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Tevin Jones to make Steelers debut, Joe Haden active for Steelers vs. Browns
With rare intermittent exception, Tevin Jones has been part of the Pittsburgh Steelers organization for 22 months. Thursday night represents the first time he’s in uniform for a regular season game for them. Officially added to the active roster hours before kickoff, Jones is in uniform and serving as the...
Steelers place Roosevelt Nix, Ryan Switzer on season-ending injured reserve
Fullback Roosevelt Nix and wide receiver Ryan Switzer have been placed on injured reserve by the Pittsburgh Steelers, ending their seasons. Nix appeared in three games this season because of knee injuries, aggravating an injury against the Indianapolis Colts. Switzer injured his back last Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams....
Steelers to have hands full with Browns RB duo of Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt
Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. give the Cleveland Browns a pair of wide receivers Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin believes is the best tandem in the NFL. Tomlin, though, has bigger issues than his defense trying to contain a duo that combined for 14 catches, 154 yards and a...
Without running mate Stephon Tuitt, Cameron Heyward been at disruptive best for SteelersVideo
MInkah Fitzpatrick and T.J. Watt have emerged as legitimate NFL Defensive Player of the Year candidates, Bud Dupree has played the best football of his career in a contract year and Devin Bush has played well enough it appears the Pittsburgh Steelers’ three-draft-pick investment to get him was a wise...
Who is most to blame for Browns’ slow start?
The Steelers and Browns on play on “Thursday Night Football” this week. We’ve heard everything possible about the matchup from a Pittsburgh perspective. For Thursday’s podcast, we get the view from Cleveland. Kenny Roda of 1480 WHBC radio joins us to figure out why things haven’t been better than 3-6...
U mad, bro? Readers grouse over Ryan Switzer, Antonio Brown, Steelers offense, Tim Benz
Even during a four-game win streak, there is plenty of anger to be found in Steeler Nation. Granted, most of it is directed at Antonio Brown. And me. But there is anger nonetheless. We set it free in this week’s “U mad, bro?” Jolen is unhappy with Ryan Switzer. He...
Tim Benz: Steelers think they have a plan to slow Browns’ receiving tandemVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ defenders weren’t shy about saying it. They knew the Los Angeles Rams’ offensive plan of attack on third down. “We knew what they were doing,” safety Minkah Fitzpatrick said. “They like to target certain players on third downs, and we just went out there and executed our...
Will the Steelers sign Colin Kaepernick? The bookmakers think it’s definitely possible
The NFL has arranged for a private workout for teams to evaluate Colin Kaepernick and his possible readiness to return to the league. If that happens, there are some who believe it could be the Pittsburgh Steelers who facilitate it. Kaepernick will work out for all NFL teams at the...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers tackle Alejandro Villanueva gets creative for Myles GarrettVideo
Alejandro Villanueva hardly had time to recover from four quarters against Aaron Donald when the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Pro Bowl left tackle started preparing for Myles Garrett. Going from playing the two-time NFL defensive player of the year to the league’s sacks leader is a monster assignment in itself, so doing...
Steelers CB Joe Haden listed as questionable vs. Browns
Running back James Conner and guard Ramon Foster will return for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night in Cleveland, but another starter surprisingly popped up on the injury report released Wednesday. Cornerback Joe Haden has an illness and is listed as questionable for the game against his former team at...
After game in which Steelers’ offense netted 1 point, defense recognizes challengeVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers offense netted its team one point Sunday. That was enough for the defense. The offense committed two turnovers. Again, the defense more than made up for that. “I mean, you give them nine points, you usually lose games,” Steelers offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner said in reference to...
Steelers QB Mason Rudolph ‘still a work in progress’Video
He has a passer rating over his past five starts (95.1) that is better than Ben Roethlisberger posted over his past five seasons (94.2). And while that likely is more of an indictment of the passer rating statistic than it is indicative that Mason Rudolph has cemented himself as better...
With family now cheering for Steelers, Justin Layne awaits return to Cleveland
Justin Layne, Cleveland native and Steelers rookie cornerback, has a confession to make. “I’ve never been to a Browns game,” he said. This seems surreal considering he was a star wide receiver at Cleveland’s Benedictine High School and one of Ohio’s top recruits before he accepted a scholarship to Michigan...
Kevin Gorman: Browns receivers huge test for Steelers secondary
Mike Tomlin had no shortage of superlatives about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ challenge of facing Cleveland Browns wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry. “From a talent standpoint, there’s no tandem that approaches those guys,” Tomlin said. “They’re impactful.” And they are a tandem that’s almost identical in impact: Landry...
Fewer chances for Steelers receivers might be leading to more dropped passesVideo
Attempted passes are significantly down, but dropped passes are way up for the Pittsburgh Steelers. As tight end Vance McDonald noted, “I know that sounds counterintuitive.” But the Steelers say there’s a correlation. “Everyone wants to make a play, and they want to have opportunities,” offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner said....
Mason Rudolph, Baker Mayfield ready to renew college rivalry
Baker Mayfield got the upper hand on Mason Rudolph in college. Rudolph would like to return the favor Thursday night in their first NFL matchup. Mostly because it’s an AFC North showdown between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns and not because of any simmering remnants of the “Bedlam” rivalry...
James Conner, Ramon Foster return to practice for Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers moved one step closer to getting their starting running back and left guard back in the lineup Thursday against the Cleveland Browns. James Conner and Ramon Foster were full participants Tuesday when the Steelers conducted their only practice of the week in advance of the prime-time matchup...
Steelers unconcerned with challenges of short work week into Thursday game
It’s the Pittsburgh Steelers’ annual Thursday night game. So it must be time for everyone at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex to bemoan the short preparation week between games, right? Not exactly. As a matchup at the Cleveland Browns looms Thursday, the talk among the Steelers about the two-games-in-five-days stuff...
For 3rd time in 7 days, Steelers make Sutton Smith/Darin Hall roster-move swap
The former Xavier Grimble locker in an almost-hidden corner of the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room has consistently been home to a No. 42 over the past week. The man occupying it, though, has been revolving. The Steelers re-signed linebacker Sutton Smith to their practice squad Tuesday, releasing running back Darrin...
Kevin Gorman’s Who runs the North?: Lamar Jackson running into record books for RavensVideo
The Baltimore Ravens already established that they run not only the AFC North but the conference. Lamar Jackson ran into the record books, with his arm and legs. Jackson completed his second perfect passer rating of the season – the first quarterback to do so since Ben Roethlisberger in 2007...
First Call: Steelers rare history as underdogs vs. Browns; Ben Cherington as Pirates GM?
They’ve tied. They’ve needed overtime to win. They relied on Landry Jones. But the Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t lost to the Cleveland Browns since 2014. It was a 31-10 beat down by the Browns in Week 6 of that year. And it wasn’t even that close. That was also the last...
Tim Benz’s airing of grievances: What Steelers must fix vs. Browns
Fittingly, Bob Dylan was just in town performing in Moon Township on Sunday. Because, “times they are a-changin’”! The Pittsburgh Steelers have gone from 1-4 to 5-4. So things are looking up. That doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement, though. And a lot of it must happen fast. Because...
Kevin Gorman: Beating Browns more about survival for Steelers than AFC North rivalry
The Pittsburgh Steelers are playing an AFC North arch-rival, the Cleveland Browns, but Mike Tomlin sounded like a coach whose team was in survival mode as much as it is rival mode. It’s obvious Tomlin takes no comfort in the Steelers’ status in the AFC North standings, despite moving into...
Mike Hilton plays hand in Steelers’ collective shutdown of Rams’ Cooper Kupp
Slot corner Mike Hilton drew the assignment of shadowing Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp. It led to Hilton playing his most snaps of the season, as he was on the field for 70 of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 77 defensive plays Sunday afternoon. The result couldn’t have been scripted...
Minkah Fitzpatrick trade now ‘makes sense’ to many Steelers fansVideo
Steelers fans have had more ups and downs than the Steel Curtain roller coaster that debuted this year at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin. A day after the season seemed lost — quarterback Ben Roethlisberger out for the year — the team traded a 2020 first-round draft pick to the...
