Steelers/NFL category, Page 299
Tim Benz: Steelers offense didn’t really ‘run out of bullets’ vs. Bengals; it just keeps shooting blanks
When it comes to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ disastrous red zone possession against the Cincinnati Bengals last Sunday, it appears coach Mike Tomlin is changing his explanation for what went wrong. The ill-fated fourth-down play call is no longer a case of the Steelers having “fired all of their bullets.” Now...
Steelers’ Joe Haden can’t wait to face his ‘favorite’ quarterback Sunday at Green Bay
Joe Haden will share the football field with his “favorite” NFL quarterback Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers play at the Green Bay Packers. The quarterback in question, though, is not Haden’s teammate and two-time Super Bowl champion Ben Roethlisberger. No offense to Big Ben, mind you, but the 12-year veteran...
Steelers could turn to versatile Joe Haeg with Chuks Okorafor dealing with concussion
Chuks Okorafor will begin the week of practice for the Pittsburgh Steelers in concussion protocol, which could mean a potential new starter at right tackle Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. Okorafor left in the second half of the Steelers’ 24-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals and his replacement, Joe...
Mike Tomlin not planning major changes on heels of back-to-back home losses for Steelers
For the third time in the past four seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers will take a losing record into October thanks to back-to-back home losses that has dropped them into the AFC North basement at 1-2. The Steelers overcame slow starts in 2018 and 2019 and made a run at the...
Steelers bring back OLB Derrek Tuszka to active roster, cut Jamir Jones
Derrek Tuszka’s play against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday was good enough to get him promoted back to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 53-man roster. Called up from the practice squad on Saturday, Tuszka, a second-year outside linebacker, had six tackles while playing 27 snaps in the Steelers’ 24-10 loss. He reverted...
Mike Tomlin talks about ‘growth’ of Steelers as they prepare to face PackersVideo
Mike Tomlin is trying to get his Pittsburgh Steelers to rise above the negativity following back-to-back home losses that have placed his team in last place in the AFC North. The Steelers are 1-2 after losses to Las Vegas and Cincinnati, and they will try to get back to .500...
First Call: Packers, Steelers wide receiver injury issues; ex-Steeler shines on ‘Monday Night Football’
The Steelers and Packers have one thing in common heading into their showdown Sunday. The Pirates will have plenty of company if they hit 100 losses. The ACC continues to muddle through 2021. And an ex-Steeler stood out on defense during “Monday Night Football.” All that in Tuesday’s “First Call.”...
Tim Benz: Tyler Boyd is wrong about the Steelers. They didn’t quit. They just stink.
Tyler Boyd’s characterization of the Pittsburgh Steelers was less than flattering after Sunday’s 24-10 Cincinnati Bengals win. The Pitt product and Clairton native said the Steelers “gave up” against his Bengals towards the end of their game Sunday afternoon at Heinz Field. “The last plays of the game for them,...
After back-to-back upset home losses, where can we find the next Steelers victory?
Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers have lost their first two home games to AFC teams who failed to make the playoffs a year ago, I’m left to ponder one weighty question. Where are the wins remaining on the schedule? I mean, even if the Steelers are to meet my relatively...
Steelers Week 3 film study: Numbers don’t tell the story in loss to Bengals
NFL football analyst Matt Williamson will break down each of the Steelers games this season in the Trib’s Steelers Film Study. Here’s what he saw in the Steelers’ Week 3 loss to the Bengals. In a divisional battle of 1-1 teams at Heinz Field, the Steelers played just a miserable...
Steelers notes: JuJu Smith-Schuster reportedly ‘day-to-day’
The injury-depleted Pittsburgh Steelers appear to have dodged at least one bullet when it comes to their starters. Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is “day-to-day” with bruised ribs after tests indicated the lack of a more serious injury, according to a report from the NFL Network. Smith-Schuster left Sunday’s loss to...
Mike Hilton ‘didn’t feel valued’ by Steelers, used slight to inspire Bengals to win
Mike Hilton has taken part in eight games between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals. He’s walked off the field a winner after seven of them. Sunday’s win, though, had a different feel because it was Hilton’s first in this AFC North rivalry while he was a member of the...
5 things we learned: Diontae Johnson’s absence puts Chase Claypool in uncustomary role for Steelers
Five things we learned from Bengals 24, Steelers 10: 1. Chasing the short pass With Diontae Johnson missing the game because of a knee injury, it left the Steelers without their best after-the-catch threat. In his absence, the Steelers decided to plug Chase Claypool into the role. It was akin...
After his Bengals win, former Pitt star Tyler Boyd: Steelers ‘gave up … laid down’Video
The Cincinnati Bengals have swept a season series against the Pittsburgh Steelers just once since the turn of the century and not since 2009. Sunday’s 24-10 win at Heinz Field put the Bengals halfway to accomplishing that in 2021 — and they were still talking about it Monday. Eyebrow-raising words...
Mark Madden: Steelers season figures to end poorly for Ben Roethlisberger
Before the season, I wondered whether the Steelers would regret bringing back Ben Roethlisberger and whether Roethlisberger would regret returning. That time may have arrived. Roethlisberger’s stats are rotten. For every good pass, he makes two that are bad. Roethlisberger’s throws have zip and accuracy only sporadically. He’s pushing the...
First Call: Bengals taunt during win in Pittsburgh; Steelers early underdogs vs Packers; ex-Steelers score with new teams
The Bengals are laughing all the way back to Cincinnati after a win against the Steelers. The Green Bay Packers are already significant favorites in advance of their game against the Steelers next week. And two former Steelers found their way into the end zone with their new franchises. All...
Madden Monday on Steelers: ‘Their season is over’ and ‘Ben Roethlisberger is done’
After a second straight loss to open the home slate of their 2021 schedule, 105.9 The X radio host and TribLIVE columnist Mark Madden isn’t messing around when it comes to forecasting what this means for the Pittsburgh Steelers. “Their season is over,” Madden said during this week’s “Madden Monday”...
After many TDs at Heinz Field for Pitt, Clairton native Tyler Boyd gets 1st NFL TD at Steelers
Nine of the 22 touchdowns Tyler Boyd scored during a standout college career at Pitt came at Heinz Field. Boyd also won four WPIAL championship games played at the facility, scoring three touchdowns in the 2011 title game win for Clairton. But over a six-year NFL career that previously featured...
Tim Benz: More than just offense in this week’s Steelers ‘Airing of Grievances’
For our weekly Pittsburgh Steelers “Airing of Grievances” after a 24-10 home loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, I could just say “the offense.” And leave it at that. I’d be justified. Just 45 yards rushing. Odd play selection. Multiple drops. Four sacks allowed. Two interceptions. Penalties all over the field....
Untimely big play again plagues Steelers’ depleted defense in loss to Bengals
The actual word he used was slightly less tasteful, but the way unit captain Cameron Heyward described the Pittsburgh Steelers defense’s effort Sunday was that it “stunk.” Safety Terrell Edmunds termed it “not acceptable at all.” Those assessments belie the statistics associated with Sunday’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. The...
Steelers don’t have answer for Bengals’ ‘picket fence’ on late fourth-down play call
The picket fence isn’t just a basketball play made famous in the movie “Hoosiers.” It’s also a defense the Cincinnati Bengals use when they try to keep opponents from converting from long distance. And it was the reason Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger didn’t throw a pass into the end...
Injuries, gaffes pile up as Steelers lose to Bengals
For the first time since their season-opening stunner in Buffalo, the Pittsburgh Steelers head back to the road with a trip to Green Bay next weekend. Playing at historic Lambeau Field might provide the type of venue the Steelers need to recapture that Week 1 recipe for success. They certainly...
Bengals leading WR Tee Higgins not playing vs. Steelers, who will start OLB Jamir Jones
Leading receiver Tee Higgins is among three Cincinnati Bengals starters who are not in uniform for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers because of injury. Higgins, who has a shoulder injury, was officially listed as doubtful to play on the Bengals’ league-mandated injury report. Right guard Xavier Su’a-Filo (knee) was,...
How can Steelers offense improve? Answers are numerous
Last Sunday, Ben Roethlisberger 10 times in 7 minutes took the blame for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ struggling offense. Four days later, offensive coordinator Matt Canada maintained a similar pace of accountability, referencing in some way the need to get “better” 14 times in his 9-minute session with media. By Friday,...
T.J. Watt downgraded, will miss Steelers’ game against Bengals with groin injury
On the eve of their game against the Cincinnati Bengals, the Pittsburgh Steelers learned they will be without both of their starting outside linebackers. T.J. Watt, who had been limited in practice the entire week of preparation, was downgraded to out Saturday because of a groin injury he suffered in...
