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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

A reasonable case can be made that T.J. Watt is the NFL’s best edge defender of his era. A similarly rational argument could be posited that Watt and Alex Highsmith form the NFL’s best tandem of pass rushers off the edge. Additionally, with a stat line of 81⁄2 sacks over...

Most of the attention on the Steelers’ secondary has been centered on new guys coming in and some key contributors heading out. Jalen Ramsey, Darius Slay, Brandin Echols and Juan Thornhill are chief among the new additions. The likes of Minkah Fitzpatrick, Donte Jackson and Damontae Kazee are playing elsewhere....

Steelers fans are still hammering Cam Heyward. They are torching my takes on Mike Tomlin. And they are pounding the NFL preseason. Then we punctuate by punishing the Pirates. All that and more in this week’s “U mad, bro?” Mark is complaining about sloppy regular-season football over the first few...

Thursday’s “First Call” has the Miami perspective on the Dolphins’ big offseason trade with the Steelers. A pair of potential Steelers are heading to Cleveland and Cincinnati. Ex-Pirate Ke’Bryan Hayes had a rough night against Shohei Ohtani. And T.J. McConnell’s popularity in Indianapolis knows no limits. Swimming with the Dolphins...

The Pittsburgh Steelers continued to tinker with their 53-man roster Wednesday when they placed quarterback Will Howard and defensive back Donte Kent on injured reserve and signed offensive lineman Max Scharping and safety Chuck Clark, according to a source. Howard and Kent must miss a minimum of four games while...