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5 things we learned from Steelers moving to 2-0 with win at Broncos
Five things we learned from Steelers 13, Broncos 6: 1. Fields’ flight Over an eight-day span with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Justin Fields accumulated 20% of the total number of victories he amassed over three seasons as the Chicago Bears starting quarterback. Fields is expected to start Sunday’s home opener against...
Scouting the Broncos: Steelers have struggled recently at home of Week 2 opponent
SCOUTING THE BRONCOS Last meeting Steelers beat Broncos, 27-19, on Oct. 10, 2021 in Pittsburgh Key matchup Steelers WR George Pickens vs. Broncos CB Patrick Surtain II Pickens is by far the Steelers’ WR1, and Surtain is one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL. In his first game since...
Steelers 4 Downs: Week 1 defense far from ‘Blitzburgh,’ offense faces blitz-happy Broncos next
1. Peered pressure The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t need to fool anybody to pressure the opposing quarterback in Week 1. Their Week 2 opponent took the opposite approach in its opener. While only two of the 32 teams on the NFL’s opening weekend blitzed less often than the Steelers did during...
1st-round pick Troy Fautanu likely to make 1st NFL start Sunday for Steelers
As it has become increasingly apparent throughout the week that Troy Fautanu is likely to make his first NFL start Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie first-round pick continues to impress teammates. “Since Day 1 when he came in, we were all kind of shocked by him,” fellow offensive lineman Spencer...
Steelers WR Roman Wilson questionable to make NFL debut Sunday; Patrick Queen OK
Four Pittsburgh Steelers rookies made their NFL debuts last week during the season opener. Another, Troy Fautanu, will this Sunday in Week 2. Will Roman Wilson be joining his fellow members of the Steelers 2024 draft class on the field in Denver? Wilson, a receiver drafted in the third round,...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt aims to find ways avoid offsides flags for being ‘too good’ at timing snaps
The question raised to T.J. Watt on Friday was verbalized somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but it was based off a concrete example from the previous game. Is Watt timing opponents’ snaps too good? And if so, what can he do about it? “I am never going to really stop trying to gain...
Russell Wilson ‘less’ than questionable to start, opening door for Justin Fields’ 2nd Steelers startVideo
Although Russell Wilson was formally declared as questionable to play Sunday, he is not expected to start in his return to Denver when the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Broncos. Justin Fields is expected to make a second consecutive start at quarterback, meaning Wilson is likely to watch from the sidelines...
Patrick Queen does not practice, Roman Wilson a full participant for Steelers
Four days after playing every defensive snap in his Pittsburgh Steelers debut, inside linebacker Patrick Queen sat out Thursday’s practice. According to the league-mandated injury report, Queen has a groin injury. Queen previously had not been mentioned as being injured. He practiced fully Wednesday and was upbeat in speaking with...
‘650 pounds coming at you’: Steelers OC Arthur Smith quickly shows tendency of 3-tight end sets
New offensive coordinator Arthur Smith came to the Pittsburgh Steelers with a reputation for deploying multiple tight-end sets. In his debut as the Steelers’ play-caller, Smith was as advertised. “We thought we felt good about our tight ends on their (outside linebackers),” Smith said of Sunday’s Week 1 matchup at...
Steelers 1st-team tackles in state of flux headed into Week 2
Dan Moore Jr. returned to Pittsburgh Steelers practice Wednesday, and Troy Fautanu confirmed he took reps as the first-team right tackle. Broderick Jones took first-team reps, too, teammates confirmed. Where does that leave the Steelers’ starting offensive line for Week 2 on Sunday in Denver? “I have faith in the...
Steelers injury report: Russell Wilson, Roman Wilson, Cory Trice limited at practice
As coach Mike Tomlin had said would happen the day prior, Russell Wilson did not go through a full day’s work of practice Wednesday. The Pittsburgh Steelers erstwhile starting quarterback was listed as a limited participant on the injury report. Wilson continues to nurse a calf injury, ceding first-team play...
Terrell Edmunds, Steelers rekindle reciprocal ‘love’ in safety’s reunion with team
It’d been 18 months or so since Terrell Edmunds had been in UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. The more things stay the sane, the more they change? “Everybody thinks I’m going to be joking and laughing,” Edmunds said of his return to the Pittsburgh Steelers, “(but) I am still trying to...
Steelers’ Chris Boswell named AFC special teams player of the week
Accounting for all of his team’s points in a victory was enough to earn Chris Boswell an NFL weekly honor. Boswell was named AFC special teams player of the week Wednesday, three days after he went 6 for 6 on field-goal attempts for the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 18-10 season-opening...
Half the class being injured doesn’t dampen solid NFL debut for Steelers rookies who did play
For whatever can be gleaned from such things as summer workouts, training camp and the preseason, the early reviews have been positive for the 2024 Pittsburgh Steelers rookie class. Now, if they can only get them all healthy and onto the field. Among the seven draft picks and one prominent...
Steelers notes: Pat Freiermuth finally gets a chance to celebrate, Logan Lee’s season not over
Pat Freiermuth became tens of millions of dollars richer Friday, and his team won its season opener 48 hours later. After the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 18-10 victory at the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, Freiermuth said he finally would get a chance to celebrate that evening. So how did it go? “Honestly,”...
Steelers sign longtime former safety Terrell Edmunds off Jaguars practice squad
The Pittsburgh Steelers reunited with an old friend, signing safety Terrell Edmunds off the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice squad. A league source confirmed the signing to TribLive on Monday. Edmunds was the Steelers’ first-round pick in 2018, and he spent his first five NFL seasons as the team’s starting strong safety....
Steelers bring back punter Corliss Waitman after Cameron Johnston season-ending injury
The Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday signed one of their former punters, Corliss Waitman, to replace the injured Cameron Johnston. The strong-legged Waitman punted for the Steelers in two games late during the 2021 regular season. He served as the Denver Broncos’ regular punter throughout the 2022 season but was cut...
Steelers place rookie DL Logan Lee on IR, promote veteran WR Ben Skowronek to active roster
The Pittsburgh Steelers added a fifth healthy wide receiver to their active roster in advance of Sunday’s season opener, promoting veteran Ben Skowronek from the practice squad on Saturday. Skowronek was signed to the practice squad last week after the Houston Texans cut him at the end of their training...
Steelers 4 Downs: Patrick Queen provides reliability, durability, versatility to defense
1. Queen in spades The Pittsburgh Steelers gave Patrick Queen the richest contract to an external free agent in franchise history, and they figure to get plenty of return on that investment. Queen is expected to be an every-down player, an inside linebacker who plays in all situations and performs...
Roman Wilson out for Steelers, but Jaylen Warren, Troy Fautanu, Cory Trice to play vs. Falcons
The NFL debut for rookies Roman Wilson and Logan Lee will have to wait. But the most prominent member of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2024 draft class was cleared to play in Sunday’s season opener. Tackle Troy Fautanu practiced fully for a second consecutive day Friday, according to the league-mandated injury...
With Russell Wilson missing much of practice, Justin Fields preps to start opener for SteelersVideo
Justin Fields grew up, by his own characterization, as a “shy kid.” “I remember, shoot, high school recruitment,” Fields said after Pittsburgh Steelers practice Friday. “I was making this little recruiting video, and I couldn’t even say my name and my high school in front of the camera. I was...
Steelers’ Najee Harris appreciates Arthur Smith’s offense, Cordarrelle Patterson’s vet presence
As is the accelerated cycle of life in the NFL, Najee Harris seemingly has gone quickly from hotshot rookie to veteran who very well might be in his last season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. For the first time during his four-year Steelers tenure, though, Harris enters a season with a...
Troy Fautanu upgraded to full participant, Darnell Washington sits out Steelers practice
Tight end Darnell Washington was an addition to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ injury report, sitting out Thursday’s practice because of a knee injury. Washington joined veteran starting left guard Isaac Seumalo and rookie defensive lineman Logan Lee as Steelers who were listed as “did not participate” on the league-mandated injury report....
Jaylen Warren, Roman Wilson, Cory Trice Jr. limited participants at Steelers practice
A trio of non-starters who are expected to play not-insignificant roles on offense and defense for the Pittsburgh Steelers were limited participants in what was the first official practice of the 2024 regular season. Running back Jaylen Warren, receiver Roman Wilson and cornerback Cory Trice Jr. each had previously-known injuries....
Troy Fautanu prefers right tackle, ‘felt good’ as limited participant at Steelers practice
Rookie offensive tackle Troy Fautanu said he “felt good” in taking part in Pittsburgh Steelers practice Wednesday as he continues to ramp up after suffering a knee injury during the preseason opener 3½ weeks ago. “I feel like I am progressing on time with what we had talked about when...
