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USA TODAY Sports On the 45th anniversary of the debut of the Terrible Towel (which, as noted by Jim Nantz of CBS, happened during a home game against the Colts), the Steelers once again had no Terrible Towels waving. The absence of natural energy provided by Steelers fans continues to create an...

Getty Images The Steelers have heated up in the second half, scoring 14 unanswered points to close within a field goal of the Colts. Indianapolis, which led by 17 with 9:43 remaining in the third quarter, now leads 24-21. Ben Roethlisberger threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Diontae Johnson...

Getty Images The Colts led the Steelers 24-7 and appeared on their way to an easy victory, but the Steelers rallied for one of the most improbable comebacks of the season. The Steelers scored 21 unanswered points to win 28-24 and clinch the AFC North. The Steelers moved to 12-3 in ending...

Getty Images JuJu Smith-Schuster and the Steelers danced. They did the dancing in their locker room after clinching the AFC North title with an improbable comeback victory over the Colts, posting the video of their postgame moves on TikTok. They also wore their AFC North hats and T-shirts...

Getty Images The Steelers’ frustration is boiling over. Cornerback Joe Haden slammed his helmet after a Colts touchdown. Pittsburgh is headed toward a fourth consecutive loss, trailing the Colts 21-7 at halftime. The Colts dominated the first half, outgaining the Steelers 217 yards to 95...

Getty Images The NFL announced schedule changes for Week 17, and not surprisingly, the Washington Football Team’s game against the Eagles will be the last of the 256 games played this season. The league moved the Washington-Philadelphia game to Sunday Night Football on NBC next week with...

Getty Images T.J. Watt may have saved the Steelers’ season. At least for the moment. The Steelers were reeling when Watt’s strip-sack of Philip Rivers was picked up by Mike Hilton, who was blitzing, and returned 13 yards to the Indianapolis 3-yard line. It was Rivers’ first lost fumble this...

Getty Images The Steelers have lost three in a row. They are headed to four in a row at this rate. Pittsburgh took the opening kickoff and gained no yards on three Ben Roethlisberger incompletions, forcing a quick punt. The Colts scored a touchdown, giving them six consecutive games with at...

Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. The Ravens need to keep winning in order to have a chance at making it into the playoffs and they’ll have the help of several players who were listed as...

Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says he’s not 100 percent, but that at this point of the season no one is. So just how not-100 percent is he? It’s not clear, given the clear disconnect between the reporting on the subject and the team’s official injury report...

Getty Images For those of you who watch PFT Live, you’ve heard this before. (Keep reading, anyway.) If the Steelers want to dig themselves out of the rock bottom they’ve recently struck with their third straight loss after starting 11-0, they need to rely more heavily on one of the most...

Getty Images Pittsburgh made a series of roster moves on Saturday in advance of its Week 16 matchup with Indianapolis. The Steelers signed linebacker Tegray Scales to the 53-man roster off their own practice squad. Scales appeared in Pittsburgh’s Week 14 and 15 losses on special teams...

Getty Images The Colts will be without both of their starting offensive tackles on Sunday, as the club downgraded left tackle Anthony Castonzo to out. Castonzo (knee/ankle) was previously questionable. He was limited on Thursday but did not practice on Wednesday or Friday. Right tackle Braden...

Getty Images The Colts may be doubly shorthanded at tackle on Sunday. Right tackle Braden Smith will not play after being placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list and left tackle Anthony Castonzo is on the team’s final injury report of the week. Castonzo has been listed as questionable to face the...

Getty Images Week 16 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Friday with the Saints hosting the Vikings for a Christmas matinee and it continues with three games on Saturday and 11 more games on Sunday. The teams playing in those games have released their final injury reports. The teams playing...

Getty Images The Steelers have fallen. Running back James Conner will be available to help them get up. The fourth-year tailback has been removed from the final Week 16 injury report, despite a quad injury. Conner has played only once since Week 11, due both to placement on the COVID-19...

Getty Images The Colts will not have right tackle Braden Smith for Sunday’s game against the Steelers. Field Yates of ESPN reports that Smith has been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Friday. It’s not known if a positive test or close contact was the reason for the move, but Smith will...

Getty Images Steelers tight end Eric Ebron is moving in the right direction when it comes to playing in Sunday’s game against the Colts. Ebron left Monday night’s game with a back injury and word on Tuesday was that he’d be OK for this week, but he did not participate in the team’s first...

USA TODAY Sports Earlier this year, we commemorated the 70th birthday of the man who scored the touchdown on the other end of the Immaculate Reception. Today, we commemorate the 48th anniversary of one of the greatest moments in football history. The Immaculate Reception. Also, the moment at...

Getty Images The Steelers’ three-game losing streak has led to questions about the team’s ability to make noise in the playoffs and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger‘s play during the streak has led to questions about whether his reached the end of the line. Roethlisberger is 74-of-128 for 662...