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First Call: Tracking 2 significant Jets injuries; Will Howard discusses broken bone; Jakobi Meyers update
In Thursday’s “First Call,” we examine two injury notes concerning the New York Jets as they get ready to host the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday for a Week 1 showdown. We also get a health update from rookie QB Will Howard, and some more info on a one-time trade target...
Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers downplays return to MetLife Stadium to face his former team
He’s going back to New York. Well, New Jersey, at least. And he’s going back to face the team with which he spent the past two seasons, missing all but a handful of plays in his first year and going 5-12 as a starter in his second. He’s returning to...
Steelers status report: Nick Herbig listed as limited, Cam Heyward not listed at all
During his first Tuesday game-week news conference of the season, coach Mike Tomlin referenced the Pittsburgh Steelers as “thankful” that their list of injuries is short on the precipice of the season opener. The only player whose status is in question for Sunday’s game at the New York Jets, outside...
Brandin Echols content being the ‘other’ new Steeler facing his old teammates with Jets
About two dozen reporters gathered in a semicircle in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locker room on Wednesday, in large part to pepper Aaron Rodgers with questions about facing his former team in Sunday’s season opener. Meanwhile, just a few feet away Brandin Echols sat alone at his locker. Echols, too, was...
Steelers TE Pat Freiermuth starts foundation to aid teachersVideo
Surrounded by educators growing up, Pat Freiermuth found a way to give back to those in the profession. A fifth-year Pittsburgh Steelers tight end, Freiermuth on Wednesday formally launched the Freiermuth Fund, which according to a release from the Steelers has a goal to provide students and educators with the...
Steelers add WR Lance McCutcheon, veteran special-teamer Jon Rhattigan to practice squad
Four days before their regular-season opener, the Pittsburgh Steelers amended their practice squad by signing receiver Lance McCutcheon and linebacker Jon Rhattigan on Wednesday. McCutcheon spent all of training camp and the preseason with the Steelers, and he was on their practice squad for four weeks midway through last season....
Steelers will turn Emerald Isle black and gold to celebrate game in Dublin
To celebrate the Pittsburgh Steelers’ upcoming game in Dublin this month, the team and Irish airline Aer Lingus are launching a series of fan events and activities with the goal of turning the Emerald Isle black and gold. The first-ever NFL regular season game in Ireland will take place on...
Mark Madden: Captain Cam’s leadership in question during standoff with Steelers
Has anyone ever so quickly devalued his reputation with Steeler Nation like Cam Heyward? Training camp seemed to have dodged turmoil when T.J. Watt signed his extension. Then the big-deal leader dictated otherwise. Only Heyward’s biggest apologists see him as being wronged. If he signed a bum deal a year...
First Call: Jets coach calls Aaron Rodgers questions ‘not relevant’; scary moment for Pirates prospect Konnor Griffin
New York Jets coach Aaron Glenn wants to downplay any storylines about Aaron Rodgers’ return with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. There was a scary moment for the Pirates’ top prospect Tuesday night. A wide receiver signing in Buffalo should get the attention of Steelers fans. And we look at...
Tim Benz: We are well beyond ‘We’ll see’ with Cam Heyward’s contract debate
With the Aaron Rodgers-Justin Fields storyline, DK Metcalf’s debut, the reconfigured secondary, and just the fact that it’s the 2025 season opener, the Pittsburgh Steelers really didn’t need another subplot to make the Week 1 contest in New York interesting. Enter Cameron Heyward’s Rubik’s Cube of a contract dispute. It’s...
Justin Fields discusses ‘most appealing’ reason he left Steelers for Jets
As he did when he was a Pittsburgh Steeler, New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields spent Tuesday handling a lot of media questions about a high-profile QB situation with a sense of calm and class. That’s how he did it for nearly two months to start 2024 in Pittsburgh. That’s...
New NFL rules: Permanent kickoff changes and more
A new NFL season is set to begin with last year’s experiment on the new kickoff becoming permanent with a new tweak and several other changes in rules and officiating. The league also will implement changes to the overtime rule for the regular season, expand replay assist, crack down on...
Can Jets’ Justin Fields become NFL’s next late-blooming quarterback?
Justin Fields would seem to have the numbers — and odds — stacked against him. The New York Jets quarterback is on his third team in as many years, learning his third offensive system in that span and being coached by a fourth coordinator during an NFL career entering only...
Mike Tomlin describes Justin Fields’ departure from Steelers to the Jets a ‘mutual’ decision
Justin Fields’ leaving the Pittsburgh Steelers for the New York Jets at the outset of free agency was a “mutual” parting, Steeler coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday. Fields started the first six games of the 2024 season for the Steelers, compiling a 4-2 record, before losing his job in favor...
Acrisure Stadium announces upgrades ahead of Steelers season, 2026 NFL Draft
Pittsburgh Steelers fans will see a slew of Acrisure Stadium upgrades, new food options and technology improvements ahead of the upcoming NFL season. The enhancements come before Pittsburgh hosts the 2026 NFL Draft in April. The weekend-long event is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of football fans to the...
Mike Tomlin expects Cam Heyward to play in Steelers’ season opener against Jets
Despite holding in and not practicing for much of training camp, Cam Heyward is expected to start Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers when they open the season against the New York Jets. Heyward hinted last month that he was open to sitting out regular-season games if he doesn’t get a...
First Call: Jets sign ex-Steelers LB; update on Najee Harris; Duquesne president wants hoops City Game back
Tuesday’s “First Call” brings us back from the Labor Day weekend with news about three linebackers who used to be Pittsburgh Steelers. There is an update on Najee Harris. The Pirates face two tough opponents back-to-back at PNC Park. And Duquesne’s president wants the Pitt basketball rivalry back after Saturday’s...
Steelers name 2025 captains with 55 NFL seasons, 13 All-Pro nods between them
Reflecting the veteran nature of the roster, the men sharing captaincy for the 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t lacking in experience. The four players announced Monday as those voted by their peers to serve in the official leadership capacity this season have an average age of almost 35 and have been...
Steelers sign RB Jaylen Warren to 2-year contract extension
If there was any confusion about Jaylen Warren’s long-term future with the Pittsburgh Steelers, it was erased Monday. Warren has never started a game in three NFL seasons, but that didn’t stop the Steelers from giving the 26-year-old running back a three-year, $17.25 million contract. The deal provides a salary...
Madden Monday: ‘The Jets will use Justin Fields better than the Steelers ever did’
Sunday’s Steelers-Jets regular-season opener will undoubtedly feature one of the most unique Week 1 quarterback matchups of all time. Aaron Rodgers is going to make his debut with the Steelers one year removed from playing for the Jets. Justin Fields is going to make his debut for the Jets one...
TE Jonnu Smith ready for 3rd go-round with Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith
Jonnu Smith flashed a smile last week when he was asked about his collaboration with Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. It’s a question Smith estimates he has answered a million times. From a four-year association with the Tennessee Titans to a 2023 season spent together on the Atlanta Falcons...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Only Steelers fans value TJ Watt over Micah Parsons, Myles Garrett
Micah Parsons got traded from Dallas to Green Bay, then signed a four-year contract worth $47 million per year. T.J. Watt’s new deal only calls for $41 million per year. Time to hold in. Time to renegotiate. Time for autocorrect. Myles Garrett’s contract in Cleveland pays just $40 million per....
Among busy Steelers offseason of big-name acquisitions, don’t forget about Darius ‘Big Play’ Slay
He started the first game of his rookie season and has barely looked back, six times getting named to the Pro Bowl and once making first-team All-Pro after leading the NFL in interceptions. Brought in almost a month to the day after winning a Super Bowl ring, Darius Slay’s signing...
Tim Benz: For Mike Tomlin, the ‘process’ must finally lead to progress
The next time the Pittsburgh Steelers convene at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, it’ll be for a game-week practice. Sunday’s season opener against the New York Jets is officially next on the agenda. The phrases “offseason” and “preseason” will be shelved until next year. All that work from those months...
Report: Marquez Valdes-Scantling chose 49ers over Steelers despite Aaron Rodgers’ recruitment
It looks like a recruiting effort from Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has come up short. Former free-agent receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling ended up signing with the San Francisco 49ers after being released by Seattle earlier this week. However, Valdes-Scantling insists Rodgers was trying to coax him into signing in Pittsburgh. “He...
