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USFL reveals Pittsburgh Maulers uniforms

The rebooted Pittsburgh Maulers have their updated, modern-style fashion uniforms. One of eight teams in the United States Football League’s return this spring, the Maulers share a name and purple-and-orange color scheme with their forerunners who played one season as part of the original USFL in 1984. But the new...
Steelers name Pat Meyer as new offensive line coach

For the second time in a week, the Pittsburgh Steelers filled an open position on their offensive coaching staff with a former Carolina Panthers assistant. On Tuesday, the Steelers announced the hiring of Pat Meyer as offensive line coach. On Feb. 8, the Steelers named Frisman Jackson their wide receivers...
Cameron Sutton evolved into every-down leader for Steelers in ‘21

Throughout his NFL career, Cameron Sutton has been the man who could do everything for the Pittsburgh Steelers. It wasn’t until Year 5, though, when Sutton did do everything for them, and on a full-time basis. Only one Steelers player (Terrell Edmunds) was on the field more often during the...
The longshot Steelers? Only 7 teams have worse odds to win next year’s Super Bowl

The end of the Super Bowl means the NFL world is already looking forward to next year’s championship. Locally, they might not like what they see. The odds for who will win Super Bowl LVII are out — and they aren’t kind to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Only seven of the...
Ben Roethlisberger’s career highlights span more than 2 decades

1997-2000 Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger stars in three sports at Findlay High School in his native northwest Ohio hometown. He did not start at quarterback until his senior season, after the head coach’s son had graduated. 2000-03 In part because of his limited high school game exposure, big-time college programs bypass...
The ‘other’ veteran leader who might’ve played his last game for the Steelers: Joe Haden

Last month, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ oldest, most veteran NFL player got plenty of attention while playing his final games. But what about the team’s second-oldest and second-most tenured NFL player who was still active at the end of the 2021 season? His Steelers career also very well could have come...
Was Trai Turner’s first season with the Steelers also his last?

Trai Turner joined the Pittsburgh Steelers in June. Was he done with them by January? Turner during the 2021 season dutifully filled his designated role as starting right guard and steadying veteran presence for a young offensive line. But he played under a one-year contract which, by its nature, suggests...
Steelers president Art Rooney II addresses progress, shortcomings with Rooney Rule

For all of the philanthropic efforts Dan Rooney was involved in over a lifetime of roles with the Pittsburgh Steelers, perhaps no part of the late Steelers patriarch’s legacy will endure more than the NFL rule that bears his name. But nowadays, despite being regarded as having the best of...
With Mike Munchak on the market, interim Steelers OL coach Chris Morgan leaves for Bears

The Pittsburgh Steelers soon will have their fifth offensive line coach since January 2019. Or maybe could it, perhaps, be an old name to fill the newest incarnation of the job’s opening? Chris Morgan, the Steelers’ assistant O-line coach in 2021 who filled in as the top position coach late...
Diontae Johnson is their No. 1 WR, but will Steelers give him an extension like one?

Through Christmas Day, the Pittsburgh Steelers had to be feeling merry about the future of the top of their wide receivers corps. Diontae Johnson had established himself as a legitimate NFL No. 1 WR, and at the perfect time, too, seeing as how he was due for a contract extension...
Tre Norwood builds off one of best rookie seasons ever for a Steelers’ 7th-round pick

Time will tell if Tre Norwood has a decadelong career like Carlos Emmons, or if he ends up winning a pair or Super Bowls like Brett Keisel. But, based on a solid first season of his NFL career, Norwood is on the way to something special. A versatile defensive back,...
Alex Highsmith vows continued improvement for Steelers in ‘22

Over the course of four years in college, Alex Highsmith went from walk-on to among the best at his position in the country. What can he do over a similar timeframe in the NFL? “I just don’t want to get complacent,” the Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker said. “That’s the last...
Acquired off scrap heap, Montravius Adams showed he might deserve to remain a Steeler

The day after the final game on his current contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers, defensive end Montravius Adams wore an Auburn t-shirt to the Steelers’ facility. To hear Adams tell it, it could have been a shirt of Mom’s favorite home-cooked meal, or of his grandma’s house instead of his...
10 great moments in Steelers career of Ben Roethlisberger

There were Super Bowl wins, big plays en route to getting to those Super Bowls, big passing-yardage games and last-second victories. Oh, and lots and lots of prized memories made against the Baltimore Ravens. With Thursday’s official announcement from Ben Roethlisberger on his retirement from the Pittsburgh Steelers, fans were...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt named Pro Football Writers of America’s NFL defensive player of year

Though it remains to be seen if he will end up with the most recognized annual NFL-wide defensive honor, T.J. 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...
Steelers have a long history with OT rules, including 1st OT playoff game under current format

With the NFL’s overtime rules at the top of many fans’ minds in the wake of Sunday night’s thrilling playoff game between Buffalo and Kansas City, it has been largely forgotten that the first overtime played under the current format involved the Pittsburgh Steelers. In this town, it’s not remembered...

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