Search results

Getty Images The Steelers are leading the Giants 19-10 in the fourth quarter on Monday night, but it looks like they’ll have to close things out without running back James Conner. Conner has not played in the second half of the game and the Steelers announced that his return is considered...

Getty Images The Steelers are closing in on a victory over the Giants, but the first game of the season took a toll on the team’s health. Right tackle Zack Banner had to be helped off the field without putting weight on his right leg after going down on a play that saw Ben Roethlisberger hit...

USA TODAY Sports It took a little bit of time for him to get going, but Ben Roethlisberger will likely be pleased with the final results of his first game since Week Two of last season. Roethlisberger went 21-of-32 for 229 yards and three touchdowns and the Steelers cruised to a 26-16 win in...

Getty Images Steelers Nation began the night anxious to see how their quarterback’s surgically repaired elbow would hold up in a game. They held their breath during the game after Ben Roethlisberger got up limping at the end of an 11-yard run. All’s well that ends well. The Steelers won...

Getty Images The NFL is allowing players to put the names of victims of police shootings and racism on their helmets this season, and every Steelers player has chosen the same name to wear on their helmets all season long: Antwon Rose Jr. Rose was a 17-year-old black boy who was fatally shot...

Getty Images The Giants may be down a receiver for Monday night’s opener against the Steelers. Wideout Golden Tate has been listed as questionable for the game. Tate was a limited participant in practice for the third straight day on Saturday because of a hamstring injury. Tate had 49 catches...

Getty Images Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be back in the pocket for the Steelers on Monday night, but he won’t have right guard David DeCastro blocking for him. DeCastro missed practice all week with a knee injury and was ruled out by the team on Saturday. Veteran Stefan Wisniewski will...

Getty Images Week One has arrived. No matter the week, players and coaches will be under pressure. So who’s under pressure this week? Simms and I pondered that question during Friday’s PFT Live. Check out the draft in the attached video (this week, all six of the selections are quarterbacks)...

Getty Images A couple of players on the Steelers Offense were listed as missing practice on the team’s first injury report of the 2020 season. Right guard David DeCastro‘s absence from practice was expected. The veteran has been out of practice for some time and Thursday’s injury report...

Getty Images Jets rookie receiver Denzel Mims practiced fully Wednesday with a hamstring injury. He was limited Thursday with what the Jets term “hamstrings.” It sounds as if Mims did something to his other hamstring during practice. Mims originally injured a hamstring in a workout before the...

Getty Images The Steelers used a fourth-round pick on Anthony McFarland Jr., a big-play running back. They also have some nice complementary pieces in the backfield. But Mike Tomlin is an old school ball coach, which means he has a very specific thought process and bovine vocabulary for the...

Getty Images Browns defensive end Myles Garrett doesn’t want to let last year’s incident with Mason Rudolph define who he is. Toward that end, he said he’d like to sit and talk with the Steelers quarterback, as awkward as that conversation might be. Garrett missed the last six games of last...

Getty Images Ryan Shazier, the Steelers linebacker who suffered a serious spinal cord injury during a game in December of 2017, has officially announced his retirement. Despite the serious injury, Shazier’s retirement announcement was a statement of love for the sport of football. “When I was...

Getty Images Your rowdy friends cannot be trusted to wear a mask or maintain a responsible social distance, so no, they cannot come over tonight. According to John Ourand of Sports Business Daily, ESPN will not use Hank Williams Jr.’s familiar anthem for this year’s Monday Night Football...

Getty Images It’s been a long time since anyone has played an NFL game, but Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger‘s wait has been longer than most. Roethlisberger missed the final 14 games of the 2019 season due to the right elbow injury that he had surgically repaired after being shut down...

Getty Images College football players who opt out of the 2020 season — or have no choice but to sit out because their schools canceled their seasons — may suffer in the 2021 NFL draft. Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert told Kevin Clark of TheRinger.com that he understands why some players...

Getty Images With talks about a new contract at a standstill heading into the final weekend before the start of the 2020 season, Steelers defensive end Cam Heyward had just about given up hope of striking a deal. The Steelers had sounded some pessimistic notes about the possibility of getting...

Getty Images During an interview this offseason, J.J. Watt had his three defensive player of the year awards behind him. The Texans defensive end said they were for his younger brother, T.J. Watt, to see. Since T.J. Watt entered the league in 2017, he has 34.5 sacks, including a career-best...

Getty Images The Steelers have signed veteran punter Dustin Colquitt, agent Paul Sheehy announced on social media. The Steelers kept Jordan Berry, their punter the past five seasons, over Corliss Waitman this weekend. But Pittsburgh brought in Colquitt for a workout, a signal that Berry wasn’t...

Getty Images The Steelers waived Devlin Hodges on Sunday. They signed the quarterback to the practice squad Monday after he cleared waivers. The team announced the move. The Steelers originally kept Hodges on their 53-player roster as their third quarterback behind Ben Roethlisberger and...