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Joe Haden, Maurkice Pouncey active and in uniform for Steelers game against Seahawks
Cornerback Joe Haden and center Maurkice Pouncey are in uniform and activated to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their home opener Sunday afternoon against the Seattle Seahawks. Haden (shoulder) and Pouncey (ankle) did not practice until Friday this past week after each had suffered an injury late in last...
Fans ready for Steelers’ home opener at Heinz Field
The Pittsburgh Steelers home opener against the Seattle Seahawks kicks off at 1 p.m. on Sunday, and fans arrived early at the stadium. TribLive reporter Emily Balser roamed tailgates in the parking lots and areas around Heinz Field on the North Shore as fans looked forward to seeing how the...
30 years after early-season misery, ex-Steelers stress ‘don’t panic’
A 30-point loss on the road to the most bitter of rivals was a deflating way for the Pittsburgh Steelers to open their season. Thirty years ago this week, though, topped that on the misery index. Easily. “Fifty-one to nothing? Can you even believe it?” Craig Wolfley said this week,...
Four Downs: Steelers prepare for improvisational Seahawks QB Russell Wilson
1. Patient Wilson A week after facing the quick-decision, get-the-ball-out-quickly Tom Brady, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense faces an entirely different style in the Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Wilson. Wilson had the third-longest average time to throw (3.02 seconds) among qualifying quarterbacks last season, according to the NFL’s Next Gen Stats platform....
Will Sean Davis’ return help Steelers’ issues with miscommunication, allowing big plays?
The season opener was, in the head coach’s words, a “catastrophic” loss in which the Pittsburgh Steelers were “failing miserably.” While no particular unit of the team should be spared of blame, the secondary perhaps took the hardest hit. The New England Patriots connected on seven passing plays of at...
If needed, Artie Burns ‘definitely ready’ for return to Steelers’ first-team defense
If Joe Haden’s shoulder does not agree with him in time for Sunday’s home opener against the Seattle Seahawks, a familiar but forgotten face would be back in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first-team secondary. Artie Burns would be the proverbial next man up at outside cornerback if Haden cannot play. “I’m...
Both ‘questionable,’ but Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey more confident he’ll play than Joe Haden
Of the seven Pittsburgh Steelers starters who missed practice time because of injury or illness, five were cleared to play via the release of the final injury report of the week. Among the two that weren’t, the designation of “questionable” can have different interpretations. Center Maurkice Pouncey and cornerback Joe...
Terry Bradshaw reflects on late Steeler Sam Davis: ‘He always did his job’
Like the rest of his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates, Terry Bradshaw was saddened by the death of Sam Davis, the dependable left guard who was a part of four Super Bowl championship teams in the 1970s. Bradshaw retired in 1983 and said he hadn’t seen Davis since his football career ended....
Steelers great Terry Bradshaw rips Antonio Brown: ‘I wouldn’t throw to him’
Terry Bradshaw regularly threw passes to a pair of fellow Hall of Famer in wide receivers Lynn Swann and John Stallworth while the Pittsburgh Steelers were winning four Super Bowls in the 1970s. Antonio Brown broke most of their records in his nine seasons with the team, but Bradshaw is...
Steelers coordinators vent about Patriots loss, improvements needed for Seahawks
It’s our final “Breakfast With Benz” podcast before the Steelers play the Seattle Seahawks in the Heinz Field season opener. So I thought it’d be a good idea to hear from both coordinators in advance of the game. Defensive coordinator Keith Butler speaks first. He remains on edge after the...
Football Footnotes: Will Antonio Brown, Le’Veon Bell play this week?; Seahawks injury news
This week’s “Friday Football Footnotes” gives us an injury update on the Steelers and Seahawks. We also have updates on both Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown. Plus “the other Devin” is banged up. Will A.B. play? It’s the question everyone wants to be answered. Well, except maybe the Miami Dolphins....
Tim Benz: A potential matchup nightmare for Steelers vs. Seahawks
Silly me. I thought Rob Gronkowski had retired. Clearly, he didn’t. He just changed his position to wide receiver, his number to 10, and his name to Josh Gordon. Because, obviously, that’s who I was watching in Foxborough Sunday night against the Steelers, right? Doing to the Steelers what he...
JuJu Smith-Schuster, Sean Davis among 6 ailing Steelers completing full practice
The Pittsburgh Steelers began getting many of their injured players back for a full practice Thursday. Six players who were limited in practice on Wednesday were full participants for the second workout of the week: wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster (toe), safety Sean Davis (ankle), running back James Conner (illness), safety...
Steelers defense looks to solve communication breakdownsVideo
For all that went wrong defensively for the Pittsburgh Steelers during their season-opening 33-3 loss in New England, perhaps their defensive coordinator encapsulated it best in a way only he can. “We busted some daggum assignments,” Keith Butler said Thursday. The Steelers sure did, opening an old wound that has...
Maurkice Pouncey again sits out Steelers practice because of ankle injury
With one practice to go before the Pittsburgh Steelers’ home opener, Maurkice Pouncey has yet to step on the field at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex this week. The former All Pro center sat out Thursday’s practice, just as he did the day before after he had left Sunday night’s...
Steelers approved for multimillion-dollar retail store addition to Heinz Field
The Sports and Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County on Thursday unanimously approved a request by the Steelers to build a two-story addition to the FedEx Great Hall at Heinz Field that will include a merchandise shop along Art Rooney Avenue. Team spokeswoman Heidi Edwards told SEA board members...
Being Steelers’ new defensive ‘green-dot helmet’ designee no big deal to T.J. Watt
By the time he’d reached the seventh of nine questions about it from media Wednesday, T.J. Watt couldn’t help but laugh. “Way too much on the green dot,” the Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker said of being the new designated defensive player equipped with the special helmet that carries the coach-to-player...
Fantasy sports podcast: Concerns about Steelers players, loading up versus Dolphins
It’s our weekly fantasy sports podcast with Jeff Erickson of Rotowire. Some people are worried about Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster in fantasy play after Week 1. Jeff tells us why you shouldn’t buy into that concern. How many Patriots should you play against Miami? And how heavy should you invest...
Troy Polamalu heads list of 122 nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame
Safety Troy Polamalu, who graced the Pittsburgh Steelers secondary for 12 seasons with his fierce play on the field and soft-spoken nature off it, is among the eight first-time nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame unveiled its list of 122 modern-day nominees Thursday, and...
Kevin Gorman: Steelers center B.J. Finney ready to put snap-count snafu behind himVideo
B.J. Finney can laugh now at the false start that was because of the snap that wasn’t, and how a penalty became a punch line. All of the linemen, the referee announced after rolling his arms to indicate the infraction, except the center. “As soon as everybody moved, I knew,”...
First Call: Are Bill Belichick, Tom Brady already tired of Antonio Brown attention?; New home run record
In “First Call” this Thursday, we see how New England is reacting to the news about the lawsuit against Antonio Brown. The helmet saga surrounding Brown may be resurfacing, too. An MLB home run record. And a significant horse-racing scandal. Fed up already? When we found out Antonio Brown was...
U mad, bro? Readers rip Steelers, Antonio Brown; vent about Pirates’ fight
A ton to choose from for “U mad, bro?” this week! I had so much material from you folks about the Pittsburgh Steelers loss to the New England Patriots, I could’ve gone entirely down that path. But with Antonio Brown’s defection to New England, the Pirates bullpen fight, and the...
Tim Benz: Steelers go back to school on defending ’rub routes’
“Jet streaming” and “tailpipe.” Get used to those terms. You’ll be hearing them a lot this week from the Pittsburgh Steelers defenders. And probably a lot during the rest of the season. Maybe the better they perform those techniques, the less you’ll hear these terms: “pick plays,” “rub routes” and...
Former Steelers teammates remember ‘beloved and respected’ guard Sam Davis
On a team full of stars, MVPs and Hall of Famers, he was simply a four-time champion. He never was an All-Pro selection or invited to the Pro Bowl, yet he was named a team captain and owned as many Super Bowl rings as his more decorated teammates. Sam Davis,...
Sean Davis returns to Steelers practice, Terrell Edmunds added to injury report
Safety Sean Davis returned to Pittsburgh Steelers practice Wednesday, three days after he sat out the regular-season opener because of an ankle injury. “We took a forward step today, definitely progressed,” Davis told media after the session at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. “I was out there, got to be joined...
