Steelers/NFL category, Page 9
Ravens’ win at Green Bay puts heat on Steelers to clinch division title with victory in Cleveland
If the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to win the AFC North, they will have to earn it. Help didn’t come Saturday night as the Baltimore Ravens kept their division title hopes alive with a 41-24 victory against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. A Ravens loss would have clinched...
Steelers’ running game heating up for stretch run behind Jaylen Warren, Kenneth Gainwell
An anomaly happened last Sunday at Detroit’s Ford Field. Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, for once, weren’t the most formidable rushing duo on the indoor playing surface when the Detroit Lions hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers. Gibbs and Montgomery may each have a pair of 1,000-yard rushing seasons to their credit,...
Isaac Seumalo out, Jalen Ramsey in, D’Shawn Jamison elevated for Steelers vs. Browns
Pro Bowl defensive back Jalen Ramsey had his status designation removed and will be in uniform for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ final road game of the regular season Sunday at the Cleveland Browns. Guard Isaac Seumalo, meanwhile, was downgraded to out. Ramsey had missed practice Thursday and Friday because of illness...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Symbolism abounds as Myles Garrett chases T.J. Watt’s sack record
Myles Garrett needs one more sack to break T.J. Watt’s NFL single-season record of 22½. Garrett can set the mark when Cleveland hosts the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Watt won’t be in uniform but figures to be on the sideline watching. He might run on the field and try to...
Steelers 4 Downs: Missing top 2 WRs hurts — but it couldn’t have come at a better time
1. No receivers, no problem? The Pittsburgh Steelers are without their top two wide receivers for Sunday’s game at the Cleveland Browns. That is, of course, less than ideal. But if ever a situation allowed for success for a team that’s missing its top two WRs, it might be Sunday....
Scouting the Browns: Steelers opponent ranks No. 2 in NFL in defense, No. 1 against the pass
SCOUTING THE BROWNS Last meeting Steelers beat Browns, 23-9, on Oct. 12, 2025, in Pittsburgh Key matchup Browns DE Myles Garrett vs. Steelers LT Dylan Cook Garrett needs one sack to break the NFL single-season record — one shared by the Steelers’ T.J. Watt — and Cook is making his...
OK without DK? Steelers insist their depleted WR group will provide enough vs. Browns
Mike Tomlin often references the “fine line” at football’s highest level between the NFL’s All-Pro performers and those who round out the bottom of practice squads. Tomlin’s Pittsburgh Steelers are putting that to the test, at least at wide receiver. Already arguably the position on the team most lacking in...
Calvin Austin III out, Isaac Seumalo questionable for Steelers vs. Browns game
Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Calvin Austin III is out, and starting guard Isaac Seumalo is questionable to play in Sunday’s game at the Cleveland Browns. Austin did not practice all week after suffering a hamstring injury during this past Sunday’s win at the Detroit Lions. Seumalo did not play in that...
With 2 CBs out, another questionable vs. Browns, the Steelers turn to dire options in secondary
Unemployed for the entire month, Tre Flowers was wrapping presents when he got the call from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Eve. D’Shawn Jamison has been on the team’s practice squad all season. Each defensive back could be in line to play a prominent role for what potentially is a...
T.J. Watt continues to practice but won’t play for Steelers vs. Browns; Nick Herbig will
T.J. Watt won’t be on the field Sunday when the prominent NFL record he shares is potentially broken by a longtime rival. The Pittsburgh Steelers ruled out Watt for Sunday’s game at the Cleveland Browns. Watt again was listed on the injury report as a partial practice participant Friday, which...
‘Aaron’s the GOAT’: Steelers O-linemen revel in gift of ATVs from Aaron Rodgers
It was Christmas Eve, after all. And this group of football lifers was well aware of a longstanding tradition of the sport that the quarterback gifts his offensive linemen something at the end of each season. The element of surprise, Pittsburgh Steelers linemen confess, wasn’t exactly present Wednesday after practice....
Lions fan urges Steelers’ DK Metcalf to ‘tell the truth’ about altercation
Saying that racism is one of the few things that can get under his skin, the Detroit Lions fan involved in last week’s in-game altercation with Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf implored Metcalf to set the record straight. During a news conference in Michigan called by a law firm...
Mark Madden: Like it or not, NFL needs its fans even more than players
Too many are too quick to say the blue-haired Detroit Lions fan who instigated with DK Metcalf should be banned from games. But that fan paid to get in. Metcalf was paid to be there. If the stadiums are empty and televisions don’t get turned on, the NFL doesn’t exist....
Steelers CB Jalen Ramsey doesn’t practice because of illness; OLB T.J. Watt remains limited
T.J. Watt remained a limited practice participant Thursday for the second day in a row as he works his way back from a partially collapsed lung. Since resuming practice Wednesday after missing two games following a dry needling treatment that punctured his lung, Watt has worked strictly on a limited...
As Myles Garrett chases history, Steelers’ Dylan Cook bracing for lockdown performances
Dylan Cook will be in an unenviable position Sunday when he makes his anticipated third NFL start for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Lining up across from Cook at left tackle will be Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett, who is having an historic season as a pass rusher. Garrett will enter the...
With rash of injuries at CB, Steelers add veteran Tre Flowers to 53-man roster
Tre Flowers received quite the Christmas gift Thursday when he was signed to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 53-man roster. With the Steelers dealing with injuries throughout the secondary, they added Flowers for depth heading into their game Sunday at the Cleveland Browns. Flowers, 30, was a fifth-round pick of the Seattle...
‘They try to get in your head’: Steelers players grow accustomed to opposing fans’ taunts
A credo of the Seattle Seahawks’ fan base is they are known as “The 12th Man.” It’s meant as a rallying cry to implore those on hand at Lumen Field for Seahawks home games to be loud at the appropriate times when the situation calls for it. As far as...
Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers wouldn’t mind some ‘payback’ from Packers in game vs. Ravens
Forty-eight years ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers took the unprecedented step of rewarding another NFL team for helping them reach the NFL playoffs. When Houston beat Cincinnati, 21-16, a week before Christmas in 1977, it sent the Bengals home for the playoffs and secured a spot for the Steelers. The Steelers...
T.J. Watt returns to practice for Steelers 2 weeks after lung partially collapsed
For the first time since having his lung punctured two weeks ago in a dry needling treatment, Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt returned to practice Wednesday on a limited basis. It was Watt’s first on-field activity since the Steelers’ win on Dec. 7 at Baltimore. “T.J. is one our...
As NFL confirms Lions fan from altercation ‘remains under review,’ Steelers support DK Metcalf
Riding a three-game winning streak, on the verge of clinching a division title and with Christmas morning beckoning just hours away, spirits should have been high in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room Wednesday. Its longest-tenured member, though, noted regret that there was a significant absence from the UPMC Rooney Sports...
Mark Madden: DK Metcalf has only himself to blame
Only one person is to blame in the DK Metcalf imbroglio. It’s DK Metcalf. Sure, the blue-haired dipstick in the stands at Ford Field was looking to ensnare the Pittsburgh Steelers wideout in a web of stupidity. Shame on Metcalf for letting him. That dope had nothing to lose. Metcalf...
U mad, bro?: Readers not in the Christmas spirit thanks to DK Metcalf’s suspension, NFL refs and Penguins’ struggles
The last thing in the world I want to be is a “Bad Santa.” With that in mind, I’m off on Christmas Day. So I’m making sure to get “U mad, bro?” posted a day earlier than normal because the holiday falls on a Thursday this year. And I know...
On Sports: Lions fans feel ‘robbed’ after loss to Steelers; Marc-Andre Fleury’s retirement might be cut shortVideo
It’s been a rough couple of days in Detroit after the Pittsburgh Steelers took the Lions’ playoff chances from possible to extremely unlikely. A former Penguins goalie could be considering a return to the ice, and Duquesne men’s basketball gets a marquee moment on “SportsCenter” in Wednesday’s “On Sports,” pinch-hitting...
Tim Benz’s Steelers stocking stuffers: DK Metcalf ‘whataboutism,’ T.J. Watt’s murky status, resting if Ravens lose
“Breakfast With Benz” is taking a long winter’s nap for Christmas on Thursday morning and the day after. As a result, there will be no “Football Footnotes” on Friday. Instead, we’re offering up a Christmas cornucopia of Pittsburgh Steelers stocking stuffers to ease you into the holiday following Mike Tomlin’s...
Mike Tomlin ‘hopeful’ that OLB T.J. Watt can resume practicing this week following lung injury
T.J. Watt rejoined the Pittsburgh Steelers at their practice facility after undergoing surgery on a partially collapsed lung. The next step is rejoining his teammates on the practice field, and that could take place this week. “I’m hopeful,” coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday at his weekly press conference. Watt has...
