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What to expect from Monday night’s dueling 0-3 Steelers-Bengals matchup
Logical Pittsburgh Steelers fans were expecting a step back in 2019. All the way back to 0-3? No. Not that far back. In Cincinnati, this isn’t a surprise. The Bengals are 0-3 as well. So that lays the foundation for a made-for-TV, primetime, 0-6 matchup for “Monday Night Football” next...
Tim Benz: Minkah Fitzpatrick’s Steelers debut was microcosm of debate to acquire himVideo
If you were looking for crystallization of the entire Minkah Fitzpatrick debate, you got it in his first game as a Pittsburgh Steeler Sunday in San Francisco. If you share my opinion about Fitzpatrick as a player, you saw all the reasons to be happy about the transaction. He was...
Kevin Gorman’s Who Runs the North?: What to make of a winless weekendVideo
All four teams in the AFC North faced undefeated foes, so the surprise was not that all four lost but rather that they did by single-digit deficits. Close doesn’t count in the standings. The quality of opponents makes it difficult to judge the division’s top team. The Baltimore Ravens are...
Steelers: Ben Roethlisberger undergoes surgery
Seven days after the Pittsburgh Steelers announced Ben Roethlisberger would miss the remainder of the season, the team confirmed he underwent elbow surgery Monday. A statement released via the team’s website and attributed to Steelers director of communications Burt Lauten read: “Ben Roethlisberger had successful surgery on his right elbow...
Steelers owner Art Rooney II to head compensation committee
NEW YORK — Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II will chair the NFL’s compensation committee, which among other things negotiates the salary of top league executives, including Commissioner Roger Goodell. Rooney replaces Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, who stepped down in May, and will serve for one year. Also on...
Steelers have rebounded from 0-3 starts but never made playoffsVideo
Twice prior since the most recent turn of the century have the Pittsburgh Steelers started out 0-3. The good news: each time, the Steelers turned things around and avoided a losing record. The bad news is that neither rally was grand enough to result in a playoff berth. The 2019...
Mark Madden: Steelers coaches live in their fears with game planVideo
It’s difficult to blood a second-year quarterback into starting duties, especially when it wasn’t supposed to happen this way. Mason Rudolph isn’t proceeding on the expected timetable. Rudolph is deputizing for future Hall of Famer Ben Roethlisberger because of the latter’s season-ending injury. Rudolph is a third-round pick. It was...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden criticize Steelers coaching, debate merits of James ConnerVideo
Blame it on the game plan, Mark Madden and Tim Benz say. The TribLIVE columnists got together Monday morning to discuss the Steelers’ loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, and they determined the Steelers coaches didn’t allow the offense and first-time starting quarterback Mason Rudolph do anything to...
5 things we learned from Steelers’ 24-20 loss to 49ersVideo
Here are five things we learned from the San Francisco 49ers’ 24-20 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. ••• 1. Working out the bugs Befitting the Steelers’ first trip to Silicon Valley, the offense spent nearly 40 minutes operating like it had been hacked by a computer virus. Through the first...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden rip Steelers, Antonio Brown, Le’Veon Bell
Mondays are hard enough as it is. They are even harder when you live in a city where your football team stinks. And make no mistake, the Pittsburgh Steelers stink right now. They have fallen to 0-3 after a 24-20 loss in San Francisco Sunday. Mark Madden and I analyze...
Tim Benz: Airing of grievances is overflowing after Steelers’ 3rd loss
The longer the Pittsburgh Steelers’ losing streak continues, the easier it is to come up with our weekly “Airing of Grievances.” Boy, it really has become weekly, hasn’t it? We are long overdue for a “Feats of Strength” post. Maybe that will happen next Tuesday after a Monday night game...
John Steigerwald: Mason Rudolph not up to job for Steelers
It could have been worse. Actually, it should have been worse. The Steelers almost got out of San Francisco with a win because the 49ers were determined to give them one. How often does a team commit four turnovers in the first half and win? The 49ers finished with five...
Kevin Gorman: Mason Rudolph takes more blame than he deserves for Steelers’ lossVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Mason Rudolph took this loss on his shoulders, despite throwing two second-half touchdowns and giving the Pittsburgh Steelers a fourth-quarter lead. The Steelers’ 24-20 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday afternoon at Levi’s Stadium was as much about their struggles at the start as...
Fitzpatrick makes splash by creating 2 turnovers in 1st game with SteelersVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In his first game with the Pittsburgh Steelers, free safety Minkah Fitzpatrick had the same number of interceptions predecessor Sean Davis had in the entire 2018 season. Fitzpatrick also forced a fumble, which is the same number Davis had in 48 career games before landing on...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: San Francisco steals one from Steelers by turning late turnover into TDVideo
SANTA CLARA, Calif. The story of this game wasn’t so much about the transition from Ben Roethlisberger to Mason Rudolph for the Pittsburgh Steelers as it was the turnovers. Mostly, it was about what the San Francisco 49ers did with the two they forced. And what the Steelers failed to...
Despite forcing 5 turnovers, Steelers lose to 49ers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Despite all of the yardage allowed, the time spent on the field, the two leads surrendered, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense produced a fifth turnover Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers, giving the offense a chance to hold on for that elusive first win of the season....
Terrell Owens calls Antonio Brown saga ‘unfortunate’ but deserves ‘proper due process’Video
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Once the NFL’s foremost diva receiver, Terrell Owens called the Antonio Brown saga “unfortunate” but warned that the former Pittsburgh Steelers superstar deserves “proper due process” amid sexual assault allegations. Owens said he doesn’t “condone any and everything that happened” with Brown – who was released...
WR Donte Moncrief among inactives for Steelers’ game against 49ers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Wide receiver Donte Moncrief, who was benched last week after his dropped pass resulted in an interception, will not be active Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers play the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium. Moncrief started the first two games, but he did not play after...
Steelers QB Mason Rudolph follows path from ‘Football City, USA’ to NFL starter
They call it Football City, USA. Football City doesn’t have an NFL stadium, but it has enough native sons who played in the league it seemingly could field a team. And, at long last, Football City has its starting quarterback. Rock Hill, S.C., native Brett Mason Rudolph makes his first...
Bud Dupree fined $21K for hit on Seahawks’ Russell Wilson
SAN FRANCISCO — Bud Dupree didn’t get flagged for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson last Sunday, but he will be a little lighter in the wallet because of the transgression. The NFL on Saturday levied a $21,056 fine against the Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker for his...
Tim Benz: Feel no shame; wallow in Antonio Brown’s self-imposed misfortune
This was too easy. I almost feel guilty about playing the “I told you so” card. Almost. Gonna leave this here for a while @TribSports @TribLIVE— Tim Benz (@TimBenzPGH) September 20, 2019 Yeah, predicting Antonio Brown’s self-created demise in New England wasn’t exactly a stroke of genius. Especially based...
Four Downs: Mason Rudolph’s history suggests he’ll feature deep ball in Steelers offense
1. Deep Mason-ry It’s a small sample size, sure, and a skewed one, considering most of the data is from preseason games. But Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph went into the draft with a reputation as a great deep-ball quarterback, and thus far he’s proven unafraid to throw it downfield....
Kevin Gorman: For Steelers to come back, it starts by winning without Big Ben
Before we write off the Pittsburgh Steelers just because Ben Roethlisberger is out for the remainder of the season, it’s worth a reminder that they are 0-2 with him as the starter. The Steelers get their first glimpse of a post-Roethlisberger era Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers (2-0) at...
Steelers make ‘some alterations’ in bid to address West Coast woesVideo
Were he alive today, Horace Greeley would tell the Pittsburgh Steelers not to heed his most famous quotation. When the noted 1800s author and statesman uttered his legendary phrase regarding the country’s migration — “Go West, young man” — he most certainly did not have the Steelers in mind. If...
Mark Madden: Complementary players must step up for Steelers offense to succeed
“When in doubt, write about the quarterback.” A wise, old sportswriter said that. The Steelers quarterback situation is obviously in major flux. Between that and the acquisition of safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, other headaches are lost in the shuffle. Like James Conner’s pathetic 2.6-yard rushing average. JuJu Smith-Schuster not yet blossoming...
