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  1. Steely McBeam

    Steelers waive Kameron Kelly after Friday morning arrest

    Getty Images Kameron Kelly was a member of the Steelers when he was arrested on Friday morning, but he became a former member of the team on Friday afternoon. The Steelers announced that they waived the safety several hours after he was arrested outside a bar in Pittsburgh. Kelly is facing two...
  2. Steely McBeam

    No injury designations for Steelers this weekend

    Getty Images Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said on Friday that he isn’t certain that he’ll be in the lineup for the Steelers against the Jets on Sunday, but the Steelers seem pretty sure of it. Smith-Schuster did not receive an injury designation on the team’s final injury report of the...
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    Hines Ward wants Gatorade shower if Jets beat Steelers

    Getty Images Hines Ward spent 14 seasons with the Steelers. He caught 1,000 passes for 12,083 yards and 85 touchdowns, with many of his receptions coming on passes from Ben Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger is on injured reserve, and Ward now is an offensive assistant for the Jets. Ward will...
  4. Steely McBeam

    Week 16 injury report roundup

    Getty Images Week 16 of the 2019 NFL season kicks off on Saturday with three games and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday. The 30 teams taking part in those games have handed in their final injury reports of the week and all injury designations for those games are below. The Packers and...
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    Steelers’ Kameron Kelly arrested

    Getty Images Steelers safety Kameron Kelly was arrested early this morning in Pittsburgh. According to court documents posted online by multiple members of the Pittsburgh media, Kelly is facing two misdemeanor charges of terroristic threats and one misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest...
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    JuJu Smith-Schuster up to full practice Thursday

    Getty Images Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster went from full practice participation last Wednesday to limited participation on Thursday and not playing against the Bills in last Sunday night’s loss. Things are moving in a better direction for the wideout this week. Smith-Schuster was...
  7. Steely McBeam

    Le’Veon Bell expects a lot of Steelers fans at MetLife Sunday

    Getty Images The Jets are playing a home game on Sunday, but it might not feel like it. When you combine a 5-9 home team with a visiting Steelers team that’s playing for a postseason berth and generally brings a lot of fans with them to road games, it’s a recipe for a crowd that will be tilted...
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    Devlin Hodges doesn’t feel he’s on a short leash this week

    Getty Images After watching Devlin Hodges throw four interceptions in last Sunday’s loss to the Bills, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin took a couple of days before announcing that Hodges would start against the Jets this week. Tomlin made the same call after Mason Rudolph threw four picks in a...
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    Oliver Luck defends XFL policy of blocking NFL interest

    Getty Images One of the problems (and far from the only one) for alternative football leagues is the tremendous drop-off in talent from what customers are used to seeing in the NFL. That’s particularly evident at the quarterback position, and part of the reason the league has taken steps to...
  10. Steely McBeam

    Finalists for Centennial Hall of Fame Class includes Paul Tagliabue but not Robert Kraft

    Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the finalists for the Centennial Class of 2020 on Thursday afternoon. The list includes some familiar names like Roger Craig, Drew Pearson, Donnie Shell, Jimbo Covert and Cliff Branch. The list of 10 contributor finalists, though, does not...
  11. Steely McBeam

    Adam Gase says Steelers have Minkah Fitzpatrick playing in the right spot

    Getty Images Jets coach Adam Gase and Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick were together in Miami last season, but things didn’t necessarily go as planned. Gase got fired as head coach of the Dolphins at the end of the year. Fitzpatrick, the Dolphins’ first-round draft pick last year, got traded...
  12. Steely McBeam

    JuJu Smith-Schuster returns to practice on a limited basis

    Getty Images Last week, Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster was on track to return to game action, until he aggravated a knee injury in practice. He’s now back at practice, again. Smith-Schuster participated on a limited basis on Wednesday, four days before a key game at New York against the...
  13. Steely McBeam

    Jamal Adams expects to return this week, break DB sacks record this season

    Getty Images Jets safety Jamal Adams has missed the past two games with a sprained ankle. He had a limited practice Wednesday. Adams terms his chance of returning for Sunday’s game against the Steelers as “very high.” He said he was in “a real low place” while sitting out a victory over Miami...
  14. Steely McBeam

    Mike Tomlin on Le’Veon Bell relationship: “I have none”

    Getty Images That old softy Mike Tomlin, you just knew he couldn’t help getting nostalgic about the old days with Le'Veon Bell. Or something. Via Joe Rutter of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Steelers coach was asked about his relationship with his former running back, whom he’ll see...
  15. Steely McBeam

    Duck Hodges is the right choice in Pittsburgh, for 2019 reasons and beyond

    Getty Images The Steelers have decided to stick with Duck Hodges at quarterback. And it’s the right call, for the balance of the current season and beyond. With Ben Roethlisberger getting closer and closer to the end of the road and given the possibility that his anti-TB12 approach to health...
  16. Steely McBeam

    Steelers will stick with Devlin Hodges

    Getty Images Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin declined to name a starting quarterback for Week 16 after his team’s loss to the Bills last Sunday night, but he made his choice public on Tuesday. Tomlin said that Devlin Hodges will make the start against the Jets on Sunday. It will be the fourth...
  17. Steely McBeam

    JuJu Smith-Schuster still dealing with knee injury, status remains to be seen

    Getty Images Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster hasn’t played since Week 11 when he got only 22 snaps and two catches for 21 yards against the Browns. He still is dealing with the knee injury that has kept him out, and his status for this week remains uncertain. “He was able to participate...
  18. Steely McBeam

    Ravens send 12 players to the Pro Bowl

    Getty Images The Ravens tied the Pro Bowl record with 12 players selected to the original list. Tight end Mark Andrews, long snapper Morgan Cox, cornerback Marlon Humphrey, running back Mark Ingram, quarterback Lamar Jackson, outside linebacker Matt Judon, cornerback Marcus Peters, fullback...
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    JuJu Smith-Schuster: My mind’s telling me to play, but have to be cautious

    Getty Images Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster raised some hope that he’d be able to return to the lineup in Week 15 when he took part in practice as a full participant last Wednesday. He left Thursday’s practice early, however, and he was ruled out for the fourth straight game with a...
  20. Steely McBeam

    John Harbaugh says Ravens haven’t made any Week 17 plans

    Getty Images Before the Ravens beat the Jets last Thursday, there was a report indicating that the Ravens would likely rest quarterback Lamar Jackson in Week 17 if they had locked up the top playoff seed in the AFC. Last Thursday’s win means that they can accomplish that task by beating the...
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