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By sheer size, Chase Claypool is difficult to miss. At 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, the rookie second-round draft pick from Notre Dame is the tallest wide receiver on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster. His long stride, 80-inch wingspan and 4.42 speed also make him impossible to ignore on the football field....

Thursday’s “First Call” gives us the odds of the Steelers signing Le’Veon Bell. A former Steeler gives Bell some advice. A Cleveland Browns player steps out on behalf of Myles Garrett. We mourn a painful Pirates anniversary. And “Pittsburgh South” isn’t moving on just yet. Been there, done that If...

In advance of his team’s game against the Steelers this week, Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield made one thing clear. “Mama didn’t raise no wuss.” Fair enough. Even if Mayfield is unable to play through his rib injury Sunday at Heinz Field, I wouldn’t have made that kind of judgment...

When is a 4-0 start in the NFL not good enough? When you live in Pittsburgh and root for the Steelers. That’s how we start “U mad, bro?” this week. We also hear from persnickety Pitt fans, bummed-out Buccos backers and stubborn New England Patriots conspiracy theorists. After the Steelers...

When it comes to stopping the run, few teams have done it better this season than the Pittsburgh Steelers. They held Saquon Barkley to six yards on 15 carries. They gave up 23 yards to David Johnson and, aside from a 74-yard burst courtesy of a missed tackle, limited Miles...

Tight end Eric Ebron joined the ranks of the injured Pittsburgh Steelers, but a pair of core special teams players took an encouraging step back into the lineup by being full participants in Wednesday’s practice. Marcus Allen and Derek Watt returned to practice after missing last week’s game because of...

Charlotte Heyward’s parents were teachers. She learned the importance of an education. And she taught that same lesson to her son, Cameron Heyward, star defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers. “I know the impact of having the right tools to learn,” Charlotte Heyward said Wednesday as she handed out backpacks...

Several fallacies are being spoken about the shattered career of Le’Veon Bell. One is that Bell somehow struck a blow for his profession’s laborers when he sat out the 2018 season after being franchised for a second time, thus forcing his way out of Pittsburgh and removing himself from under...

At no point during a nine-minute video conference call with media Wednesday did Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger say the name “Antonio Brown.” Nor did he say “Odell Beckham Jr.” But Roethlisberger did touch on the demeanor of so-called “No. 1 receivers” in more general terms. And he expressed appreciation...

The outlook for the beleaguered situation on the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line improved slightly Wednesday with the news that veteran Stefen Wisniewski returned to practice. Wisniewski remains on the injured reserve list because of a pectoral injury, but his return to the field opens a 21-day window during which he...

Wednesday’s “First Call” gives you the wide range of reactions to Le’Veon Bell’s release from the New York Jets. Who might sign him? The Steelers? The Patriots? We look at the latest chapter in the Pirates’ quest to help the Tampa Bay Rays win the American League Championship Series, a...

Speaking about Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett on Tuesday, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said you have to be “mindful of his location.” I’m particularly mindful of Garrett’s last location versus the Steelers. That was at the end of Cleveland’s 21-7 win on Nov. 14 when he was standing near...

“How do you like Chase Claypool now???!!!” Um, I like him. A lot. How could anyone have a different reaction after Claypool put up four touchdowns in one game against the Philadelphia Eagles? Just the beginning ?? FOX ? pic.twitter.com/fEzTUM6BvN— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) October 11, 2020 But, in typical Twitter...

The ability to make adjustments on third down is one factor in Ben Roethlisberger getting off to the best start of his 17-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Roethlisberger completed all 13 of his third-down attempts, throwing for 158 yards and two scores in such situations, in the Steelers’ 38-29...

For the first time in 11 months, Myles Garrett and the Pittsburgh Steelers will share the same patch of grass on a football field. Mike Tomlin is more concerned about what Garrett does before the whistle is blown rather than after it. And he’s certain his Steelers players feel the...

It’s natural for any filmmaker, right? You’re a week away from your first written and directed big-screen release. You’re worrying about how the premiere will be staged. You have press lined up all week. You’re coordinating with producers, actors and family. Above all else, though, one thing is weighing on...

“Are you ready for some football?? A Tuesday night party??” The Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans are. I think. Hank Williams Jr. should get back in the studio to re-record the old “Monday Night Football” open. Because thanks to a covid-19 scheduling backlog, I don’t think this evening’s game will...

Former Steeler Le’Veon Bell disses his coach on Twitter. Ben Roethlisberger is finally erased from the Cleveland Browns record books. The Dallas Cowboys may turn to a Pittsburgh product at quarterback if Andy Dalton gets hurt. “Ground Chuck” is still in playoff form. All that and more in Tuesday’s “First...

Four games into the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers already have started three players at right guard and two at right tackle. Heading into their fifth game, they might be looking at a fourth offensive line configuration. Veteran former All-Pros Maurkice Pouncey (foot) and David DeCastro (abdomen) left Sunday’s 38-29 win...

Ray-Ray is done-done with trying to be somebody he’s not-not. And what Ray-Ray McCloud is showing he is with the Pittsburgh Steelers is an electric playmaker. “When I got here, it was just my mindset was, ‘Go be you, just be Ray-Ray,’ ” McCloud said Monday. “Be who Ray-Ray was,...

About a month ago, this space proclaimed that the current Steelers defense might be comparable to the team’s unit in 1976, regarded by some as the best in NFL history. Uh…OK, maybe not. Look on the bright side: The check for that particular magnum opus has long since cleared and...

Five things we learned from Steelers 38, Eagles 29: 1. Tough tests on horizon If the Steelers played NCAA basketball, based on the first month of scheduling, critics would have pegged the team’s coach as Jamie Dixon and not Mike Tomlin. Based on the records of their first four opponents,...

In Monday’s “First Call,” Baker Mayfield wants you to know how tough he is heading into Steelers week. Just ask his “momma.” Also, a future Steelers opponent just lost their quarterback. A division rival beats up on another one. Aaron Donald wrecks Alex Smith’s return. And Robert Morris’ hockey team...