Chris Adamski stories, Page 44
Steelers notes: Joey Porter Jr., Allen Robinson in concussion protocol; 13 set for unrestricted free agencyVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. and wide receiver Allen Robinson were in NFL concussion protocol when Monday’s playoff game ended. Each absorbed a hit during a play late in the third quarter of the 31-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills and did not return. Tight...
Fans for Steelers-Bills playoff game on apparent shovel-your-own-seats policyVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Apparently, not enough people took up the $20-per-hour offer. The plan for removing multiple feet of snow from the 71,000-plus seats at Highmark Stadium in advance of Monday’s playoff game evidently was to accept those willing to shovel for as long as they pleased. But by...
Bills without 4 starters, Steelers sans T.J. Watt for wild-card game
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Linebacker Tyrel Dodson and cornerback Rasul Douglas were designated as inactive by the Buffalo Bills for Monday’s playoff game, making for four starters who are out against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Bills on Friday announced that receiver Gabe Davis (knee) and safety Taylor Rapp (calf) would...
Winter weather continues to impact western New York as Steelers head to Buffalo for wild-card game
That hole the Pittsburgh Steelers figuratively dug themselves out of to qualify for the playoffs? That’s nothing compared to the literal shoveling necessary to facilitate playable enough conditions for the team to take part in their playoff opener in Orchard Park, N.Y. There was more than a foot of snow...
Steelers prefer to ignore odds, history against them as underdog No. 7 seed vs. Bills
Damontae Kazee’s locker is two stalls over from Levi Wallace’s at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Kazee seemingly was minding his own business while a five-minute interview was being conducted between Wallace and a pair of media members after the final practice of this past week. There was no reason to...
Steelers 4 Downs: 7th place in conference standings is familiar territory
1. Seven of 16 Arguably no team should have been more pleased than the Pittsburgh Steelers when the NFL expanded its playoff field in 2020 from the top six to top seven from each conference. Seventh place in the AFC seems to suit the Steelers just fine. For the fourth...
With Steelers-Bills set for blizzard, a look at some of the worst-weather NFL playoff games
Perhaps as much as three feet of snow. Possible wind gusts of more than 60 mph. Wind-chill factors well into negative numbers. It remains to be seen exactly how bad the weather ends up in Orchard Park, N.Y., for Sunday’s wild-card round playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo...
Steelers prepare for perhaps unprecedented cold, snowy, windy conditions against Bills
Born and raised in Arizona and after a college career at Alabama, Levi Wallace wasn’t so much thrown into the fire in the NFL as he was thrown into an icebox. Wallace spent his first four seasons with the Buffalo Bills. Now in his second season with the Pittsburgh Steelers,...
When ‘silent killer’ Isaac Seumalo speaks, Steelers locker room listens
The jubilant postgame locker room after the Pittsburgh Steelers beat their rivals on the road to complete their regular season last week featured plenty of hooting and hollering. But in the celebratory mood after defeating the Baltimore Ravens put the Steelers in position to earn a playoff berth, one player...
Steelers Pro Bowl S Minkah Fitzpatrick officially to face Bills, but how will secondary line up?
It was only a couple weeks ago it felt as if the cupboard was bare in regards to Pittsburgh Steelers safeties. Now, all of a sudden, it seems they have too many? Minkah Fitzpatrick was given the official green light to play in Sunday’s playoff opener at the Buffalo Bills,...
Bills WR Gabe Davis, S Taylor Rapp out, 2 other starters questionable for playoff vs. SteelersVideo
Two Buffalo Bills starters were declared out and two others deemed questionable to play in Sunday’s wild-card round playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Wide receiver Gabe Davis (knee) and safety Taylor Rapp (calf) will not play Sunday, Buffalo coach Sean McDermott told reporters Friday. He also said that cornerback...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt, Miles Killebrew named 1st-team AP NFL All ProVideo
Outside linebacker T.J. Watt and special-teams captain Miles Killebrew were part of the first-team AP NFL All-Pro team announced Friday. Watt’s honor as a first-team edge rusher is the fourth of his career, also being so designated in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Watt finished among the top three in balloting...
‘No way anybody can play in a game like this’: Blizzard could impact Steelers-Bills
Some in Pittsburgh might feel as if waking up on the day of a Steelers playoff game is their own personal Christmas morning. This past Dec. 25 was no White Christmas. So maybe for die-hard Steelers fans, their personal holiday will be coated in white. In Orchard Park, N.Y., at...
Allowing plenty of TDs to TEs recently, Steelers defense preps for Bills’ Dalton Kincaid
Rookie Dalton Kincaid finished the season strong. The Pittsburgh Steelers defense finished the season struggling in defending tight ends. That would not seem to portend well for the Steelers in their playoff opener Sunday against Kincaid’s Buffalo Bills. Kincaid, the first tight end selected in last year’s draft at No....
Elandon Roberts, Isaac Seumalo, Najee Harris full participants at Steelers practice
Aside from whom most consider their best player, the Pittsburgh Steelers project to have a healthy lineup headed into their playoff opener. Starters Elandon Roberts, Isaac Seumalo and Najee Harris were full participants at Thursday’s practice at Acrisure Stadium, per the injury report.Running back Harris (knee) and left guard Seumalo...
Pro Bowl safety Minkah Fitzpatrick a full participant at Steelers practice
For the first time since suffering a knee injury 3½ weeks ago, Pro Bowl safety Minkah Fitzpatrick made it through a full day’s worth of practice for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Fitzpatrick was a full participant at Wednesday’s session at Acrisure Stadium, according to the injury report. Coach Mike Tomlin on...
Damontae Kazee back on Steelers’ active roster; fellow safety Trenton Thompson to IR
Damontae Kazee is officially back on the Pittsburgh Steelers active roster, but the team officially lost another member of its ailing safeties corps. Kazee was restored to the 53-man roster, it was announced Wednesday upon the expiration of the three-game suspension he served resulting from a hard hit on Indianapolis...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt named AFC defensive player of the week
For the final week of the regular season — and, perhaps, the final game of any kind for his season as an individual — T.J. Watt went out on top among the corps of AFC players on defense. Watt was named the AFC defensive player of the week for the...
Steelers’ Nick Herbig, Markus Golden, Alex Highsmith vow to step up with T.J. Watt out
During this wild, unpredictable season, the Pittsburgh Steelers at one point were down to their fourth and fifth inside linebackers and fifth and sixth safeties as starters. No fewer than four players who spent time out of football earlier this fall have played prominent roles on the defense, two of...
Godwin Igwebuike makes impact on Steelers via savvy ‘heads-up’ play on a kickoffVideo
When Godwin Igwebuike intentionally ran out of bounds before making himself fall back into the field of play onto the ball after a kickoff during Saturday’s game, he knew what some were saying. “I stepped out of bounds, and I hear ‘Oh my god!’ ” Igwebuike said, his voice shrieking....
On cusp of 1st NFL playoff game, Steelers’ George Pickens refines image as unselfish player
BALTIMORE — Individually, it had to be one of the most frustrating days of George Pickens’ football career. But it was also one of his most rewarding as a pro. Pickens’ Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Baltimore Ravens, 17-10, on Saturday, positioning themselves to earn a playoff spot that became official...
However long it lasts, Mason Rudolph enjoying riding unexpected wave of success with SteelersVideo
BALTIMORE — Mason Rudolph has been through enough during six years in the NFL that he has come to understand the importance of appreciating any moment he can. “I’m just thankful,” Rudolph said after setting a Pittsburgh Steelers franchise record for completion percentage in a game during a 17-10 win...
Steelers lean on Najee Harris, running game in win at Ravens
BALTIMORE — In week the leading up to Saturday’s regular-season finale, Najee Harris said, the Pittsburgh Steelers expected to lean on the running game. One way a reporter put it after the game was the Steelers put their offense on Harris’ shoulders. “It’s not the first time that’s happened,” Harris...
T.J. Watt’s knee injury reportedly Grade 2 MCL sprain, prognosis in doubt for playoffs
BALTIMORE — The knee injury suffered by Pittsburgh Steelers star edge rusher T.J. Watt on Saturday is reportedly a sprained MCL, leaving his status in doubt after the Steelers qualified for the playoffs that begin next week. Watt was injured with 3 minutes, 59 seconds left in the third quarter...
Minkah Fitzpatrick out, Elandon Roberts played, Kenny Pickett QB2 for Steelers vs. Ravens
BALTIMORE — Saturday made for a third consecutive game for the Pittsburgh Steelers without their top four on the safety depth chart. Pro Bowler Minkah Fitzpatrick and Trenton Thompson were among the listed inactives announced prior to Saturday’s regular-season finale at the Baltimore Ravens. Each missed a third straight game...
