsburgh finished it' T-shirts already a thing
That’s some seriously fast turn around. The game wasn’t even over — although a Pittsburgh Steelers victory over the Cleveland Browns was assured by a Joe Haden interception — and T-shirt companies in Pittsburgh jumped into action. Two — Commonwealth Press and Steel City Brand — delivered what Pittsburghers were...
Kevin Gorman's Take 5: If Pittsburgh started it, the Steelers finished the Browns
There’s a popular saying in Cleveland — you might have even seen it on Freddie Kitchens’ T-shirt — that “Pittsburgh started it.” While that’s highly debatable, this isn’t: The Steelers finished it. It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, Freddie. The Steelers turned to long-shot quarterback Devlin “Duck” Hodges to...
Determined Steelers keep cool, deliver knockout blow to Browns
Nobody swung a helmet in a fit of rage. No punches were thrown in retaliation. The fighting that took place 17 days earlier in Cleveland didn’t resurface. The Pittsburgh Steelers kept their cool Sunday in the rematch with the Cleveland Browns at Heinz Field. That worked to their advantage even...
Browns QB Baker Mayfield injures hand late in first half against Steelers
Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield returned to Sunday’s game in the third quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers after leaving late in the first half with an injury to his right (throwing) hand. Mayfield exited with 0:07 left after he hit his hand on Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree’s helmet. Mayfield headed...
Steelers' James Conner missing 4th game in last 5 weeks, out vs. Browns
James Conner and Artie Burns are out for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. Conner will miss a game for the fourth time over the past five weeks because of a shoulder injury. He returned to practice in a limited capacity Thursday and Friday of this past...
Quarterback controversy something new for Steelers coach Mike Tomlin 
With a Super Bowl ring to his credit, job security and a 20-4-1 career record against the Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin doesn’t have many reasons to be envious of Cleveland Browns coach Freddie Kitchens. Seven words Kitchens said during a conference call with Pittsburgh media this week certainly...
Fans anxious for 'a hot mess' in Steelers-Browns rematch 2 weeks after on-field melee 
Latrobe’s Brian Noel is out for revenge. Shamyra Edwards of Aspinwall just wants to watch good football. New Kensington’s Nikala Tallerico hopes that Browns and Steelers players — as well as their fans — behave during Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh — barely two weeks after an on-field melee in Cleveland...
Decades of scars worn by both sides as Steelers-Browns rivalry boils with playoff implications
When sports columnist Bud Shaw arrived in Cleveland in 1991, a colleague told him how captivated the city would get when the Browns were regular playoff contenders. The Browns were only a few years removed from making seven playoff appearances in a 10-year span, including three trips to the AFC...
Steelers' Trey Edmunds fined for block against Bengals
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Trey Edmunds was fined $28,075 for unnecessary roughness as the result of a blindside block on a kickoff return in the second quarter last Sunday at Cincinnati. Edmunds was fined for the block on a kickoff return by Kerrith Whyte. The Bengals’ Nick Vigil also was...
Browns coach Freddie Kitchens seen in ‘Pittsburgh started it’ T-shirt
Joking or not, Freddie Kitchens made a statement on what he thinks about the scuffle between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns two weeks ago. Two days before the rematch between the Steelers and Browns at Heinz Field, Kitchens was photographed Friday evening wearing a “Pittsburgh started it” T-shirt. The...
Somehow, Steelers' Christian DiLauro is man in middle of QB battle
Christian DiLauro can laugh about going from an anonymous offensive tackle on the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad to being caught in the cross-hairs of a quarterback controversy. DiLauro’s locker separates those of Mason Rudolph and Devlin Hodges in the locker room at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on the South Side,...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers looking for luck from Duck, the ultimate underdog quarterback story
What a weird, wild season this has been for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who looked so hopeless after losing Ben Roethlisberger to a season-ending elbow injury but are somehow positioned for the sixth seed in the AFC playoffs. Now, the Steelers’ hopes are down to a Duck. Nothing has been weirder...
Four Downs: It’s early, but so far numbers add up for Steelers’ Devlin Hodges 
1. Nip and Duck In the equivalent of two NFL regular-season games, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Devlin Hodges has shown competency as an NFL quarterback. Cut through all the traditional numbers and the subjective analysis, and arguably the most objective measures for evaluating player performance come from footballoutsiders.com. The formulas for...
Steelers, Browns promise no funny business in rematch 
When the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns meet Sunday at Heinz Field, it will have been only 17 days since they last played. Just don’t expect this game to start like that one finished. “I don’t feel like it would,” Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree said, referring to the skirmish that...
Steelers' usage of inside linebackers varies based on opponent, gameplan 
The Pittsburgh Steelers have what they consider to be three starting inside linebackers. The division of labor at that position has proven to vary from week to week. Over the past four games, veteran Mark Barron and rookie Devin Bush twice had the most defensive snaps played among the team’s...
Mark Madden: Don't crown Lamar Jackson, Ravens just yet
Are the Baltimore Ravens the NFL’s best team right now? Yes. Can they be the NFL’s best team on a frozen January day in Foxboro, Mass.? Maybe. New England is said to be “in trouble” despite a 10-1 record. At 43, quarterback Tom Brady might finally be fading, albeit in...
James Conner doubtful, JuJu Smith-Schuster out for Steelers vs. Browns
Limited to 13 snaps during November because of a shoulder injury, James Conner has a sliver of hope in returning to game action Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Pro Bowl running back practiced in a limited capacity Thursday and Friday and on the official injury report was given a...
Benny Snell providing 'real spark' to Steelers running game
Mike Tomlin used the word “spark” three times in his postgame interview Sunday to describe what backup quarterback Devlin Hodges brought to the Pittsburgh Steelers offense against the Cincinnati Bengals. Two days later, at his weekly news conference, Tomlin dropped six more references to the “spark” that Hodges provided as...


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