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Kevin Gorman’s Who runs the North?: Steelers, Browns battle for 2nd place, playoff spotVideo
As Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens run away with the AFC North, the interesting development is the battle for second place and whether that’s worthy of a wild-card berth. The Cleveland Browns closed the gap on the Pittsburgh Steelers with their victory Thursday night, but it came at a...
Tim Benz: Steelers’ Mike Tomlin’s comments on Myles Garrett triggers rage from Browns fans
During his weekly press conference Tuesday, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin made the following comments about Myles Garrett swinging his helmet at Mason Rudolph in last Thursday’s game. He was asked if it was at all a “teachable moment” for his players. “I don’t know that we did anything to...
Mike Tomlin: ‘Not a lot of discussion’ on Steelers attending Colin Kaepernick workout
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was asked Tuesday at his weekly news conference whether the organization considered sending a scout to Atlanta on Saturday to attend free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s workout. The Steelers were not among the 25 teams the NFL said were planning to attend the workout, which...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers’ Mike Tomlin learns nothing from brawlVideo
When Mike Tomlin said the Pittsburgh Steelers had “nothing to learn” from the fighting fiasco in the final eight seconds of their game at the Cleveland Browns, he did so dismissively. The Steelers coach started his weekly news conference by accepting responsibility for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ actions in the “unfortunate...
Signed from Giants practice squad, OLB Tuzar Skipper returns to Steelers
It took 11 weeks into the NFL season for the Pittsburgh Steelers to bring linebacker Tuzar Skipper back to their 53-man roster. Skipper, who was lost on a waiver claim to the New York Giants after the first week of games, returned to the Steelers on Tuesday when defensive end...
Mike Tomlin ready to ‘smile’ as he tries to cobble together offense to face Bengals
His Pro Bowl wide receiver and team MVP has a knee injury in addition to a concussion. One of his other starting receivers also is concussed. His Pro Bowl running back aggravated a shoulder injury that already kept him out for two weeks. His All-Pro center is facing a three-game...
Steelers-Bengals game has higher stakes for Cincinnati fan living on roof
Jeff Lanham has been living on the roof of his restaurant for five weeks. But there’s a reason. Lanham, 42, is a Cincinnati Bengals season-ticket holder. He jokingly said he would live on the roof of his establishment, Hog Rock Cafe in Milan, Ind., if the Bengals lost to the...
Steelers RB Benny Snell to resume practicing after missing 3 games with injuryVideo
James Conner’s availability for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday is unknown, but coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday rookie running back Benny Snell might have a role when his team faces the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. Snell, who has missed three games because of arthroscopic surgery on his knee,...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin calls Myles Garrett-Mason Rudolph fight ‘ugly’Video
The Pittsburgh Steelers have been in the national spotlight since their matchup with the Cleveland Browns last Thursday, a loss that culminated with a fight between quarterback Mason Rudolph and Browns defensive end Myles Garrett. Garrett, who ripped off Rudolph’s helmet and then struck him on the head with it,...
First Call: Which Steelers RBs will make top 100?; Tyler Boyd grousing in CincinnatiVideo
In Tuesday’s “First Call,” we see which Pittsburgh Steelers running backs are on the short list for the NFL’s top 100 All-Time Team. Tyler Boyd is grumbling in Cincinnati. And we have video of that NHL spitting incident involving a former Penguin. Franco and the Bus The NFL is revealing...
Mark Madden: A tale of two quarterbacks, using that term loosely
A tale of two quarterbacks (if I may use that term loosely): • Mason Rudolph should have been suspended for one game after that melee at Cleveland on Thursday. I am not outraged by Rudolph being merely fined, and I agree with the other discipline handed down. But Rudolph started...
Newest Steelers WR Deon Cain says he’s playmaker team needsVideo
Deon Cain’s most recent NFL game was against the Pittsburgh Steelers. His next one will be for them. Signed Saturday, Cain injects depth, size (6-foot-2, 202 pounds) and speed (4.4 in the 40-yard dash) to a Steelers wide receivers corps in dire straits because of injury. “They need some immediate...
David DeCastro ready to ‘cross that bridge’ if NFL fines him for role in Browns skirmish
Three players already have received suspensions for their role in the melee that took place at the end of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game Thursday at Cleveland. Quarterback Mason Rudolph, who was not suspended for his encounter with Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett, is expected to be fined, and ESPN reported...
Steelers add former Pitt star Quadree Henderson, 2 others to practice squadVideo
Before this week, Quadree Henderson’s most recent trip to Pittsburgh was to see his alma mater open its season 2 ½ months ago. Monday, he was back in the building where he spent three years training. The Pittsburgh Steelers announced the signing of Henderson to their practice squad Monday, the...
Steelers bracing for playing several games without center Maurkice Pouncey
David DeCastro doesn’t like envisioning a short-term future without teammate Maurkice Pouncey manning the middle of the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line. It’s a reality DeCastro and the Steelers face in the aftermath of a three-game suspension that the team’s All-Pro center received for fighting with Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles...
Report: Steelers appealing NFL fine relating to injury report
The Pittsburgh Steelers are appealing the $75,000 fine levied on the organization by the NFL in relation its handling of the league-mandated injury report earlier this season, ESPN reported Monday. The Steelers did not list quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as having an injury leading up to their Week 2 game. Roethlisberger...
Myles Garrett’s appeal set for Wednesday for striking Steelers’ Mason Rudolph with helmet
BEREA, Ohio — Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett on Wednesday will have his appeal for his indefinite NFL suspension for striking Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph with a helmet. Former NFL player James Thrash will hear the appeal. Thrash and Pro Football Hall of Famer Derrick Brooks are jointly appointed...
NFL moves Dec. 1 Steelers-Browns game to 1 p.m. kickoff
The NFL changed the start time of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rematch with the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 1 to 1 p.m. The game originally was scheduled to kick off at 4:25 p.m. The game still will be televised by CBS. Replacing the Steelers-Browns in the 4:25 p.m. time slot will...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden debate discipline in Myles Garrett case, Steelers’ standing in AFCVideo
Should Mason Rudolph have been suspended for his actions in the Pittsburgh Steelers-Cleveland Browns melee last week? Tim Benz and Mark Madden debate the discipline handed down in the wake of Myles Garrett swinging his helmet to strike Rudolph during Thursday night’s game. The guys also discuss Colin Kaepernick’s weekend...
‘SNL’ taps Steelers-Browns helmet controversyVideo
For Pittsburgh Steelers fans, there was nothing funny about Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett smashing quarterback Mason Rudolph on the head with a helmet at the end of Thursday night’s game. But NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” attempted to mine a few laughs from it. Well, “attempted” anyway. The cold...
First Call: Steelers’ bad week got worse Sunday; plan for 17-game NFL season leakedVideo
After a beatdown in Cleveland Thursday night, the bad week for the Steelers (5-5) continued through Sunday based on what happened across the AFC. Those holding out hope that the Steelers could track down the Ravens atop the AFC North were dealt a severe blow as Baltimore wrecked the Houston...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden discuss Mason Rudolph vs. Myles Garrett, Colin Kaepernick, Ben Cherington
If you were on Twitter this weekend, it was a frustrating place to be. Nothing but people trying to soften Myles Garrett’s actions against the Steelers by way of blaming Mason Rudolph. And people pounding the Colin Kaepernick drum because he threw a nice deep ball or two against air...
Tim Benz: Defending Browns’ Myles Garrett by blaming Steelers’ Mason Rudolph is insanity
When disagreeing with someone’s opinion, there are two important rules to follow in the sports talk radio and sports columnist business. 1. No name calling. 2. Don’t make any broad generalizations about a group of people. With those rules made clear, anyone who thinks Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph is to...
John Steigerwald: Steelers QB Mason Rudolph shouldn’t get off so easily in Myles Garrett fight
Has everybody calmed down? Let’s try to take a nonhysterical look at what happened Thursday night in Cleveland. Myles Garrett of the Browns hit Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph on his helmetless head with his own helmet. And now Garrett is suspended indefinitely, for the rest of this season at...
Helmet hits in Steelers-Browns game test NFL’s concussion-reduction strategy
The Pittsburgh Steelers will begin a week of preparations Monday for their next game, and they will do so with three players, including two starters, in the NFL concussion protocol. Wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Diontae Johnson and linebacker Ola Adeniyi were placed in the protocol after suffering concussions in...
