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USA TODAY Sports It you didn’t already know about Steelers receiver Chase Claypool, you do now. The rookie second-rounder — the eleventh receiver taken in the 2020 draft — had a career day in only his fourth career game, with four touchdowns. Like the rest of us, he didn’t see it coming. “I...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield went for X-rays on his ribs after Sunday’s win over the Colts, but they didn’t show anything that will keep him out of the lineup. The Browns announced that the X-rays were negative. The quarterback was shaken up on a hit by Colts defensive end...

Getty Images The Steelers powered to 4-0 for the first time since 1979 in large part because rookie receiver Chase Claypool scored four touchdowns in only his fourth NFL game. According to the NFL, Claypool is only the third rookie receiver to score four touchdowns in a game in league history...

USA TODAY Sports The Steelers had an unexpected bye in Week Four when their game against the Titans was rescheduled for later in the year, but they didn’t look too rusty offensively in the first half of their return to action. Pittsburgh put together scoring drives on three of their four first...

Getty Images Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz did not throw eight interceptions in any of the last three seasons, but he’s already reached that number in the second half of Week Five of this season. Steelers cornerback Steven Nelson became the latest opposing player to pick Wentz off when he...

Getty Images Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson has been playing through an ankle injury and it appears he reached a point where he could not continue in Sunday’s game against the Steelers. Johnson was carted into the locker room during the third quarter of Sunday’s game. Jack Driscoll has...

Getty Images It was longer than expected between games for the Steelers, but they picked up where they left off in Week Three. The Steelers beat the Texans that week and then had their Week Four game against the Titans rescheduled after a COVID-19 outbreak in Tennessee. They shook off the rust...

Getty Images The Eagles gave up four touchdowns to Steelers rookie wide receiver Chase Claypool on Sunday and the last one came with the Steelers up two in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. Claypool broke free on a double move while being covered by Eagles linebacker Nate Gerry in a...

Getty Images The Steelers have a message for Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz on Sunday: Run at your own risk. Wentz has been running the ball more often of late, with seven attempts in Week Four against the 49ers and nine in Week Three against Cincinnati. As the Steelers prepare to face Wentz...

Getty Images The Eagles announced a series of moves on Saturday that will result in five new faces on the roster for Sunday’s game against the Steelers. They have activated cornerback Craig James and wide receiver Quez Watkins from injured reserve and signed defensive back Grayland Arnold to...

Getty Images The Eagles won’t have DeSean Jackson on the field on Sunday in Pittsburgh. Jackson has officially been ruled out for the game against the Steelers. Although the Eagles seemed optimistic that he could return from his hamstring injury, the injury report lists him as out. Alshon...

Getty Images Week Five of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Bears and it continues with 11 more games on Sunday, which means that the 22 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images The Steelers added outside linebacker T.J. Watt to the injury report with a knee injury yesterday, but he’s apparently much better today. Via Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com, Watt said he was ready to go for Sunday’s game against the Eagles. He practiced today, and said he was “flying...

Getty Images Wide receiver Alshon Jeffery has made progress in his bid to come back from last year’s foot injury, but an illness has created a new complication this week. Eagles head coach Doug Pederson said that Jeffery hasn’t been around the team the last couple of days because he’s sick. As...

Getty Images Tight end Vance McDonald was one of the Steelers players who had their plans for Week Four upended when the NFL rescheduled their game against the Titans as a result of an outbreak of positive COVID-19 tests in Tennessee. That outbreak has sparked an investigation by the league...

Getty Images Receivers Diontae Johnson (toe) and JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee) returned to full practices Thursday after missing Wednesday. That was the good news for the Steelers. The bad news was they added linebacker T.J. Watt to the report. Watt missed practice with a knee injury. He has...

Getty Images The Eagles opened up a pair of spots on their 53-man roster Thursday by placing a pair of players on injured reserve. Linebacker T.J. Edwards and safety Rudy Ford will be unavailable for at least the next three games as a result of the move. Edwards missed practice on Wednesday...

Getty Images As the Titans continue to wrestle with an outbreak that may impact a second Tennessee regular-season game, when and if the Week Five contest against the Bills is played could be the least of the concerns in Nashville. The other 31 NFL franchises are watching and waiting (and...

Getty Images The Eagles were short on healthy wide receivers last week, but things are looking a little better as they head toward Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh. DeSean Jackson was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday. He missed practice all of last week due to a hamstring injury and...

Getty Images The Steelers were well into their preparations for their Week Four game against the Titans when the game was rescheduled to Week Seven due to a rising number of positive COVID-19 tests in the Tennessee organization. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said last week that “we do not...