This is the last week of the scheduled regular season games for college football with conference championships and then the College Football Playoffs to follow. With just six weeks to go in the NFL season, attention will soon be shifting to college prospects and the 2025 NFL Draft. Here is an updating tracker with all […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have a tall task tomorrow against a dynamic Cincinnati Bengals team. Despite being 4-7, their offense is one of the best in the league as they are averaging 27.0 points per game, good for sixth best in the NFL. While Pittsburgh’s offense has improved since last year, averaging 22.9 points per game […]
Another tough divisional matchup looms for the Pittsburgh Steelers this Sunday as they are set to take on the Cincinnati Bengals. Despite their 4-7 record, the Bengals figure to be a tough matchup with both teams boasting similar talent level across the board. Perhaps the most interesting matchup to watch will come at cornerback and […]
While the Cincinnati Bengals enter Sunday’s matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers at 4-7, they boast one of the most explosive offenses in the league with QB Joe Burrow and WR Ja’Marr Chase playing some of the best football of their careers. Coming off a road loss against the Cleveland Browns, former Steelers S Ryan Clark […]
Happy Thanksgiving to all of yinz and I hope your Thursday schedule allows for some football-watching time. There are three games being played on this holiday Thursday. In the first 2024 Thanksgiving game, the 10-1 Detroit Lions will host the 4-7 Chicago Bears. In the later afternoon game, the 4-7 Dallas Cowboys will host the […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have a big problem on offense. Their red-zone woes are a direct threat to their hopes for postseason success in 2024. With QB Russell Wilson under center, the Steelers have scored eight touchdowns on 19 trips inside the red zone. Do the problems fall strictly on Wilson’s shoulders? Is offensive coordinator Arthur […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers shifted their focus in the 2024 NFL Draft, attempting to rebuild their offensive line to carry out Mike Tomlin and Arthur Smith’s wishes of old-school, smashmouth football. They drafted an offensive tackle — Troy Fautanu — in the first round for the second year in a row, as well as second-round center […]
With 35 receptions for 354 yards and three touchdowns, Pat Freiermuth has exceeded his 32 receptions for 308 yards and two touchdowns from 2023 in one less game this season. Freiermuth suffered a hamstring injury and never really became a key piece of Pittsburgh’s offense last season, but this year, he’s happy with his involvement. […]The Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night still stings. It was a very winnable game in snowy conditions which could have moved Pittsburgh to 9-2. Instead they fell to 8-3 with some talking heads wondering how many more games the Steelers will win. However, not everyone is concerned about the Steelers. […]
Hearing ‘Mike Tomlin’, most NFL fans and members of the league will immediately think of the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s for good reason. Tomlin has been the most consistent head coach in the league since joining the Steelers in 2007. However, before his time began with Pittsburgh, Tomlin held down an assistant role with the Tampa […]The Pittsburgh Steelers loss against the Cleveland Browns was disappointing, especially given the remaining schedule. Pittsburgh still has to play the Cincinnati Bengals twice, the Baltimore Ravens and Browns again, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Philadelphia Eagles. It isn’t crazy to wonder how many of this games Pittsburgh might win down the stretch, but […]
For Kermit The Frog, it ain’t easy being green. And for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the fanbase, the idea of “play Justin Fields” is more complicated than that. His talent is worth exploring, but he isn’t the Flextape seal of “he’ll fix everything,” red zone or otherwise. It turns out there’s a reason teams prefer […]
Leading up to Week 12, Mike Tomlin was a favorite to win NFL Coach of the Year. That might not be true after the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Cleveland Browns, 24-19. The Steelers did not play their best game in all aspects. Tomlin was in poor form too, struggling to use timeouts and making […]
It’s true the players make the plays. And the Pittsburgh Steelers’ unit didn’t make enough of them in Thursday night’s loss to the Cleveland Browns. But the coaching decisions of Mike Tomlin was an anchor that only weighed the team down. For beat writer Ray Fittipaldo, it was a true top-down loss with Tomlin being […]
A weekly article we post that gives a brief overview of how national media members view the Pittsburgh Steelers’ odds. Just a skinny summary of notable names who are picking for or against Pittsburgh. We’ll see who gets it right most often. If they offer a score prediction, we’ll include that too. When applicable, I’ll […]
If you have tuned into ESPN over the last couple days, you have probably heard former Detroit Lions QB Dan Orlovsky stating his opinion that the Pittsburgh Steelers are not contenders while the Baltimore Ravens are. The crux of his argument is that the Steelers are not going to be able to beat top AFC […]
T.J. Watt isn’t on the ridiculous sack pace that we are used to seeing from him for a variety of reasons. Near the top of that list is the amount of chips and double teams that he is faces. We have heard it from nearly every opposing coach all season. They are very focused on […]
Season 15, Episode 54 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday afternoon episode, Alex Kozora and I get right into talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers and their Thursday night AFC North road game against the Cleveland Browns. We go over the Steelers’ injury report coming out of Tuesday with this […]
For the third season, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero created an exhaustive list of up-and-coming potential future NFL head coaches. An initial list of 22 names that could be discussed in the 2025 cycle with another CVS-list of names for 2026 and beyond. A real who’s-who of budding stars serving as assistants on current coaching staffs. […]
Divisional games always mean more in the NFL, especially in the AFC North, and even though the Cleveland Browns are 2-8, a win over the 8-2 Pittsburgh Steelers would be a little sweeter than just another win, even one over another good team. “Hopefully, it would help some, but we dug ourselves in the hole […]
Myles Garrett beat out T.J. Watt for the 2023 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award, preventing Watt from joining an exclusive club of multi-time winners. Watt made his dissatisfaction with the outcome clear, skipping the NFL Honors Award ceremony where the winner was announced. Asked for his reaction to how Watt handled things, Garrett […]
For the first time since suffering the devastating knee injury in Week 2 last season on Monday Night Football against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb will match up with the Black and Gold Thursday in primetime once again. For many players, that can be an emotionally charged moment, one in which […]
Wide receiver Mike Williams’ encore performance was less exciting than his debut. But that isn’t discouraging Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers from using and counting on him going forward. After a 25-snap, zero-catch day against the Baltimore Ravens, Tomlin has high hopes for Williams going forward. “I like his work,” Tomlin told reporters via […]
Coming into Sunday’s matchup against the Baltimore Ravens with a clear chip on his shoulder after being allowed to walk in free agency, new Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Patrick Queen put his stamp on the game late in the first half. Queen, who signed a three-year, $41 million deal in free agency, came up large for […]
Bill Cowher threw back to his linebacker days Sunday morning, looking like a member of Bills Mafia with a pregame jump through a table. In a moment you have to see to believe, Cowher joined his CBS Sports colleagues to smash through a table before Sunday’s slate of games kicked off. Bill Cowher jumping through […]
Two plays into his return to the lineup after missing the last few weeks with a hamstring injury, second-year Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Nick Herbig made a splash play in a big way for the Black and Gold. On the second snap from scrimmage Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens, Herbig forced a fumble on Ravens […]To beat the Baltimore Ravens this week, the Pittsburgh Steelers might need to alter their offensive identity slightly. The Ravens’ run defense is fantastic, but their pass defense is their biggest weakness. Therefore, the Steelers might need to throw the ball more to win this game, leaning on Russell Wilson. Analyst Gregg Rosenthal believes the […]
Throughout the first two years of his career, Pittsburgh Steelers WR George Pickens showed flashes of greatness. He made plays that seemed unreal. This year, he’s continued to do that, but with Russell Wilson as his quarterback, he’s hit another level. Since Wilson took over, Pickens has 14 catches for 276 yards and two touchdowns […]
Late in the fourth quarter of their Week 10 matchup against the Washington Commanders, the Pittsburgh Steelers were able to surprisingly get Washington to jump offsides on a 4th and 1 near midfield in which they apparently didn’t even have a play call on. Commanders rookie defensive lineman Jer’Zhan “Johnny” Newton claimed that Steelers rookie […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers might not have seen all that much of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, considering they have played just six career games against him with four starts. But four games and all that tape throughout his first seven years in the NFL is plenty to go off of. It’ll need to be because […]
Mike Tomlin praised Mason McCormick, as well as the rest of the young offensive linemen, earlier in the season for their collective finish. That referred to both their ability to finish plays as well as their ability to finish games in the fourth quarter. At the top of that list is rookie OG Mason McCormick. […]
After three games, Russell Wilson will be the Pittsburgh Steelers’ starting quarterback for the foreseeable future. Where does that leave Justin Fields? He’s probably too talented to confine to the bench. Even if Wilson is a better passer, Fields’ mobility is an incredible weapon. The Steelers have talked about a Fields package on offense since […]
Entering the season, oddsmakers had the Pittsburgh Steelers at a line of 8.5 wins. Those who know the team knew it was easy money to hammer the over. Midway through the year, the 7-2 Steelers are nearly at that mark and atop the AFC North. In an updated record projection based off her statistical model, […]
Mike Williams says there was no hidden message behind his “Red Line” Instagram post that many interpreted as being a veiled shot at his former quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Scoring his first touchdown of the season on his first catch as a Pittsburgh Steeler down the “red line,” the midway point between the sideline and numbers, […]Season 15, Episode 51 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday episode, Alex Kozora and I get right into talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers as they start preparing to play the Baltimore Ravens following the team’s Sunday road win against the Washington Commanders. The Steelers made a few transactions since […]
The Baltimore Ravens acquired former Pittsburgh Steelers WR Diontae Johnson via trade ahead of Week 9, but in two games with Baltimore, Johnson hasn’t played much or made much of an impact. He’s made just one reception for six yards, coming at the end of half of Baltimore’s Week 10 win where Johnson failed to […]
Patrick Queen wants all the smoke. Whether it’s from the Washington Commanders or seeing his former team the Baltimore Ravens for the first time since signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he’s ready for the fight. Mike Tomlin knows it’ll be a 12-round sparring match Sunday afternoon when the Ravens visit Acrisure Stadium. “He’s gonna have […]
Russell Wilson has been one of the more polarizing sports figures over the past few seasons. That is what happens when a team sells the farm to trade for you, gives a record-breaking extension, and then fails miserably for two years before moving on with tens of millions of dollars turning into dead money. But […]
In his storied career as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach, Mike Tomlin has the hardware and the resume to get him into the Pro Football Hall of Fame when it’s all said and done. He has a Super Bowl ring, the wins, has never had a losing record in a season, and has consistently been […]
In the blink of an eye, the Week 10 matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Commanders turned, thanks to a drop from gunner James Pierre on a surprise fake punt from the Steelers’ own 15-yard line. What looked like a built-in check against the Commanders’ punt return team saw special teams captain Miles Killebrew […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers signed S DeShon Elliott as a free agent this offseason, an underrated move that has paid major dividends as the seventh-year veteran has helped stabilize Pittsburgh’s secondary on the back end. He’s a really solid tackler and someone who can play close to the line of scrimmage and let Minkah Fitzpatrick handle […]
Following two difficult seasons with the Denver Broncos in 2022 and 2023 that ultimately led to his unceremonious release, veteran quarterback Russell Wilson found himself in an unfamiliar situation: a free agent with no clear path forward in the NFL. Enter the Pittsburgh Steelers and head coach Mike Tomlin. Tomlin and the Steelers pursued Wilson […]
After K Austin Seibert ended the week with a questionable designation on the injury report, the Washington Commanders have added another special teams player to the report on Saturday. This time, LS Tyler Ott (illness) was downgraded to questionable, per the Commanders on X. LS Tyler Ott (illness) has been added to the injury report […]
Although it’s only a two-game sample size, the Pittsburgh Steelers offense has been on fire since QB Russell Wilson took over in Week Seven. Since then, the Steelers have averaged 31.5 points per game. And it would probably be even higher if two touchdowns weren’t wiped off the board against the New York Giants. One […]
Mason Rudolph kept the seat warm for Tennessee Titans QB Will Levis. True to his word, head coach Brian Callahan is inserting Levis backup into the starting lineup after recovering from a shoulder injury. Rudolph will resume his previous role as the No. 2 quarterback Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers. #Titans QB Will Levis […]
Days after making a major trade, the Washington Commanders won’t have new CB Marshon Lattimore this weekend against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Washington head coach Dan Quinn ruled Lattimore out due to the hamstring injury that’s bothered him the last several weeks. Commanders head coach Dan Quinn announces CB Marshon Lattimore won't play Sunday. Not quite […]
Being traded in the NFL can be a very good, or very bad thing for players depending on the circumstances. The last thing that most players want it to be traded from a contender to a bottom-feeder team that is struggling to gets any wins. For Preston Smith, there was a sense of relief as […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers needed to nail their draft selection at the center position this year after three seasons of poor play at the position. They seem to have done just that with their second-round pick out of West Virginia, Zach Frazier. He hasn’t been available for the last two games because of a high-ankle injury, […]
Pittsburgh Steelers QB Russell Wilson has taken Pittsburgh’s offense to another level since taking over as the team’s starter ahead of Week 7, and the nine-time Pro Bowler is someone Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn knows well. Quinn was the defensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks from 2013-2014, when Wilson was Seattle’s starting quarterback. […]
Whether it was as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterbacks coach or offensive coordinator, it was no secret Randy Fichtner and QB Ben Roethlisberger had a close relationship. It was a driving reason why Fichtner was promoted to coordinator in 2018 and seemingly the catalyst for OC Todd Haley not being brought back despite leading successful offenses […]Ryan Clark had the uniform. He had the starting spot. He had the contract. But it wasn’t until he laid out for one specific hit that he trul...
