Chris Adamski stories, Page 44
Minkah Fitzpatrick remains out of Steelers practice, Kenny Pickett back to full participation
The prospects of All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick returning for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ regular-season finale look considerably more bleak after Fitzpatrick sat out Tuesday’s practice. Fitzpatrick has missed the past two games because of a knee injury, but coach Mike Tomlin left the door open that he could return for Saturday’s...
Steelers notebook: Mike Tomlin focused on Ravens, not other games or another Saturday kick
For the third time in four weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers will play on a Saturday. For the second time in that span, the Saturday kickoff was announced after the season began. On this occasion, the advance notice for the modification in the week of preparation came during a flight home...
Mike Tomlin makes potentially seismic decision of Mason Rudolph over healthy Kenny Pickett
It was a short passage among a 170-word answer to the first question Mike Tomlin was asked during his weekly news conference Monday. And while Tomlin downplayed the long-term significance of what he said, a potentially seismic change in the organizational outlook was delivered via 10 simple words. “We are...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin: ‘We are gonna leave the ball in Mason Rudolph’s hands’
With the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season on the line, Mason Rudolph will make a third consecutive start at quarterback. “We are gonna leave the ball in Mason Rudolph’s hands,” coach Mike Tomlin said during his weekly news conference Monday, referencing his intention to start Rudolph in Saturday’s regular-season finale at the...
2023 in Pittsburgh professional sports: Kenny Pickett’s highs, lows an ongoing storyline for Steelers
The first day of the calendar year brought a sense of anticipation and hope for a fruitful future for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The last day of 2023? It shows just how complicated and unsettled the outlook for the organization really is. When Kenny Pickett directed an 80-yard winning drive in...
Steelers 4 Downs: A 7th starting ILB likely to join 7 safeties who have started so far in ‘23
1. Many faces of D Through a spate of injuries beginning to number into the absurd (and one suspension), the Pittsburgh Steelers have blown through players in the middle of their defense this season. Through 15 games headed into Sunday at the Seattle Seahawks, the Steelers have started seven different...
Recently modified practice-squad rules helping to save Steelers’ season on defense
Teryl Austin shook his head in a combination of relief and recognition. If not for some modifications made to the NFL’s practice squad rules in recent years, imagine where the Pittsburgh Steelers defense would have been this season by now? “Yeah,” Austin, the Steelers defensive coordinator, said this week. “That...
Former Steelers 1st-round picks Artie Burns, Devin Bush to face Steelers for 1st time
At one point, the mere utterance of each of their names would elicit hope and excitement of a bright future by Pittsburgh Steelers fans. By the end of their tenures with the franchise, though, many Steelers fans’ reactions instead were in the form of choice four-letter words. Each will face...
Safeties Minkah Fitzpatrick, Trenton Thompson to miss another game for Steelers
Another week, another game without the services of their top four safeties for the Pittsburgh Steelers. All-Pro Minkah Fitzpatrick and Trenton Thompson did not practice Friday and were declared out for Sunday’s game at the Seattle Seahawks. That means that for the second consecutive week, the Steelers are likely to...
QB Mason Rudolph confirmed starter for Steelers; Kenny Pickett questionable to back him up
It’s official. Mason Rudolph is getting a second consecutive start at quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Coach Mike Tomlin’s decision was confirmed by a team spokesperson after Friday’s practice at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Rudolph had gotten first-team reps all week, but Tomlin during his weekly news conference Tuesday had...
Kenny Pickett remains limited; Minkah Fitzpatrick out of Steelers practice
In regards to their No. 1 quarterback and All-Pro safety, it remained status quo at Pittsburgh Steelers practice Thursday. Like he was throughout last week and during the first practice of this week Wednesday, Kenny Pickett was listed as a limited participant on the injury report Thursday. Pickett has missed...
Patrick Peterson passed test as safety last week for Steelers; is full-time move there on horizon?
It wasn’t quite as scenic a perspective of Acrisure Stadium that tourists get from the Mount Washington overlooks. But Patrick Peterson had a unique view of this past Saturday’s game. From the far back of the defense. “It was a different view being back deep playing the safety position,” Peterson...
Kenny Pickett believes he’s physically ready to return but defers to Steelers’ trainers, coaches
Three-and-a-half weeks after undergoing ankle surgery, Kenny Pickett’s right foot has — to a degree — returned to normal. Now, it’s the festering feeling of anxiousness and anticipation that seems to be hindering the Pittsburgh Steelers second-year quarterback. “It’s obvious,” Pickett said Wednesday. “Any competitor wants to get in there...
5 things we learned: Odes to Mason Rudolph, George Pickens for big games for Steelers
Five things we learned from Steelers 34, Bengals 11: 1. Been a long time It had been more than four years since a stadium full of fans had seen Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback have a game like the one put out against the Bengals. In fact, the 124.0 passer rating...
Steelers defensive call-ups Myles Jack, Eric Rowe save the day
Their acquisitions by the Pittsburgh Steelers officially were announced jointly on the team website at 4:03 p.m. on Nov. 20. That they were joining the team’s practice squad wasn’t mentioned until the sixth paragraph . The final, sad indignity in the proud careers of Myles Jack and Eric Rowe, two...
Mike Tomlin: ‘Too early’ to say if Mason Rudolph or Kenny Pickett will start next Steelers game
Pittsburgh Steelers fans will have to wait until after Christmas to know whom coach Mike Tomlin will choose to start at quarterback for their next game. Tomlin would not broach the question during his news conference following the Steelers’ 34-11 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday evening. Making his...
Myles Jack surpasses Blake Martinez on Steelers’ depth chart, active vs. Bengals
For the past few weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers roster has had two veteran inside linebackers who began the regular season in retirement. One has leapfrogged the other on the depth chart. Myles Jack is in uniform making his 2023 season debut for Saturday’s home season finale against the Cincinnati Bengals....
Steelers 4 Downs: Bengals’ big-play pass defense a good matchup for Mason Rudolph
1. Go long Remember Mason Rudolph’s 67-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Austin III during this preseason’s Pittsburgh Steelers opener? It was proof of how good a deep ball that Rudolph can throw. And in Rudolph’s 2023 regular-season starting debut, that might be an aspect of the game the Steelers can...
Steelers make moves; Myles Jack, Eric Rowe, Elijah Riley expected to play big roles vs. Bengals
To plug a growing number of holes in their defense, the Pittsburgh Steelers added options for Saturday’s game via a variety of roster moves. The team announced Friday that veterans Myles Jack and Eric Rowe would be elevated from the practice squad to play against the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday,...
A top rookie CB, Steelers’ Joey Porter Jr. unwilling to alter play that tends to draw flags
They vary in their methodology or calculation, but no shortage of metrics tend to agree that Joey Porter Jr. is having a standout season as a rookie NFL cornerback. The top pick of the second round in April by the Pittsburgh Steelers, Porter ranks second in reception percentage (45.5%) and...
Steelers safety Trenton Thompson out, Elijah Riley questionable to play vs. Bengals
Already without the safeties taking spots Nos. 1-3 on their depth chart this week, the Pittsburgh Steelers learned Thursday they also will have to make do without No. 4. Trenton Thompson missed the entire week’s worth of practice and was ruled out for Saturday’s home game against the Cincinnati Bengals...
T.J. Watt explains Rich Eisen’s version of his comments on Steelers practice habitsVideo
Pittsburgh Steelers star T.J. Watt sought to clarify comments NFL commentator Rich Eisen made on his talk show this week that Eisen attributed to Watt from the prior week’s television production meeting. “It wasn’t attacking anybody. It was a general statement of, as a leader on this team, I feel...
Kenny Pickett out, Mason Rudolph officially to start for Steelers against Bengals
On the night before Christmas Eve, Mason Rudolph will guide the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense. Coach Mike Tomlin made it official after practice Thursday that Rudolph will start at quarterback for Saturday’s 4:30 p.m. home game against the Cincinnati Bengals. A day after characterizing Thursday as “a big day” in evaluating...
Steelers DL Cameron Heyward clears concussion protocol, expected to play vs. Bengals
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive captain Cameron Heyward progressed through NFL concussion protocol and is on track to play in Saturday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. A message posted to the X (formerly Twitter) account of Steelers spokesman Burt Lauten stated Heyward, a three-time All-Pro defensive tackle, “has been cleared by an...
NFL trims Damontae Kazee suspension to 3 games, allowing return if Steelers make playoffsVideo
Damontae Kazee’s suspension for a hit on a defenseless Indianapolis Colts player was reduced on appeal, the NFL announced, leaving the free safety eligible to play should the Pittsburgh Steelers make the playoffs. League spokesman Michael Signora posted the news to his X (formerly Twitter) account. Kazee was ejected from...
