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Getty Images Rams linebacker Clay Matthews returned to practice Wednesday, though he was limited. Matthews has not played since Week Five when he fractured his jaw in a loss to the Seahawks. Week 10 was his target return date after having his jaw wired shut. Running back Malcolm Brown also...

Getty Images Halfway through the 2019 season, Rams running back Todd Gurley is on pace for a career-low-by-far 184 rushing attempts. The conversation regarding the 2017 offensive player of the year continues to dance around the obvious connection between his 2019 workload and his 2018 knee...

Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers placed linebacker Ulysees Gilbert on injured reserve on Tuesday due ongoing back issues. Linebacker Robert Spillane was promoted from the practice squad in Gilbert’s place. Gilbert appeared in eight games for Pittsburgh this season. The back injury forced...

Getty Images One of the questions the Steelers faced this offseason was how wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster would fare as the No. 1 receiver in the wake of Antonio Brown’s departure. If one were to go strictly by the numbers, it hasn’t gone well. Smith-Schuster had 111 catches for 1,426...

Getty Images Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree is in a contract year and he’d put himself in position for a nice new deal if he can replicate his Week Nine performance a few more times over the final weeks of the season. Dupree had two sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in Pittsburgh’s...

Getty Images After having his jaw broken in a Week 5 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, the Los Angeles Rams targeted their Week 10 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers as the possible point of return for linebacker Clay Matthews. Rams head coach Sean McVay said Monday that Matthews is expected to...

Getty Images Steelers running back James Conner was inactive for the team’s Week Nine win over the Colts and his status for this Sunday’s home game against the Rams was one of the topics of discussion at head coach Mike Tomlin’s Tuesday press conference. Tomlin declared himself “optimistic”...

Getty Images Wide receiver Donte Moncrief‘s time in Pittsburgh came to an end on Saturday, but he wasn’t out of work for long. The Panthers announced on Monday that they have claimed Moncrief off of waivers. They had an open roster spot, so did not need to make another roster move to free a...

Getty Images Brian Hoyer giveth; Brian Hoyer taketh away. With Jacoby Brissett still on the sideline with a knee injury, Hoyer has thrown two touchdown passes and a pick-six. It has the Colts up 16-13 after a blocked PAT. Brissett went out with 12:41 remaining in the second quarter. He had...

Getty Images Darius Leonard could do no wrong last season. He can do no right today. His penalties are killing the Colts. The Colts would have gone into halftime up 16-10, but on the final play of the half, Leonard was penalized for unnecessary roughness with Vance McDonald already wrapped up...

Getty Images Adam Vinatieri was the hero last week. He was not the hero Sunday. The Colts kicker badly missed a 43-yard kick with 1:11 remaining that would have given Indianapolis the lead. Holder Rigoberto Sanchez never got the laces turned, and the kick never had a chance. Vinatieri earned...

Getty Images The status of Colts quarterback Jacoby Brissett was a big topic in head coach Frank Reich’s postgame press conference on Sunday. Brissett left Sunday’s loss to the Steelers after injuring his left knee during the first half of the game and did not return. Reich said that Brissett...

Getty Images In the hours leading up to the trade deadline last Tuesday, there was word of teams speaking to the Jets about a trade for running back Le'Veon Bell. Bell said he was told that the Texans, Packers, Chiefs and Steelers had all made inquiries. Bell added “surprisingly” when he...

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. Check back to see the full list as it becomes available 90 minutes ahead of kickoff. Colts at Steelers Colts: WR T.Y. Hilton, CB Pierre Desir, DT Carl...

Getty Images On Thursday, Jets running back Le'Veon Bell said that four teams had talked to the Jets about trading for him: the Texans, Chiefs, Packers, and Steelers. On Sunday, ESPN reported that Bell was telling the truth. Adam Schefter of ESPN, citing unnamed sources, reports that the...

Getty Images The Steelers obviously made a mistake when they signed wide receiver Donte Moncrief to a two-year, $9 million contract this offseason: Moncrief has managed just four catches for 18 yards so far this season. But give the Steelers credit for not compounding the mistake by costing...

Getty Images The good news for the Steelers is that Jaylen Samuels appears to be well and ready to play. Because they’re otherwise short in the backfield. Via Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com, the Steelers have listed James Conner (shoulder) as doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Colts, after...

Getty Images The NFL rarely punishes teams for lying on the injury report. The Steelers are one of the rare teams to be punished. The NFL has announced, by leaking to its own in-house media company, that the Steelers have been fined $75,000 for not listing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as...

Getty Images Week Nine of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the 49ers and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 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 are running short on running backs at the moment, and one of them will miss the next few weeks. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Steelers running back Benny Snell had surgery to trim his meniscus, after he was injured in Monday’s win over the Dolphins. He’s...