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Offense sizzles as Steelers stay in 1st place with crowd-pleasing win over Miami
Nobody booed “Renegade” or chanted for Mike Tomlin to be fired in the second half Monday night. Funny how playing with a multi-score lead can change a fan base’s emotions. On a night when the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrated their annual Hall of Honor class, nothing but positive vibes flowed inside...
Steelers notebook: Despite injury designation, RB Jaylen Warren sees action
Running back Jaylen Warren was in uniform and starting for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night despite getting added to the team’s injury report earlier that day because of illness. Warren, the team’s leading rusher, was announced as questionable to play by the team about nine hours before kickoff. But...
Trek from sunny Miami no picnic for Dolphins to face Steelers in frigid Pittsburgh
It should not come as a surprise that the weather leading up to and during the “Monday Night Football” game was significantly more a topic of discussion — and consternation — for the team from South Florida than the team headquartered in southwestern Pennsylvania. It had been known throughout the...
Ben Roethlisberger content to be part of Steelers’ Hall of Honor, has no desire for comeback
Philip Rivers returned from a five-year absence to provide functional quarterback play Sunday, so why not Ben Roethlisberger, a fellow passer from that fabled 2004 draft class? Roethlisberger, after all, is a few months younger than the 44-year-old Rivers, and he threw his last pass in 2021, a full year...
Derrick Harmon inactive, Jaylen Warren in uniform for Steelers vs. Dolphins
Defensive tackle Derrick Harmon will miss a third consecutive game, but running back Jaylen Warren was declared ready to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Monday night’s game against the Miami Dolphins. Harmon returned to practice — albeit on a limited basis — this week but was not cleared to...
Steelers’ leaders in Pro Bowl fan voting? A special teamer, a little-used fullback and T.J. Watt
Hours away from the vote wrapping up, the fan tallies for the NFL Pro Bowl honors were not all that bountiful with Pittsburgh Steelers. Among 20 positional categories, the Steelers as of 11 a.m. Monday had only three players listed among the top 10 at any given position. One of...
Steelers add Marquez Valdes-Scantling to active roster, elevate DeMarvin Leal from practice squad
The Pittsburgh Steelers transformed their wide receivers corps during last week’s game. After the leader of that unit produced at a season-best level, they’ve begun to make the new-look position group more permanent. Veteran Marquez Valdes-Scantling was added to the Steelers’ 53-man active roster Monday in advance of the game...
RB Jaylen Warren is listed as questionable for Steelers’ game vs. Dolphins due to illness
Jaylen Warren, the leading rusher for the Pittsburgh Steelers this season, is a late addition to the team’s injury report and is listed as questionable to play Monday night because of an illness. The Steelers (7-6) will face the Miami Dolphins (6-7) at Acrisure Stadium. Warren was not listed on...
Steelers vs. Dolphins: Get ready for 2025 Week 15 matchup
The Pittsburgh Steelers will have the eyes of the nation as they host the Miami Dolphins on “Monday Night Football.” Kickoff for Monday night is at 8:15 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN and ABC, with Joe Buck on play-by-play alongside analyst Troy Aikman and sideline reporter Lisa...
First Call: Raiders blanked in Kenny Pickett’s start; Philip Rivers’ return at 44; looking at the Lions for next week
Monday’s “Fist Call” recaps Kenny Pickett’s rough first start as a Las Vegas Raider. We examine the Steelers’ next opponent in Detroit. We look at Philip Rivers’ NFL return. And the Bengals may have lost more than just a game Sunday. Pickett picked Former Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett made his...
Tim Benz: Gap between Steelers, Dolphins close enough to make Monday’s game very uncomfortable
The Pittsburgh Steelers probably don’t want to view themselves as being in the same neighborhood as the Miami Dolphins, a team that isn’t a true AFC contender. And the Dolphins certainly don’t want to be viewed in the way many people across football have portrayed them — an average team...
Frigid temperatures, gusty winds set the stage for Steelers-Dolphins matchup
There will be two opponents on the field Monday night at Acrisure Stadium. But the fans in the stands will have a battle too — against the wind and cold. The temperature at kickoff for “Monday Night Football” is going to feel something like three field goals — 9 degrees,...
Madden Monday: Penguins’ blown leads are ‘in their DNA’; reminder for Kyle Dubas to ‘get back to his original plan’
My knee-jerk reaction to how bad the Pittsburgh Penguins have gotten in the third period of hockey games is to say that it’s mental. It’s psychological at this point. I don’t want to do that, though, because it lets them off the hook. It’s giving them an excuse for what’s...
Steelers 4 Downs: Dolphins work to set up star RB De’Von Achane for big plays
1. The Achane train Under coach Mike McDaniel, the Miami Dolphins always have preferred to build around speed. And with good reason. McDaniel is adept at deploying speed, often by getting his fastest players in space. Look no further than De’Von Achane, Miami’s running back who ran the 40-yard dash...
Steelers sing Minkah Fitzpatrick’s praises before Monday night matchup with Dolphins
Whether it’s a sign of respect or a measure of memory, the Pittsburgh Steelers couldn’t help but profess their admiration for Minkah Fitzpatrick only six months after trading him to the Miami Dolphins. The Steelers surely remember that Fitzpatrick had two interceptions in his first game against the Dolphins —...
Scouting the Dolphins: Steelers opponent has one of NFL’s best defenses over past month
SCOUTING THE DOLPHINS Last meeting Dolphins beat Steelers, 16-10, on Oct. 23, 2022 in Miami Key matchup Dolphins CB Rasul Douglas vs. Steelers WR DK Metcalf Douglas was unsigned until after roster cuts — but since joining Miami via a one-year, $1.572 million deal Aug. 27, he has become one...
Steelers to face Dolphins without CB James Pierre; Asante Samuel Jr. could make 1st start
After winning the left outside cornerback job and starting the past four games, James Pierre will miss the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game Monday night against the Miami Dolphins. Coach Mike Tomlin declared Pierre out with a calf injury. Pierre did not practice the entire week and was ruled out following practice...
Steelers’ Jalen Ramsey, Jonnu Smith downplay trade from Dolphins as business side of game
If Jalen Ramsey finds any irony that he’s playing safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Minkah Fitzpatrick is being used as a nickel back for the Miami Dolphins, he’s not letting on. The blockbuster trade that saw the All-Pro defensive backs swapped for one another is viewed to both Ramsey...
Steelers find missing deep passing game, but can it continue during stretch run?
On the first offensive play run by Pittsburgh Steelers last Sunday, Aaron Rodgers accomplished something neither he nor Mason Rudolph had done the entire month of November. He completed a pass that traveled 20 yards or longer in the air. When Rodgers took advantage of single coverage on the outside...
What is dry needling? More about the treatment that led to T.J. Watt’s injury
After Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt needed emergency surgery for a partially collapsed lung following a “dry needling” treatment this week, many sports fans are asking, “What is dry needling, and how could it result in such a serious complication?” The freak injury suffered at the Steelers’ practice facility,...
Steelers injury report: Yahya Black misses practice, adding even more attrition to defensive line
One of the NFL’s top rushing offenses is coming to Acrisure Stadium, and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ already-leaky rush defense is facing even more attrition on its front line. Yahya Black did not practice Friday, per the injury report, and fellow rookie defensive tackle Derrick Harmon continues to sit out. That...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt ‘at home, resting comfortably’ after having surgery for collapsed lung
Pittsburgh Steelers star pass rusher T.J. Watt was released from the hospital and is “at home, resting comfortably,” coach Mike Tomlin said Friday inside UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Tomlin described Watt as out for the “Monday Night Football” game against the Miami Dolphins at Acrisure Stadium but said he doesn’t...
Steelers outside linebackers brace for facing Dolphins without top pass rusher T.J. Watt
For the first time since 2022, the Pittsburgh Steelers will play a game without former NFL Defensive Player of the Year T.J. Watt. Watt was ruled out of the Steelers’ game Monday night against the Miami Dolphins after he spent two nights in a hospital while undergoing a procedure to...
Mark Madden: The version of Aaron Rodgers many expected has shown up
The NFL’s quarterbacking situation is nuts. Forty-four-year-old Philip Rivers is making a comeback with Indianapolis. He’s got a fat backside and extra chins, so he’s my favorite quarterback ever. Steelers reject Kenny Pickett is likely to start Sunday for Las Vegas against Philadelphia, another of his former teams. Cleveland rookie...
Football Footnotes: Steelers’ approach if T.J. Watt can’t play; 3rd-down play-calling; Miami’s strengths
As everyone associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers waits for health updates on T.J. Watt, the team has to create plans if he can’t play Monday night against the Miami Dolphins. Given the personnel the Steelers have at outside linebacker, those contingencies would seem obvious. Then again, have you seen the...
