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Steelers fumble away comeback, lose to Ravens in overtime
Close defeats are becoming all too familiar for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have dropped three of their four games this season by a combined nine points. The one they endured Sunday was more difficult to digest than the rest. What could have been remembered as a storybook comeback victory led...
Steelers QB Mason Rudolph walks off field after being knocked unconscious by hitVideo
Over his first 12½ quarters as the starting quarterback, Mason Rudolph came a long way in earning the respect of his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates. “He’s our quarterback,” receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said. “He’s our guy.” That, in part, is what made seeing Rudolph lying motionless on the Heinz Field turf for...
Report: Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger fined $5K for wearing Apple Watch on sideline
Don’t ask Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to tell you the time, especially not when he is standing on the sideline on game day at Heinz Field. According to an ESPN report, which cited an unnamed source, Roethlisberger was fined $5,000 by the NFL because he wore an Apple Watch...
Vance McDonald, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Vince Williams all active for Steelers vs. Ravens
Veterans Vance McDonald and Vince Williams return to the Pittsburgh Steelers lineup for Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens after missing recent games because of injury. Tight end McDonald sat out last week’s win against Cincinnati because of a shoulder injury suffered in the previous game at San Francisco. Inside...
New cast, same feelings between bitter rivals Steelers, Ravens
Ed Reed showed up at Baltimore Ravens practice earlier this week and talked to the team about the hatred he still feels for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Coach John Harbaugh said the newly minted Pro Football Hall of Famer’s presence coincided with some of Reed’s media work and was not planned...
Steelers waive tight end Xavier Grimble with injury settlement
The Pittsburgh Steelers waived tight end Xavier Grimble with an injury settlement, according to an NFL transactions report. The team has yet to announce the move. The 6-foot-4, 261-pound Grimble was placed on the injured reserve with a calf injury Sept. 25, two days after the Steelers sent a fifth-round...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers ready for Mason Rudolph to make big plays vs. RavensVideo
James Washington recognized the look on Mason Rudolph’s face on “Monday Night Football,” when he saw the sly smile and electric eyes after a 43-yard touchdown pass to Diontae Johnson. Washington has been on the receiving end of passes — and that look — from Rudolph at Oklahoma State and...
Four Downs: Is JuJu Smith-Schuster showing he can be Steelers’ No. 1 receiver?
1. What’s wrong with JuJu? While acknowledging the outside factors of the changes in his quarterback and complementary wide receivers and in a shift in playcalling, how is it fair to evaluate Pittsburgh Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster’s season – one in which he ranks tied for 51st in the NFL...
All Steelers starters practice fully, but JuJu Smith-Schuster and others ‘questionable’ vs. RavensVideo
James Conner, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Vance McDonald practiced for the first time this week Friday, and each of the Pittsburgh Steelers starting skill-position players was a full participant. Only Conner, though, was cleared to play Sunday. On the Steelers’ final injury report of the week, receiver Smith-Schuster and tight end...
Steelers get 1st look at Ravens QB Lamar Jackson as starterVideo
There’s a saying in Baltimore: “You’re not a Raven until you beat the Steelers.” If that’s so, for all Lamar Jackson has done in accounting for 24 touchdowns over his first 12 NFL starts, he apparently won’t truly become a Baltimore Raven until this coming Sunday night at the earliest....
Steelers aim to contain Antonio Brown’s cousin Marquise of RavensVideo
Sunday won’t be the first time Hollywood comes to Pittsburgh. But it will be the first time Hollywood is wearing enemy colors. A cousin of mercurial former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown, rookie Marquise Brown quickly has become a focal point of the Baltimore Ravens offense. And the Ravens play...
Week before playing Steelers, Ravens add former Steelers linebacker L.J. FortVideo
In the days prior to their first of two annual showdowns with the rival Pittsburgh Steelers, the Baltimore Ravens added a reinforcement from the other side. The Ravens earlier this week signed L.J. Fort, a special-teams ace and inside linebacker who spent four seasons with the Steelers. Ravens coach John...
First Call: Ed Reed’s ‘Steelers week’ speech to Ravens; Mark Melancon meltdown
In “First Call” Friday, the Ravens get a “Steelers Week” pep talk from a franchise legend. Mark Melancon melted down. What other teams are doing to Aaron Donald. Bring out the big guns Some have bemoaned the fact that so many of the players who laid the foundation of the...
Football Footnotes: Antonio Brown reportedly walks out of court; Ravens address in-fighting
This week’s “Friday Football Footnotes” starts with Antonio Brown’s latest slip from reality. Earl Thomas talks about the Baltimore Ravens clubhouse argument last Sunday. We look at the game of the week from the NFC. And we do some long-term forecasting in the AFC. It keeps getting better I know...
Steelers QB Mason Rudolph says connection with JuJu Smith-Schuster, James Washington ‘just a matter of time’
After leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to his first win as an NFL quarterback on Monday night, quarterback Mason Rudolph apologized for not throwing the ball enough to wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. Smith-Schuster finished with three catches for 15 yards in the 27-3 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals. It was the...
The sport of fashion: Steelers players suit up to walk the runwayVideo
See your Steelers show some moves off the field. “Rock Steelers Style 2019: Take The Stage” is Friday at Stage AE on Pittsburgh’s North Side. The players will put aside the black and gold uniforms and opt to wear clothing that suits their sense of style. The Style Lounge opens...
Mason Rudolph, Steelers vow to improve on 3rd-down conversions
The season is one-quarter through, and the Pittsburgh Steelers have yet to convert more than three third-down opportunities in any one game yet. The Steelers have exactly three third-down conversions during each of their first four games this season. Their only improvement in the area has come merely in that...
Steelers let Mason Rudolph operate under center more than Ben Roethlisberger did
With Mason Rudolph having replaced Ben Roethlisberger as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback, so has their heavy reliance on the shotgun snap. According to the NFL’s official game play-by-play of this past Monday’s win against the Cincinnati Bengals and not counting kneeldowns or direct snaps to a running back, the Steelers...
Cameron Heyward returns to Steelers practice; JuJu Smith-Schuster, James Conner do not
Two-thirds of the way through the Pittsburgh Steelers practice week, injury has prevented both their reigning Pro Bowl offensive skill players to yet take part. Like each was on Wednesday, receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and running back James Conner were listed on the team’s official injury report as not practicing. Smith-Schuster...
New chapter of Steelers-Ravens rivalry has different feel
Thursday’s podcast takes a trip down to Baltimore. We check in with Jeremy Conn of 105.7 The Fan. The Ravens come to Heinz Field Sunday afternoon to play the Steelers. Conn gives us the reasons behind the ups and downs of the Ravens so far in 2019. Few teams looked...
U mad, bro? Fans pounce on Clint Hurdle firing, Steelers offense, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith
Are you mad about the Steelers? You’ve come to the right place. Angered over how the Pirates mangled the firing of Clint Hurdle? I’ve got you covered. Hate the NFL pass interference debate? Come on in. The water is just fine. Wanna nitpick minor flaws on supermodels wearing costumes of...
Tim Benz: In awful AFC, Steelers not dead yetVideo
An interesting dynamic is brewing in the AFC. It’s good news for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The dynamic is that, right now, most of the conference is awful. Not just the crummy AFC North. The whole conference has been lousy so far. It’s so bad, even at 1-3, the struggling Steelers...
Steelers run defense to face stiffest test against RavensVideo
Overlooked in the Pittsburgh Steelers sacking Andy Dalton a career-high eight times Monday night was that the defense produced its best performance stopping the run in a 27-3 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals. Opponents averaged 139 rushing yards against the Steelers in their 0-3 start. The Bengals finished with just...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers counting on LBs Mark Barron, Devin BushVideo
Neither Mark Barron nor Devin Bush has ever played against Lamar Jackson, so the Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebackers can only go by what they have watched on film. Barron and Bush are impressed by the Baltimore Ravens second-year quarterback, who has evolved into the NFL’s most dangerous dual-threat playmaker. “It’s...
JuJu Smith-Schuster, James Conner, Vance McDonald, Cameron Heyward miss Steelers practice
JuJu Smith-Schuster was a surprise addition to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ injury report Wednesday when he sat out practice because of a toe injury. The wide receiver had injured a toe during the opener at New England last month, but he played in the Week 2 loss to Seattle. There was...
