Chris Adamski stories, Page 68
To prep for Ravens, Steelers take extremely rare step of full pads for Friday practice
Montravius Adams and James Daniels have combined to be part of five NFL organizations and play 11 pro seasons. They’ve played an aggregate 143 NFL regular-season or playoff games, meaning they have been part of at least that many “game weeks” of preparation and practice. Neither can remember ever doing...
Steelers 4 Downs: Run game excelling in ‘power,’ short-yardage situations
1. ‘Power’ up When Derek Watt was stuffed on a third-and-1 play late in the second quarter of last week’s Christmas Eve game, it was jarring for Pittsburgh Steelers fans. Watt had been perfect on fullback dives on short yardage this season — and so had just about everybody else...
‘Mister Irrelevant’ Tae Crowder hopes to make mark as newest Steelers linebacker
As recently as October, Tae Crowder was so valuable to what was then a team with one of the best records in the NFL that he never left the field on defense for three New York Giants early-season games. As recently as Halloween, Crowder was still a starter for the...
Ball-hawking Steelers lead NFL in interceptions
When word broke Wednesday that the Las Vegas Raiders were demoting Derek Carr for the rest of the season, that made it two season-long starting quarterbacks benched over the past three weeks in the days after a defeat to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers, quarterback killers? Might be a stretch,...
Terrell Edmunds returns to full practice for Steelers, as does Diontae Johnson
It appears encouraging that starting strong safety Terrell Edmunds will return to the Pittsburgh Steelers lineup for Sunday’s game against the rival Baltimore Ravens. Edmunds returned to full practice Thursday, according to the injury report. Edmunds did not play in the Christmas Eve win against the Las Vegas Raiders and...
3rd-down catches lifting Steelers’ Diontae Johnson back to top tier of NFL receivers
When Diontae Johnson was not participating in team drills this past summer while awaiting a contract extension, it was a tacit signal that he believed he was among the NFL’s best wide receivers. And despite not playing up to those expectations during the first half of this season, Johnson has...
Steelers notes: Elijah Riley called upon off practice squad; Connor Heyward on savvy final play
When Mike Tomlin walked into the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room about a half hour after the conclusion of Saturday night’s win against the Las Vegas Raiders, he had dozens of players he could greet. The one Tomlin made a bee line to first was … Elijah Riley. Called up that...
Kenny Pickett proving he has some Big Ben in him in leading Steelers’ late-game heroics
It was a phrase accounting for less than 10% of a 64-word answer Cameron Heyward gave in response to a media question related to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ winning drive. “We needed 7 at the end.” Taken out of context, many Steelers fans had spent the better part of the past...
From ‘Franco!’ cadence to wearing ‘32’ jerseys, Steelers players relish honoring Harris with win
It wasn’t ugly Christmas sweaters that Pittsburgh Steelers players, en masse, wore while walking in and out of Acrisure Stadium before and after their Christmas Eve night victory. Instead, it was a pullover with much more meaning. Steelers players, coaches and even front-office members were adorned with No. 32 Franco...
Steelers’ Christmas Eve game the 2nd-coldest home game in franchise history
For only the third time over their 90-year history, the Pittsburgh Steelers played a game with the official temperature in the single digits on Saturday. It was 8 degrees at kickoff for the Christmas Eve night game against the Las Vegas Raiders, making it the second-coldest NFL game ever played...
Injury prevents Steelers S Terrell Edmunds from playing vs. Raiders
For only the third time over his five seasons since he joined the team, Terrell Edmunds was unavailable to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers during their game Saturday. Edmunds did not practice all week because of a hamstring injury, and he was one of five players on the list of...
Franco Harris viewing to be held at Acrisure Stadium
Fans, friends and admirers wishing to pay their respects to the late Franco Harris and his family are welcome to attend a public viewing Tuesday at Acrisure Stadium. The viewing will be from 1-5 p.m. at the PNC Champions Club at Gate A, according to a posting by the Tatalovich...
Football weather? Depends which Steelers you ask about Saturday’s frigid, windy conditions
Their lockers’ proximity at the Pittsburgh Steelers practice facility mirrors the chasm related to where each was born and raised. But the actual distances between those locations pale in comparison to the metaphorical gap between how Robert Spillane and Kevin Dotson view the prospect of playing in frigid weather. Their...
Steelers notes: Run defense to be tested by Raiders, NFL rushing leader Josh Jacobs
Coming off a performance against the run that bordered on the near-historic, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense again has a “varsity” opponent Saturday. NFL rushing leader Josh Jacobs and the Las Vegas Raiders present a challenge that dwarfs what the Carolina Panthers presented last week, when the 21 rushing yards was...
Steelers 4 Downs: Mitch Trubisky shows worth by being among NFL’s best QBs in Week 15
1. Mighty Mitch Seemingly all but forgotten until two weeks ago, Mitch Trubisky has remained on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster. More telling, Trubisky remains under contract for next season. And Trubisky’s performance during his first (and perhaps only) full game played since September has reignited the case he should remain...
Steelers strive to mitigate Raiders TE Darren Waller
That Las Vegas Raiders tight end Darren Waller can be a matchup problem for opposing defenses isn’t much of a mystery, so rest assured Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin is aware of Waller heading into Saturday’s scheduled meeting against him. “Get him on a safety, get him on a...
Prepping for Christmas Eve game, Steelers have history of playing on holidays
’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the … stadium? Acrisure Stadium will host the NFL’s first true Christmas Eve night game (8:15 p.m. scheduled kickoff) in its history this Saturday when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Las Vegas Raiders. When Christmas Eve has fallen on a Sunday or...
Steelers’ Terrell Edmunds, Diontae Johnson, Myles Jack questionable to play vs. Raiders
The starting quarterback officially has been cleared, but the status of three other Pittsburgh Steelers starters remains up in the air for Saturday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Safety Terrell Edmunds, receiver Diontae Johnson and inside linebacker Myles Jack were given questionable designations on Thursday’s final injury report of...
Numerous current Steelers players formed special bond with Franco Harris
It quickly became clear after practice Wednesday that Franco Harris had made impressions on players up and down the Pittsburgh Steelers roster. From stalls in all corners of the locker room, players talked not about this week’s opponent but of the interactions they had with Harris, the Hall of Fame...
Kenny Pickett returns to full practice, but Terrell Edmunds sits out for Steelers
Three days after missing a start because of injury for the first time in his NFL career, Kenny Pickett on Wednesday was back as a full practice participant for the Pittsburgh Steelers. As coach Mike Tomlin had alluded to during his weekly news conference Tuesday, Pickett was cleared from NFL...
Steelers prep for threat that is Raiders WR Davante Adams
While most everyone else views Saturday as special because it’s Christmas Eve, Davante Adams will be celebrating it because he will be turning 30. If Adams’ birthday gift is a win, it might be by way of leaving his hosts with a lump of proverbial coal. Adams’ production could go...
Steelers notes: Saturday could be franchise’s coldest game since 1989
Saturday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Las Vegas Raiders, both 6-8, isn’t necessarily one for the history books. It could be, though, and not just because of the accompanying celebration of the Immaculate Reception or because it’s the NFL’s latest-ever kickoff for a Christmas Eve game. What might...
Steelers 4 Downs: Third-down defense among best in NFL since bye
1. Third down’s the charm Over the first two games of the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers were allowing opponents to convert third downs at a rate that, in relation to the current standings, would be the worst in the NFL. Over their past five games (since their bye), the Steelers...
Steelers injury report: Myles Jack doubtful, perhaps opening door for rookie Mark Robinson
Mark Robinson was taken aback when he was approached by a handful of reporters in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locker room Friday. “You wanna talk to me?” the rookie inside linebacker said. “I haven’t even played.” That could change Sunday in Carolina after veteran inside Myles Jack was listed on the...
Call it chippy or ‘crunky,’ Steelers cap off week with spirited practice
Days after getting beaten at home by their archrival and facing the prospect of mathematical playoff elimination as early as Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers by all accounts had a spirited practice Friday. “Guys were bouncing around. We were competing,” quarterback Mitch Trubisky said. “I thought we had some juice to...
