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Chris Adamski
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Tribune-Review
10h
Though it remains to be seen if he will end up with the most recognized annual NFL-wide defensive honor, TJ. Watt has been named an NFL defensive player of the year for the first time in his career. Watt was voted as the league’s best defensive player for the 2021
Pittsburgh Steelers
... med the PFWA award twice and three times won the AP honor. Watt is the first Steelers player to be named defensive player of the year by the PFWA since linebacker ...
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Tim Benz
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Tribune-Review
17h
There are a significant number of issues facing the Pittsburgh Steelers beyond just replacing Ben Roethlisberger at quarterback. Building an offensive line. Addressing the run defense. Figuring out how to plug holes at wide receiver and in the secondary. That’s just the on-field stuff general...
Pittsburgh Steelers
... ship game, that will give them as many postseason victories this year as the Steelers have enjoyed since the start of the 2011 season. The attendance battle is on ...
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Tim Benz
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Tribune-Review
18h
For Pittsburgh Steelers fans, this one has to be interesting to watch from afar. Another day, another chapter in the story of Antonio Brown versus Bruce Arians — aka A.B. versus B.A. The former Steelers wide receiver and the former Steelers offensive coordinator are in a mud-slinging battle that...
Pittsburgh Steelers
... from the Bucs via their social media or team website. Meanwhile, that former Steelers quarterback and current Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich is emergin ...
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Tim Benz
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Tribune-Review
18h
In Wednesday’s “First Call,” Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster may already have a preferred destination in free agency. The USFL will stage an interesting television launch in April. Aaron Rodgers outlines his decision-making process for his future playing career. And while the...
Pittsburgh Steelers
... ree-agency market for wide receivers last spring. Before re-signing with the Steelers, though, the wide receiver claimed that he was courted by the Kansas City Ch ...
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Joe Rutter
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Tribune-Review
25 Jan
Running back Najee Harris and punter Pressley Harvin III were two representatives of the Pittsburgh Steelers to earn spots on the NFL all-rookie team as announced Tuesday by the Pro Football Writers Association. Harris, the team’s first-round pick, finished fourth in the NFL with 1,200 rushing yards,
Pittsburgh Steelers
... is and punter Pressley Harvin III were two representatives of the Pittsburgh Steelers to earn spots on the NFL all-rookie team as announced Tuesday by the Pro Foo ...
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Tim Benz
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Tribune-Review
25 Jan
Tuesday’s “First Call” looks at the odds of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers coming to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers. We search for an update on defensive lineman Stephon Tuitt. Another defensive coordinator candidate is interviewing with the Steelers for Keith Butler’s old job. A...
Pittsburgh Steelers
... urts and Mayfield strike me as long shots. I’ve long been of the opinion the Steelers should approach the Packers and see what the asking price is on Rodgers and ...
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Chris Adamski
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Tribune-Review
24 Jan
With the NFL’s overtime rules at the top of many fans’ minds in the wake of Sunday night’s thrilling playoff game, it has been largely forgotten that the first overtime ever played under the current format involved the Pittsburgh Steelers. In this town, it’s not remembered for that – it’s
Pittsburgh Steelers
... y time the first-drive-field-goal-doesn’t-win has been directly applied a to Steelers overtime game was – the Browns kicked a field goal after winning the toss bu ...
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Chris Adamski
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Tribune-Review
24 Jan
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive standouts T.J. Watt and Cameron Heyward were named to the Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL team for the 2021 season, the organization announced Monday. Watt, who was honored for the third consecutive season, shared the outside linebacker position with former...
Pittsburgh Steelers
... er with Hall of Famers Randy White (1978-84) and Reggie White (1986-92). The Steelers were one of seven teams to have multiple honorees on the team, which was cho ...
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Mark Madden
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Tribune-Review
24 Jan
At 39, Ben Roethlisberger was one-and-done in the playoffs. At 38, Aaron Rodgers did the same. Rodgers quarterbacked a better team, got a first-round bye and had home field. Do you still want Rodgers to be the Steelers’ next quarterback? You shouldn’t. These playoffs feel like a changing of the
Pittsburgh Steelers
... e not. Sunday’s game between Kansas City and Buffalo showed how far back the Steelers are. The Chiefs and Bills play an entirely different game. Mahomes got more ...
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Tim Benz
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Tribune-Review
24 Jan
When it comes to how things went in the first non-Steelers playoff weekend of the year, our Mark Madden had one big takeaway during this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast. “It’s a changing the guard at quarterback. You’ve got (Tom) Brady out in the divisional round. You got (Aaron) Rodgers and
Pittsburgh Steelers
... k he’s a big mouth.” I’m on the other side of the fence. I’d like to see the Steelers get involved in the bidding process for Rodgers or Seattle’s Russell Wilson ...
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Tim Benz
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Tribune-Review
24 Jan
The season-ending press conference for Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin featured a moment similar to one we had seen numerous times in that setting throughout 2021. That was Tomlin discussing mobility at the quarterback position. “Quarterback mobility is valued, not only by me but by everyone....
Pittsburgh Steelers
... f looks necessary to prepare for some of the more mobile quarterbacks on the Steelers schedule. “When we play certain types of quarterbacks that have that kind of ...
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Chris Adamski
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Tribune-Review
23 Jan
Dan Moore Jr. never redshirted in college. He didn’t when he got to the pros, either. Outside observers of the Pittsburgh Steelers presumed from the time Moore was drafted with the 128th overall pick all throughout the summer and until the latter portions of the preseason that Moore would take
Pittsburgh Steelers
... hrown in the fire this year.” Inexperience aside, though, seems to think the Steelers may have found something in Dan Moore. — Tribune-ReviewSports (@TribSports) ...
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Chris Adamski
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Tribune-Review
22 Jan
After 19 seasons on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ staff and the past seven as defensive coordinator, Keith Butler announced his retirement from coaching Saturday. In a statement released by the team, Butler thanks the Rooney family Steelers’ ownership, head coaches Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin as well as...
Pittsburgh Steelers
... f other coaches and players he’s worked alongside since taking over as Steelers’ linebackers coach in 2003. “It is an emotional day as I announce I am retir ...
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Joe Rutter
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Tribune-Review
22 Jan
Trades involving high-profile quarterbacks returned to fashion last offseason with the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions swapping starters Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff, and the Philadelphia Eagles sending Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts. Such deals don’t come along every offseason, and...
Pittsburgh Steelers
... by oddsmakers: Derek Carr and Jimmy Garoppolo. Such trades would require the Steelers to part with the draft capital necessary to fill the franchise’s voids on th ...
