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Steelers’ Trey Edmunds fined for block against Bengals
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Trey Edmunds was fined $28,075 for unnecessary roughness as the result of a blindside block on a kickoff return in the second quarter last Sunday at Cincinnati. Edmunds was fined for the block on a kickoff return by Kerrith Whyte. The Bengals’ Nick Vigil also was...
Browns coach Freddie Kitchens seen in ‘Pittsburgh started it’ T-shirt
Joking or not, Freddie Kitchens made a statement on what he thinks about the scuffle between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns two weeks ago. Two days before the rematch between the Steelers and Browns at Heinz Field, Kitchens was photographed Friday evening wearing a “Pittsburgh started it” T-shirt. The...
Somehow, Steelers’ Christian DiLauro is man in middle of QB battle
Christian DiLauro can laugh about going from an anonymous offensive tackle on the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad to being caught in the cross-hairs of a quarterback controversy. DiLauro’s locker separates those of Mason Rudolph and Devlin Hodges in the locker room at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on the South Side,...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers looking for luck from Duck, the ultimate underdog quarterback story
What a weird, wild season this has been for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who looked so hopeless after losing Ben Roethlisberger to a season-ending elbow injury but are somehow positioned for the sixth seed in the AFC playoffs. Now, the Steelers’ hopes are down to a Duck. Nothing has been weirder...
Four Downs: It’s early, but so far numbers add up for Steelers’ Devlin HodgesVideo
1. Nip and Duck In the equivalent of two NFL regular-season games, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Devlin Hodges has shown competency as an NFL quarterback. Cut through all the traditional numbers and the subjective analysis, and arguably the most objective measures for evaluating player performance come from footballoutsiders.com. The formulas for...
Steelers, Browns promise no funny business in rematchVideo
When the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns meet Sunday at Heinz Field, it will have been only 17 days since they last played. Just don’t expect this game to start like that one finished. “I don’t feel like it would,” Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree said, referring to the skirmish that...
Steelers’ usage of inside linebackers varies based on opponent, gameplanVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers have what they consider to be three starting inside linebackers. The division of labor at that position has proven to vary from week to week. Over the past four games, veteran Mark Barron and rookie Devin Bush twice had the most defensive snaps played among the team’s...
Mark Madden: Don’t crown Lamar Jackson, Ravens just yet
Are the Baltimore Ravens the NFL’s best team right now? Yes. Can they be the NFL’s best team on a frozen January day in Foxboro, Mass.? Maybe. New England is said to be “in trouble” despite a 10-1 record. At 43, quarterback Tom Brady might finally be fading, albeit in...
James Conner doubtful, JuJu Smith-Schuster out for Steelers vs. Browns
Limited to 13 snaps during November because of a shoulder injury, James Conner has a sliver of hope in returning to game action Sunday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Pro Bowl running back practiced in a limited capacity Thursday and Friday and on the official injury report was given a...
Benny Snell providing ‘real spark’ to Steelers running game
Mike Tomlin used the word “spark” three times in his postgame interview Sunday to describe what backup quarterback Devlin Hodges brought to the Pittsburgh Steelers offense against the Cincinnati Bengals. Two days later, at his weekly news conference, Tomlin dropped six more references to the “spark” that Hodges provided as...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers counting on turnovers as best offense to beat Browns
Mike Tomlin was counting his blessings before Thanksgiving, mostly for the way the Pittsburgh Steelers defense has feasted on turnovers this season the way we do turkey on the holiday. The Steelers rank second in the NFL in takeaways with 28, trailing the New England Patriots by one, and a...
In wake of benching, Mason Rudolph vows team-first attitude for Steelers
Mason Rudolph understood Mike Tomlin had a decision to make, and it was one that could adversely affect Rudolph. So when the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach told the second-year quarterback that Devlin Hodges was starting Sunday against the Cleveland Browns, Rudolph had no choice but to take it in stride....
Steelers LB Mark Barron honored by NFLPA for turkey drive in Alabama hometown
Mark Barron made Thanksgiving a little more memorable for residents of his Alabama hometown when 1,500 turkeys were distributed to families last Saturday. The Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker’s only regret was he couldn’t be there in person to take in the moment. The turkey drive in Prichard, Ala., coincided with...
JuJu Smith-Schuster misses another practice for Steelers with knee injury
Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster sat out another practice Thursday, his fifth in a row for the Pittsburgh Steelers since injuring his knee and sustaining a concussion Nov. 14 at Cleveland. With the Steelers having just one more day of practice before the rematch against the Browns on Sunday at Heinz...
In preparing for Browns, Steelers to again face one of NFL’s best running back duosVideo
Nick Chubb had more than 5,000 yards from scrimmage, including 4,769 rushing yards at Georgia. That he is the SEC’s No. 2 all-time leading rusher comes as no surprise to Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. “It seems like he was at Georgia forever,” Tomlin said, “and he did it for a...
Tim Benz: Steelers look to improve pass rush results vs. Baker MayfieldVideo
Of the many problems facing the Steelers against the Browns this Sunday, the biggest will be their ability to get Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield to the ground. Mayfield was only sacked once, and the Steelers forced no turnovers in the first meeting between the clubs this season. That was largely...
Steelers’ Devlin Hodges balances taking risks with managing gamesVideo
Talk to any of Devlin Hodges’ current or former teammates or coaches — or even to Hodges himself — and they likely will say one of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ new starting quarterback’s greatest strengths is he plays fearlessly and with nothing to lose. Talk to Mike Tomlin this week, though,...
Steelers’ Cameron Heyward keeps making progress with play, charitable work
Since he established his charitable foundation in 2015, Cameron Heyward has set a modest goal, one that also could serve as his motto on the field for the Pittsburgh Steelers. “Each year,” he said, “we’ve challenged ourselves to do a little more.” Heyward hopes incremental success — individually as a...
T.J. Watt among 5 Steelers players atop Pro Bowl positional balloting
Five Pittsburgh Steelers players lead their respective positions in Pro Bowl balloting that was released Wednesday afternoon. Outside linebacker T.J. Watt is the leading vote-getter among all Steelers players, collecting 118,517 votes. Also leading in voting on defense for the Steelers are rookie inside linebacker Devin Bush (70,171 votes), defensive...
Left tackle Alejandro Villanueva limited in practice for Steelers with shoulder injury
The Pittsburgh Steelers began their practice week for the AFC North rematch against the Cleveland Browns with left tackle Alejandro Villanueva only being involved on a limited basis with a shoulder injury. Villanueva was not listed among the injured players Tuesday when coach Mike Tomlin conducted his weekly press conference....
Mark Madden: Current Steelers-Browns rivalry doesn’t compare to battles in ’70s
For those imagining Sunday’s game between the Steelers and Cleveland will morph into a blood feud or race war on Heinz Field’s grass or in its adjacent parking lots, think again. The current fans and players are soft as puppy excrement compared to those competing and watching when Steelers vs....
Tim Benz, Kevin Gorman break down Mike Tomlin’s QB decision, preview Steelers-Browns
For our “Breakfast With Benz” podcast Wednesday, TribLive columnist Kevin Gorman joins me to talk about Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin’s decision to bench Mason Rudolph in favor of Devlin “Duck” Hodges. There’s a lot to unpack there. But the off ramps of Tomlin’s decision are far reaching. Why is...
U mad, bro? Steelers, Browns fans go off about Mason Rudolph, Myles Garrett, Devlin HodgesVideo
In this week’s “U mad, bro?”, readers are angry about the Steelers’ quarterback controversy. And my take on it. And my view of the Myles Garrett-Mason Rudolph debate. And my support of Devlin Hodges. And my partnership with Mark Madden. And pretty much anything else I’ve said the past week....
Tim Benz: It’s time for Steelers coach Mike Tomlin to support Devlin HodgesVideo
This isn’t a change Mike Tomlin wants to make. He has to make it. On Tuesday, the Steelers head coach couldn’t have made that sentiment more clear if he tried. Come to think of it, he basically did. In describing why he made the decision to replace struggling quarterback Mason...
Browns CB Denzel Ward expects Steelers rematch to be ‘heated game’Video
Most Cleveland Browns players resisted delving into the psychological aspects of their upcoming visit to the Pittsburgh Steelers immediately after they routed the Miami Dolphins, 41-24, on Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium. But Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward didn’t conceal his mental approach to Sunday’s rematch between the Browns (5-6) and...
