Chris Adamski stories, Page 37
Steelers inside the ropes: Russell Wilson, Justin Fields each show off arm with deep throws
A pessimist’s view of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterbacks room might posit Russell Wilson is past his prime and/or Justin Fields can have bouts of inconsistency and lack of pocket awareness. Time might tell if either evaluation is true, but make no mistake: Wilson and Fields very much have high-level NFL...
Steelers inside the ropes: Cory Trice, others get chances at 1st-team outside CB
Grayland Arnold wasn’t the only defensive back promoted to first-team reps at Pittsburgh Steelers training camp Sunday. Cory Trice also was a regular with the starting defense. Trice was the primary beneficiary of Mike Tomlin giving veteran outside cornerback Donte Jackson the day off for what Tomlin said was an...
Steelers notebook: Alex Highsmith remains out, Joey Porter Jr. needs to address flags
Two days after the Pittsburgh Steelers’ preseason opener, several defensive players did not take part in Sunday’s training-camp practice back up at Saint Vincent College. Outside linebacker Alex Highsmith has missed a week of practice because of a groin injury. Defensive lineman Keeanu Benton did not participate Sunday after leaving...
Steelers D-line roster moves: Dean Lowry activated off PUP list, Breiden Fehoko to IR
One veteran defensive lineman returned to practice after an injury absence, but another has been deemed out for the season because of one for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team announced Sunday that Dean Lowry was restored to the active roster off the physically unable to perform list and that Breiden...
Stock up, stock down among Steelers after preseason-opening loss
The final score of Friday’s preseason game at Acrisure Stadium read: Houston Texans 20, Pittsburgh Steelers 12. But the teams weren’t necessarily the real winners or losers. Here are some more specific of each for the Steelers as they reconvene for training camp at Saint Vincent College: Stock up Payton...
Pair of bad snaps mars QB Justin Fields’ Steelers debut
The final stat line from Friday night shows Justin Fields had a passer rating of 113.2. He had only one incompletion, and it, perhaps, should have counted if officials had ruled differently regarding an out-of-bounds call. But Fields recognizes that his raw numbers aren’t the full story for his Pittsburgh...
Troy Fautanu, Keeanu Benton suffer apparently minor injuries during Steelers preseason game
An important young lineman on each side of the ball suffered an injury during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ preseason opener. Defensive tackle Keeanu Benton left the Friday’s 20-12 loss to the Houston Texans during the second quarter because of an eye injury. Offensive tackle Troy Fautanu — the Steelers’ first-round pick...
Steelers notebook: Broderick Jones plays at both tackles, rookie O-linemen play extensively
Broderick Jones began Friday’s preseason game where he ended it last season for the Pittsburgh Steelers: at right tackle. But Jones spent much of the game against the Houston Texans on the left side of the offensive line, only to return to the right side. Last year’s first-round pick, Jones...
5 things to watch for as Steelers face Texans to open up preseason playVideo
Many will say they don’t find much value in preseason games. But rest assured, there are dozens in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room who view Friday’s 7 p.m. game in a completely opposite way. To those on the roster bubble fighting for their football lives, Friday is one of only...
Steelers inside the ropes: Running game takes center stage as O-line imposes will on defense
Be it the influence of new coordinator Arthur Smith, the culmination of two full years of the Omar Khan-Andy Weidl regime or just where the pendulum is swinging with these Pittsburgh Steelers, it’s become a trend that when the pads come on during training camp, so does an effective running...
Steelers camp report: Even after ruled out for game, several vets go through padded practiceVideo
Early Wednesday morning, coach Mike Tomlin announced that seven of his most established veteran players would not participate in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ preseason opener Friday. Ninety minutes later, though, six of those seven took part in a fully-padded, tackling-allowed practice at Saint Vincent College. Tomlin said that quarterback Russell Wilson,...
Steelers sign rookie ILB Easton Gibbs
Two days before their preseason opener, the Pittsburgh Steelers swapped inside linebackers in signing rookie Easton Gibbs on Wednesday. Gibbs (6-foot, 230 pounds) went undrafted out of Wyoming but was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent. The Seahawks, though, placed him on the on the non-football...
Steelers inside the ropes: Interceptions prominent as reserve defensive backs have their day
Ben Roethlisberger once left Saint Vincent College proud of himself for accomplishing his self-dictated goal for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2017 training camp. “Didn’t throw an interception all camp,” Big Ben beamed when camp broke that August. “So that was good.” Not so good, then, during Tuesday’s practice was when Steelers...
Rookie John Rhys Plumlee embraces shot to return punts, focuses on duties as No. 4 QB
While a rumor about Justin Fields returning kickoffs dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers social-media news cycle for a time this spring, when training camp opened, it wasn’t Fields back for kickoffs but a different quarterback fielding a different sort of kick. Rookie John Rhys Plumlee has been a regular in the...
QB Russell Wilson has busiest practice day of Steelers camp yetVideo
Russell Wilson still isn’t taking a full workload of practice reps. But he’s inching closer to it. Tuesday’s Pittsburgh Steelers training-camp practice was Wilson’s busiest yet in regards to his participation. Wilson took part in the fully-padded and tackling-permitted practice and for the first time threw passes during 11-on-11 drills....
Catching 300 balls after practice daily exemplifies what Van Jefferson can bring as Steelers’ WR2
The son of a longtime former NFL player at his position, Van Jefferson remembers plenty of what his father, Shawn, taught him about work ethic. “He always had me doing something,” the younger Jefferson said after a recent Pittsburgh Steelers training camp practice. “Whether that’s just cutting the grass or...
Steelers inside the ropes: Najee Harris, Patrick Queen get chippy in ‘Backs on backers’
For the second time in a four-day span, the Pittsburgh Steelers staged the drill that, arguably, results in the most contact, physicality, trash-talking and testosterone. And the Friday Night Lights edition of “backs on backers” featured some chippiness between some of the team’s highest-profile players. While the one-on-one mock-pass rush/pass...
On 1-year anniversary of torn ACL, Steelers’ Cory Trice ramps up reps, gets intriguing new dutyVideo
As measured by the rhythm of a football season, Tuesday was a milestone for Cory Trice in that it was during the first padded practice of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2023 training camp that Trice suffered a torn ACL. “We’re (past that) now,” Trice said after emerging from the first padded...
New Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith on tight ends, fullbacks, pistol formationVideo
New Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith arrived with a reputation for leaning on tight ends. Over the first week-plus of training camp, that certainly has appeared to play out. Though nothing is “official” statistically or tracked reliably by media, rest assured that watching a practice at Saint Vincent would...
Annual ‘Friday Night Lights’ practice comes to Latrobe
Aside from his family, there is not much Mike Tomlin enjoys more than training camp. And there, perhaps, is no greater highlight of training camp than the annual “Friday Night Lights” Pittsburgh Steelers practice. For the 16th time under Tomlin, the Steelers will spend their traditional second Friday of camp...
Steelers camp report: Back to non-padded practice, Russell Wilson status quo
After two days of physicality associated with fully padded players, Thursday’s Pittsburgh Steelers practice reverted back to “shells.” But coach Mike Tomlin tried his best to ensure that didn’t mean a drop in intensity. “Attire cannot dictate attitude or approach,” Tomlin said after the Thursday session at Saint Vincent. “We’ve...
Steelers inside the ropes: 2-minute drill ‘situational football’ a highlight to end practice
One of the highest-profile and most interesting to watch of any drill at training camp is the 2-minute simulation the Pittsburgh Steelers will end practices with on occasion. Thursday was its first appearance during this camp. In mock scenarios in which the offense took over at its own 47-yard line...
Steelers bring back veteran OLB Markus Golden
Veteran outside linebacker Markus Golden signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, returning to the team with which he spent his ninth NFL season in 2023. Golden, 33, served as the top backup to the T.J. Watt-Alex Highsmith edge rusher duo last season. The Steelers entered this camp with second-year...
2nd-year Steelers OL Spencer Anderson takes on double duty as guard on 1st, 2nd team offenses
Spencer Anderson didn’t look any worse for the wear. But by one measure he certainly had more cause to combat exhaustion after Wednesday’s training-camp practice than any of the more than seven dozen Pittsburgh Steelers players who took part in it. “Did anyone take more reps than me today? No,”...
Steelers inside the ropes: With the pads on, running game again prominent
A second day of pads, another day in which the running game was featured prominently by the offense during Pittsburgh Steelers training camp. Under new coordinator Arthur Smith, the Steelers are trending bigger and more physical. That has played out in recent days during the “seven shots” 2-point simulation that...
