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Oddsmakers give decent chance of Steelers bouncing back, winning Super Bowl LV
Despite missing the playoffs for the past two years and finishing with an 8-8 record in 2019, the Pittsburgh Steelers are getting respect from oddsmakers regarding their chances of competing for a Super Bowl in the 2020 season. A pair of online betting sites have include the Steelers among the...
Planting seeds: Women look to grow ranks as NFL coaches
With the force of a linebacker sacking a quarterback, Katie Sowers will smash a gender barrier Sunday by becoming the first woman to coach in the Super Bowl. The 33-year-old is in her first year as an offensive assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers, who square off against the...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt comes up short in NFL defensive player of year voting
T.J. Watt will have to be content with winning the Pittsburgh Steelers team MVP award for the 2020 season. A contender for AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors, Watt came up short Saturday when voters selected New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore. Gilmore became the first defensive back...
Steelers safety Troy Polamalu makes Hall of Fame, guard Alan Faneca comes up short again
The good news for the Pittsburgh Steelers is the organization will be well represented when the Pro Football Hall of Fame holds its induction ceremonies this summer. The bad news is they didn’t get every eligible candidate elected in the Class of 2020. Safety Troy Polamalu was elected to the...
Chiefs, 49ers coaches, players, execs have connections to Pittsburgh, region
Looking for a local rooting interest in Super Bowl LIV with the Pittsburgh Steelers missing the playoffs for the second year in a row and last reaching the title game nine years ago? There is no shortage of connections to the organization, the region and area colleges when the Kansas...
Support grows for Steelers’ Troy Polamalu to make Hall of Fame on 1st try
Was the gesture a sign of things to come? On Thursday, at an event held on the site of Super Bowl LIV, Pro Football Hall of Fame president and CEO David Baker presented commemorative Hall of Fame pins to the young sons of Steelers great Troy Polamalu. Dad’s turn could...
Ex-Steelers great Faneca could add more black and gold to 2020 Hall of Fame class
The man whose block produced the longest touchdown run in Super Bowl history is hoping to complete his own lengthy journey this weekend, one that has taken more time to finish than he anticipated. While it took just seconds for Willie Parker to find the end zone on his 75-yard...
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger pens retirement post to Giants’ Eli Manning
Ben Roethlisberger bid farewell Friday to Class of 2004 member Eli Manning, who retired after 16 seasons with the New York Giants. Roethlisberger and Manning were two of the three high-profile passers selected in the memorable 2004 NFL Draft, with Philip Rivers rounding out the trio. On his web site,...
Another brush with law for former Steelers WR Antonio BrownVideo
Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown had another brush with the law Tuesday afternoon. According to a statement released by police in Hollywood, Fla., officers responded to a 911 call at Brown’s home after a driver for a moving company alleged the 31-year-old Brown and his personal trainer, Glen...
Steelers lose salary cap manager to Carolina Panthers
The first departure of the offseason for the Pittsburgh Steelers is not a player or coach, but a member of the organization’s front office. Samir Suleiman, the team’s football administration coordinator who helped managed the salary cap, is leaving to take a similar job with the Carolina Panthers. Panthers owner...
Donnie Shell’s Hall of Fame selection puts stamp on Steelers’ 1974 rookie class
The selection of Donnie Shell to the Pro Football Hall of Fame last week gave the Pittsburgh Steelers a neat and tidy 10 players from the four-time Super Bowl championship teams in the 1970s a spot in Canton, Ohio. Shell became the fifth member of the Steel Curtain defense to...
Art Rooney II willing to raise hand for Steelers to play game in Mexico City
If the Pittsburgh Steelers have a chance to travel south of the border in the 2020 season, team president Art Rooney II is all for making the trip. “We continue to raise our hand and say that we’re interested in playing a game in Mexico,” Rooney told reporters earlier this...
For about 36 hours, Donnie Shell had to keep mum about Hall of Fame selection
Cracking a running back in the ribs, like he famously did to Earl Campbell in 1978, that was Donnie Shell’s forte. So was intercepting passes. Shell did that 51 times in a 14-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers — more than anyone before or since in the NFL at the...
Steelers cornerback Joe Haden named to Pro Bowl for 3rd time in career
For the first time in five seasons, Joe Haden is returning to the Pro Bowl. Haden, the veteran Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback, was named as an injury replacement Wednesday and will compete in the annual All-Star game Jan. 26 in Orlando, Fla. Haden will replace Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters. He...
Art Rooney II committed to bringing back Steelers OLB Bud Dupree
After the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season ended short of a playoff berth for the second year in a row, coach Mike Tomlin said retaining outside linebacker Bud Dupree would be a “high priority” in the offseason. “I wouldn’t disagree with that,” team president Art Rooney II said Wednesday. In his fifth...
Art Rooney II ‘optimistic’ about Steelers GM Kevin Colbert sticking around for 2020 season
Kevin Colbert just completed his second decade with the Pittsburgh Steelers overseeing the franchise’s football operations. Team president Art Rooney II is hoping that tenure extends into a third. Colbert’s contract expires after the NFL Draft in April. Although Colbert, 63, has hinted at retirement, Rooney II said Wednesday that...
Steelers hire former Pitt offensive coordinator Matt Canada to coach quarterbacks
After a two-year absence, the Pittsburgh Steelers will have a designated quarterbacks coach for the 2020 season. Matt Canada, who spent the 2016 season as the offensive coordinator at Pitt, was hired Tuesday by the Steelers. Canada, 47, last coached in 2018 when he served as the interim coach at...
Steelers safety Donnie Shell named to Pro Football Hall of Fame
Bill Cowher wasn’t the only member of the Pittsburgh Steelers to get advance warning about his selection to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. When the 15-member Centennial Slate was unveiled Wednesday morning during NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football” telecast, former Steelers safety Donnie Shell arrived on set for an...
Former Pitt star Jimbo Covert selected to Pro Football Hall of Fame
Jimbo Covert was in San Francisco on business Wednesday, so he set his alarm for 4 a.m. He didn’t want to sleep through one of the greatest moments of his life. The former Pitt and Chicago Bears offensive lineman had known for a week he was one of the finalists...
Super ’70s Steelers teammates hope Donnie Shell gets call to Hall of Fame
Despite the nickname he carried like a badge of honor and his reputation for nastiness on the football field, “Mean” Joe Greene never wished injury on an opponent during his 13-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. “I never was happy to see an opponent leave the game,” Greene said. He...
Steelers LB Devin Bush selected to PFWA all-rookie team
Devin Bush picked up another honor Tuesday after his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bush, the No. 10 overall pick in the NFL Draft, was voted to the Pro Football Writers of America’s all-rookie team. Bush was one of three linebackers named to the rookie team, joining San Francisco’s...
Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher elected to Pro Football Hall of FameVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers will have another coach in the Hall of Fame. Bill Cowher was announced Saturday as a member of the Centennial Slate, a group that will be part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020. The Centennial Slate will be unveiled Wednesday in its entirety,...
Analysis: Chris Boswell’s bounce-back season encouraging sign for Steelers special teams
The width between NFL goal posts is 18 feet, 6 inches. If that distance looked smaller than a parking space to Chris Boswell in 2018, it had to look wider than the Allegheny River last season. The biggest special teams question mark for the Pittsburgh Steelers heading into the season,...
Analysis: Steelers offense needs more than a healthy Ben Roethlisberger in 2020
The worst fears for the Pittsburgh Steelers offense were realized in the second week of the season when quarterback Ben Roethlisberger exited at halftime against the Seattle Seahawks and never played another down. With his departure, the Steelers went from possessing one of the top passing offenses in 2018 to...
Former Steelers Troy Polamalu, Alan Faneca among 15 Hall of Fame finalists
Troy Polamalu is one vote away from making the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. The former Pittsburgh Steelers safety was among 15 players named a finalist for the Hall of Fame on Thursday. Polamalu spent 12 seasons with the Steelers, making the Pro Bowl...
