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Tim Benz, Mark Madden break down Steelers’ loss to Ravens, Penguins’ start, Pitt’s big win
We have so much on the plate in this week’s “Madden Monday.” Most of it has to do the Pittsburgh Steelers’ latest loss, this time to the Baltimore Ravens. Baltimore won at Heinz Field Sunday by a final score of 26-23 in overtime, thanks to a game-winning field goal by...
Tim Benz: Mike Tomlin’s OT call in Steelers loss was logical but lacked common senseVideo
Mike Tomlin’s decision to kick off to begin overtime against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday made perfect sense. If you are willing to ignore common sense. Which I am not. In case you missed what happened, the Steelers won the coin flip to start overtime, tied with their AFC North...
5 things we learned in Steelers’ overtime loss to RavensVideo
Five things we learned from Ravens 26, Steelers 23, OT. ••• 1. Wildcat giveth, taketh away One week after the Steelers used the wildcat formation to help produce their first win of the season, they got disastrous results in the rare times they tried involving running back Jaylen Samuels on...
Tim Benz: Much airing of grievances as Steelers lose to RavensVideo
JuJu Smith-Schuster’s turnover cost the Steelers the game. His overtime fumble allowed the Baltimore Ravens to kick a field goal and win 26-23 Sunday at Heinz Field. That’s an obvious grievance. Mike Tomlin’s call to defer after winning the overtime coin toss worked. By his logic anyway. But that decision...
Steelers’ Tyson Alualu lines up at fullback for play vs. RavensVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers ran one play with seven offensive linemen during Sunday’s overtime loss to the Baltimore Ravens. They also again used the wildcat offense, and they ran a reverse off it. Defensively, the Steelers showed off some new packages, including one that featured five linebackers on the field at...
Amid injuries and 1-4 record, Steelers defense returning to prominence
After allowing an average of 442 yards over the first three games, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense has permitted a total of 452 yards over the past two games combined. That’s been needed, what with the offense down to a third-string quarterback and the record at 1-4 after Sunday’s loss to...
Steelers credit Marlon Humphrey more than blame JuJu Smith-SchusterVideo
First, it was Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin beginning his postgame news conference by crediting Marlon Humphrey for his “big-time play.” Soon after, guard David DeCastro was among the Steelers players who noted Humphrey’s “good technique” on his forced fumble in overtime that set up the winning field goal in...
Kevin Gorman: Devlin Hodges the only feel-good story for Steelers in loss to RavensVideo
Devlin Hodges had dreamed of playing quarterback in the NFL since he was a kid and defied all odds to become the backup for the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent rookie. His dream came true only after a nightmarish scenario as Mason Rudolph was knocked out cold when...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Ravens outlast Steelers to win weird game in OT
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens don’t hide their hatred for one another in their AFC North rivalry. In this one, there was nowhere to run or hide. The Steelers overcame the loss of their starting quarterback after Mason Rudolph suffered a scary concussion that left him knocked out cold,...
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...
