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  1. Steely McBeam

    Ben Roethlisberger on dropped passes: I have to throw more catchable balls

    Getty Images Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said on Tuesday that the team’s receivers need to stop dropping balls or they will find themselves “replaced by those that will catch it.” The Steelers lead the league in drops and had seven of them in Monday’s loss, but quarterback Ben...
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    Mike Tomlin: James Conner, Maurkice Pouncey have a chance to come off COVID-19 list

    USA Today Sports Undefeated no more, the Steelers may have their leading rusher and starting center back for Sunday Night Football against the Bills. Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that James Conner and Maurkice Pouncey have a chance to come off the reserve/COVID-19 list this...
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    Mike Tomlin to Chase Young: I never want to lose enough games to draft a guy like you

    Getty Images Steelers coach Mike Tomlin offered some praise for Football Team rookie defensive end Chase Young during Monday’s game, by saying Tomlin wouldn’t want to be able to draft a player as good as Young. In footage shot by NFL Films, Tomlin approached Young on the field and told him...
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    Ron Rivera: Euphoria was emotion in postgame locker room

    Getty Images The Washington Football Team was not favored to beat the Steelers coming into Monday’s game and anyone who thought they had a chance to pull off a win couldn’t have liked the way things were looking after the first half. Pittsburgh was up 14-3 at home and Washington had struggled...
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    Alex Smith: We know we can go on the road and play with anybody

    Getty Images Washington quarterback Alex Smith believes his team made a very loud statement on Monday in Pittsburgh. Smith said on ESPN that by beating the previously undefeated Steelers, the Football Team showed it can compete with anyone in the NFL. “We’re so young that you have to have...
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    Alex Smith on leg gash: “I could see the blood pumping out”

    USA TODAY Sports If you were planning to eat dinner at halftime of Monday’s Washington-Pittsburgh game, you may have experienced an unexpected change of plans. Late in the second quarter, images appeared of Washington quarterback Alex Smith‘s lower left leg, which had blood streaming from a...
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    Report: Robert Spillane is expected to miss time with knee injury

    Getty Images The Steelers have another linebacker injury to monitor this week. Robert Spillane left Monday’s loss to the Washington Football Team in the third quarter with a knee injury and it will reportedly be some time before he’s able to return to action. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports...
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    Mike Tomlin on dropped passes: Catch the ball or get replaced by those who will

    Getty Images Among the issues that contributed to the Steelers’ first loss of the season was dropped passes. The Steelers were credited with seven dropped passes in the game, which is the most drops in a game by any team this season. The Steelers have also dropped more passes over the course...
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    Officials erred by giving Washington extra time for field goal before halftime

    Getty Images Washington was given a big break in its comeback win over Pittsburgh by the officials wrongly stopping the clock to before Washington kicked a field goal at the end of the first half. With just seconds remaining in the second quarter and Washington out of timeouts, quarterback...
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    Washington hands Pittsburgh its first loss

    Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers are no longer undefeated. And the Washington Football Team is in playoff contention. In a game that the Steelers dominated for the first half but the Football Team took over in the second, Washington kicker Dustin Hopkins made two late field goals and the...
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    Mike Tomlin: “We get the opportunity to smile in the face” of a loss

    Getty Images Steelers coach Mike Tomlin actually seems relieved that his team finally has lost a game. Five days after one of the best rants of the year, which followed a sluggish win over the Ravens, Tomlin came off as upbeat and positive after the Steelers picked up their first loss since...
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    Ben Roethlisberger, Terry McLaurin active for Monday’s game

    Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger didn’t practice after last Wednesday’s win over Baltimore, but that won’t keep him from playing on Monday. Roethlisberger was listed with a knee injury on the team’s injury report and he was given a questionable tag for the matchup with the...
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    Washington loses Antonio Gibson to toe injury

    Getty Images Washington’s leading rusher went down with a first-quarter injury today in Pittsburgh. Antonio Gibson suffered a toe injury on his second carry and limped off the field. The team later termed him doubtful to return. That’s a real loss for Washington, as Gibson is having a very...
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    Washington-Steelers isn’t a national broadcast

    Getty Images Although we’re neither FOX nor the NFL, we’ve been flooded with questions and complaints regarding the absence of the Washington-Pittsburgh game from numerous FOX affiliates. It’s missing from many FOX affiliates because it’s not a nationally-televised game. It was moved from the...
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    Steelers dominate early, take 14-0 lead

    Getty Images The Steelers are dominating today’s game against the Football Team, and Pittsburgh’s 14-0 lead could easily be bigger. The Steelers scored on a 14-play, 72-yard drive to take a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter, then took over in good field position after a fourth-down stop on...
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    Washington fights back, makes a game of it in Pittsburgh

    Getty Images The Washington Football Team is not going down without a fight. After falling behind 14-0 in Pittsburgh today, Washington has come back and cut the deficit to 14-10 in the third quarter. With Antonio Gibson out with a toe injury, Washington’s Peyton Barber plunged into the end...
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    Report: James Conner unlikely to play Monday

    Getty Images Steelers running back James Conner missed last Wednesday’s win over the Ravens and he’s reportedly set to be out of action against Washington on Monday night as well. Conner is currently on the reserve/COVID-19 list after a positive test and Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that he...
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    Steelers downgrade Chris Boswell to doubtful

    Getty Images It looks like the Steelers are going to be without kicker Chris Boswell on Monday against the Washington Football Team. Boswell was listed as questionable on Saturday due to a hip injury that caused him to miss practice. Saturday was Boswell’s only day on the injury report this...
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    T.J. Watt has “all of the confidence in the world” in Bud Dupree replacements

    Getty Images Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt was named the AFC’s defensive player of the month for November and he’ll be even more important to the team in December. Watt’s partner off the edge Bud Dupree will not play again this season after tearing his ACL in last Wednesday’s win over the...
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    Steelers list Ben Roethlisberger as questionable for Monday

    Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was out of practice for the third straight day on Saturday and his status for Monday’s game against the Washington Football Team is uncertain. The Steelers listed Roethlisberger as questionable to play. Roethlisberger was listed as out of...
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