Chris Adamski stories, Page 26
‘You’re not a Raven til you beat the Steelers’ – Baltimore players talk up AFC North rivalry
Derrick Henry is on pace for one of the most productive seasons by a running back in NFL history, let alone for the Baltimore Ravens. But, in one respect, he’s been told he’s not yet fully ingratiated to the team. There’s a saying often heard at the Ravens’ Under Armour...
Van Jefferson, Najee Harris join Donte Jackson as Steelers who miss practice
Two starting skill position players joined a starting cornerback among those who sat out Wednesday’s Pittsburgh Steelers practice because of injury. Running back Najee Harris and receiver Van Jefferson were listed as practice non-participants Wednesday on the injury report. Harris suffered an ankle injury late in this past Sunday’s win...
With Alex Highsmith out, Steelers backup OLBs prepare for larger role
Alex Highsmith was using a wheeled cart Wednesday, the idea being the device would make it easier for a man with an ankle sprain to get around the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locker room. With Highsmith unable to play Sunday, the Steelers’ reserve outside linebackers face far different kinds of obstacles in...
Mike Williams was barely used in his Steelers debut, and he only made 1 play. It won the game
LANDOVER, Md. — That ballyhooed, long-awaited trade acquisition to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ wide receivers corps? He barely played during his debut with the team. But he made the play that ultimately provided the Steelers their victory. Mike Williams had appeared in only eight offensive snaps and had not been targeted...
Zach Frazier sold QB sneak, Russell Wilson barks hard count — Steelers seal win on Washington offsidesVideo
LANDOVER, Md. — Rookie Zach Frazier did his part to sell it. Russell Wilson deployed his veteran savvy to deliver the proverbial kill shot. Washington rookie Jer’Zhan Newton took the bait — and it sealed a big Pittsburgh Steelers win. Newton jumped offsides when the Steelers lined up for a...
Steelers’ Alex Highsmith suffers ankle injury late in win, leaves stadium on crutches
LANDOVER, Md. — Alex Highsmith was spotted walking without hindrance, but he was using crutches when he left the visitor’s locker room at Northwest Stadium. A Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker, Highsmith suffered an ankle injury late in Sunday’s 28-27 win against the Washington Commanders. Highsmith was on the pass rush...
WR Scotty Miller a healthy scratch for Steelers in Mike Williams’ team debut, Ben Skowronek return
LANDOVER, Md. — In the wake of the team’s trade for Mike Williams this past week, Scotty Miller became an odd man out of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ wide receivers corps. Miller, a six-year veteran in his first season with the Steelers, was announced as a healthy scratch prior to Sunday’s...
Steelers 4 Downs: Mike Williams is a top deep-ball target, which meshes well with Russell Wilson
1. Mike goes deep Pittsburgh Steelers trade acquisition Mike Williams is 30 years old and in the midst of a season in which he has fewer catches (12) than the wide receivers he is intended to be an upgrade over (Calvin Austin III and Van Jefferson have 14 catches apiece...
Scouting the Commanders: Formerly a Steelers division rival, trips to Washington are rare now
SCOUTING THE COMMANDERS Last meeting Washington beat Steelers, 23-17, on Dec. 7, 2020, in Pittsburgh Key matchup Jayden Daniels’ rushing vs. Steelers ILBs/Payton Wilson The Steelers have allowed opposing quarterbacks only 56 rushing yards all season — Daniels nearly averages that per game (51.0). According to Pro Football Focus, more...
Najee Harris-led rushing attack on a roll for Steelers
Because each is a “big back” of similar listed weight and that each entered the league after winning a national championship as the featured back at Alabama, Derrick Henry and Najee Harris were bound to draw comparisons. Those similarities were highlighted even moreso when the Pittsburgh Steelers in February named...
Steelers’ Nick Herbig out vs. Commanders, but Zach Frazier and Cordarrelle Patterson to return
It’s official: Zach Frazier is returning to game action Sunday. But the Pittsburgh Steelers will have to wait another week for Nick Herbig. Friday’s injury report did not list a status designation for Frazier, meaning the Steelers starting center is cleared to play in Sunday’s game at the Washington Commanders....
George Pickens embraces addition of Mike Williams to Steelers WR corps
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ 6-foot-3, 200-plus pound No. 1 wide receiver is eager to play with the Steelers’ newest 6-foot-3, 200-plus pound wide receiver. “Adding another big receiver (is beneficial) not only for me but (quarterback Russell Wilson) as well,” George Pickens said Friday after wrapping up a week’s worth of...
Russell Wilson eager for reunions with Dan Quinn, Bobby Wagner when Steelers face Commanders
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson will be making acquaintance with a couple of old friends before, during and after Sunday’s game at the Washington Commanders. Washington head coach Dan Quinn was on the defensive staff of the Seattle Seahawks for Wilson’s first three seasons in the NFL and with that...
Steelers lead NFL in red zone defense
You’ve heard of “Tomlinisms.” Thursday, one of Mike Tomlin’s top lieutenants dropped a colorful idiom of his own. Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin was explaining why the players on his unit have been so successful this season in stopping teams once they drive inside the Steelers’ 20 yard-line. “They,”...
Steelers injury report: Nick Herbig remains limited, MyCole Pruitt does not practice
It’s appearing increasingly likely that Nick Herbig will miss a fourth consecutive Pittsburgh Steelers game because of a hamstring injury. Herbig again was listed Thursday as a limited participant in practice via the injury report. Reserve tight end MyCole Pruitt was the only injury-related change Thursday from the day prior....
New Steelers WR Mike Williams ‘moving around everywhere’
Mike Williams was asleep Tuesday when his trade from the New York Jets to the Pittsburgh Steelers was finalized. But the man whose playing time Williams is most likely to siphon isn’t sleeping on what Williams can bring to the Steelers’ offense. “He’s a guy who can do so much...
Steelers notes: Cordarrelle Patterson upgraded at practice; Nick Herbig returns but is limited
Cordarrelle Patterson appears poised for a return to game action for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The veteran return man and running back was a full practice participant Wednesday, according to the league-mandated injury report. Patterson has missed the past four games because of an ankle injury. He could play when the...
Steelers center Zach Frazier back at practice, expects to play Sunday in Washington
So much for easing back into things. After a two-week absence, Zach Frazier is back as a full participant at Pittsburgh Steelers practice this week. And the Steelers’ rookie starting center requested to his 300-plus pound defensive linemen teammates that they don’t take it easy on him. “I had some...
5 wide receivers the Steelers could target by Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline
For decades, the NFL trade deadline was a virtual non-event for the Pittsburgh Steelers. From the advent of free agency in 1993 until 2019, the Steelers made no mid-season trades. The acquisition of inside linebacker Avery Williamson from the New York Jets on Nov. 1, 2020, started something of a...
Cameron Sutton excited get back to practice with Steelers, but immediate role undetermined
As Cameron Sutton was quick to point out Monday, his absence from Pittsburgh Steelers practices over the past eight weeks had nothing to do with injury. But even if it had, there’s a part of Sutton’s anatomy that might be more important to the defense than his arms or legs....
Like the Steelers defensive line as a whole, Keeanu Benton strives to be better than just good enough
Like his more senior position mate, Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Keeanu Benton was smarting despite entering the bye week at 6-2 after last week’s victory against the New York Giants. “They got over 100 yards rushing,” Benton said, referring in large part to Tyrone Tracy’s 145 yards on 20 carries....
Steelers’ midseason position-by position report card
With the Pittsburgh Steelers at 6-2 and sitting idle this weekend, here’s a midterm report card for the team: Quarterbacks: A- Mason Rudolph’s 2023 late-season cameo noted, Justin Fields and Russell Wilson have given the Steelers arguably their best eight-game stretch of quarterback play since pre-elbow surgery Ben Roethlisberger in...
Mixing and matching of Steelers tight ends leaves opposing defenses guessing
It was posited as a joke to Pittsburgh Steelers tight ends coach Alfredo Roberts that his team — for maybe even just one snap, at least — achieves the proverbial Holy Grail for tight ends across the world. The “0-5” personnel. “Oh-five?!” an eavesdropping quarterbacks coach Tom Arth said. “Don’t...
Rocky Bleier nominated by Steelers for NFL’s Salute to Service Award
Pittsburgh Steelers legend Rocky Bleier is the team’s nominee for the NFL’s Salute to Service Award, the franchise announced Friday. A running back on the Super Steelers’ four-time Super Bowl champions of the 1970s, Bleier’s story is familiar to Steelers fans but no less inspirational to those who tell it...
Steelers notes: Chris Boswell named special teams player of month, OT Dylan Cook waived
Chris Boswell made it 2 for 2 in collecting an NFL monthly honor. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ veteran kicker Thursday was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for October. Boswell made all 22 of his placekick attempts during the Steelers’ four games over the past four weeks, three of...
