Chris Adamski stories, Page 42
Steelers sign former LSU WR Jaray Jenkins, cut CB Luq Barcoo
The Pittsburgh Steelers still might not know who their No. 2 receiver is this season, but they continue to add candidates to who might be part of the wide receivers corps. Jaray Jenkins signed with the Steelers on Monday. A 6-foot-2, 204-pound former LSU receiver, Jenkins signed with the Jacksonville...
Isaiahh Loudermilk feels the urgency that it’s time to make an impact on Steelers’ D-line
It doesn’t seem very long ago that Isaiahh Loudermilk was considered potentially significant to the future of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive line. Check the calendar. The roster too. And look at Loudermilk’s bio. Now 26, Loudermilk can hardly believe he is embarking on his fourth year as a pro. “It...
Last year’s Steelers QB3 saved their season. Kyle Allen is prepared if needed in 2024 too
With his fifth NFL franchise over a six-year span, Kyle Allen doesn’t flinch at joining a completely revamped Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks room. “I have been on a lot of teams,” Allen said with a smile after an organized team activities session last week. “So I am used to getting to...
Mark Robinson running out of chances to make impact as ILB with Steelers
For all that can be said about Mark Robinson going from small-school college running back to young NFL linebacker, he certainly can’t complain he’s had no one to look up to and learn from in plying his craft. Since the Pittsburgh Steelers made him a seventh-round draft pick in 2022,...
All Pro special-teamer Miles Killebrew on re-signing: ‘I’m a Pittsburgh Steeler. I love it here’
Sixty-five players appeared in at least one game for the 2023 Pittsburgh Steelers. Only two earned AP NFL All-Pro status. One was T.J. Watt. The other entered the offseason as a free agent. But to hear Miles Killebrew talk, there wasn’t much desire to sign with another team. “I’m a...
Steelers notes: New QBs take O-line to dinner, tight end signed, WR Scotty Miller confident
If the old saying that the best way to a man’s heart is his stomach is true, consider the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive linemen smitten with their new quarterbacks. Russell Wilson and Justin Fields footed the bill for an elaborate outing involving the men who block for them early during organized...
He’s not quite ‘the old guy,’ but Dean Lowry brings experience to Steelers D-line
When Dean Lowry embarked on free agency this spring for what would be his ninth NFL season, he certainly wasn’t figuring he would end up on a team where he would be merely the third-oldest defensive lineman. “I kind of like that,” Lowry said after a Pittsburgh Steelers organized team...
Linked to Steelers at ‘18 draft and ‘22 free agency, CB Donte Jackson excited to finally join team
Donte Jackson hadn’t experienced this kind of anticipation for almost a decade, dating to when he was embarking on his college career as one of the nation’s highest-rated five-star recruits. “I almost feel, like, giddy,” Jackson said last week after his first full-squad organized activities session with the Pittsburgh Steelers....
Aussie Cameron Johnston steps in as Steelers’ replacement for Pressley Harvin at punter
Scott Township native Christian Kuntz is just getting to know the new colleague he’ll be working closest with on a daily basis over the ensuing months and maybe years. And while Kuntz so far has enjoyed his interactions with Australian Cameron Johnston, there’s one way in particular the Pittsburgh Steelers’...
Patrick Queen taking 1st steps to become Steelers’ 1st Pro Bowl inside LB since 2017
It was impossible to ignore the symbolism after the Pittsburgh Steelers’ organized team activities session Thursday. Ryan Shazier, frequently a guest at practice, was in the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex locker room sitting at a chair near his old stall — a spot not too far from where Patrick Queen’s...
Steelers extend deal with iHeartMedia for WDVE radio to broadcast games
The Pittsburgh Steelers will remain linked to their longtime radio partner. WDVE-FM 102.5 will continue as the radio network flagship for Steelers broadcasts, the team and iHeartMedia announced Friday. The agreement, which extends the partnership through the 2028 season, also includes the creation of the Steelers Audio Network, where fans...
Steelers’ 6th-round pick Ryan Watts taking team reps at safety, still refining skills at CB
After four seasons playing cornerback for two of the best programs in college football, Ryan Watts is attempting to learn safety in the NFL. He has 21 pro seasons — 238 NFL games — worth of mentorship among three players to look up to in that Pittsburgh Steelers position corps....
Quez Watkins connects on deep ball from Russell Wilson at OTAs, looks to bring that to Steelers
It took less than a week of on-field, practice-like work for Quez Watkins to show some deep-ball chemistry for his new team and with his new quarterback. The speedy Watkins confirmed making a catch on a long passing play during Thursday’s Pittsburgh Steelers organized team activities session, beating No. 1...
Steelers sign RB La’Mical Perine
The Pittsburgh Steelers added some depth to their running backs position room with the signing of La’Mical Perine, announced Thursday. Perine, 26, was released last week by the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. He has 17 regular-season games of NFL experience over the past four years and was active...
Steelers CB Joey Porter Jr. bulks up even more for 2nd NFL season
Joey Porter Jr. made quite the impression as a rookie cornerback in 2023 based largely on his size and physicality. Porter set out to enter his second NFL season even bigger and more physical. After the second session of Pittsburgh Steelers organized team activities Wednesday at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex,...
Steelers notes from OTAs: 1st-round pick Troy Fautanu bounces back from ‘rough’ Day 1Video
Troy Fautanu, by his own admission, was humbled Tuesday. Turns out, the step up from the Pac-12 to the NFL is quite the leap — even for a consensus All-American and first-round draft pick. “It’s a lot different from college,” Fautanu said Wednesday after the second day of Pittsburgh Steelers...
Cole Holcomb still rehabbing, Cory Trice taking part in Steelers OTAs as each recovers from injury
Cole Holcomb was at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Tuesday. But 6 1/2 months since suffering a major knee injury, the Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker was not taking part in the first session of organized team activities. “He’s working to get back to us,” coach Mike Tomlin said, “and doing...
Mike Tomlin, Steelers teammates unaffected by Cam Heyward’s absence from OTAs
Astutely aware the question was coming and deftly out to defuse any appearance of a problem, Mike Tomlin was ready. He made an attempt to turn the absence of his longtime defensive captain from the first day of organized team activities into a positive development. “It’s probably an easier day...
Better late than never, Najee Harris on hand for 1st day of Steelers OTAs
Najee Harris isn’t avoiding voluntary organized team activities. Even if, for a brief time, it might have appeared that way. Harris, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ workhorse running back, was on hand for the first team OTAs session of the new season Tuesday at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Harris, though, was tardy...
5 things to watch at Steelers OTAs: Who’s there, what are they saying, where are they playing?
Approximately 80-90 times from now through mid-winter, the 2024 Pittsburgh Steelers will gather for what an observer reasonably could refer to as a “practice.” The first of those seven dozen or so such occasions comes Tuesday. Here are some storylines to follow on the first day of Phase 3 of...
On Sports: Yet another veteran WR tied to Steelers; Paul Skenes pledges money for KsVideo
From trades for Brandon Aiyuk or Deebo Samuel or Courtland Sutton to signings of Tyler Boyd or Zay Jones or Michael Gallup, there have been no shortage of veteran wide receivers projected to end up with the WR-needy Pittsburgh Steelers over the past two months. A prominent ESPN analyst has...
WrestleMania: Steelers’ draft class includes trio of former state champion grapplers
The formal or informal chats between representatives of NFL teams and draft prospects at the annual combine can span from the spectrum of mundane, awkward, bizarre, informative, conversational and enlightening. This past winter, more than one soon-to-be drafted player found one topic in particular piqued the mutual interest of him...
Steelers notebook: Veteran CB Averett not above working out with youngsters
Ryan Watts is the youngest player at Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp. Born more than seven years before him is a player — on some level — against whom he is battling for a roster spot. Cornerback Anthony Averett will turn 30 this fall. He is part of the build-up to...
Steelers rookie minicamp notebook: Practice stays outside despite cool weather
Mike Tomlin used this week’s less-than-pleasant early-May Pittsburgh weather as an opportunity to give his rookie class a more comprehensive tour of the Steelers’ facilities. While the first on-field walkthrough-style practice of rookie minicamp Friday was indoors, Saturday’s was outside at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex — despite a chilly...
Veteran RB, special-teamer Jonathan Ward impressing in tryout with Steelers
Because he entered the league during a 2020 calendar year that should be forgettable for us all, Jonathan Ward was robbed of the experience of attending an NFL rookie minicamp. Until now. Ward, now a 26-year-old, four-year veteran running back, is at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex this week on...
