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Tim Benz: Mike Tomlin’s answers about George Pickens raise more questions
During Tuesday’s season-ending press conference, I asked Steelers coach Mike Tomlin if it was a priority for the franchise to get wide receiver George Pickens a contract extension in the offseason. He didn’t say, “Yes.” Instead he said: “We haven’t had any conversations about pecking orders or priorities regarding any...
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says future at quarterback will require ‘major discussions’
Mike Tomlin acknowledged the obvious: The Pittsburgh Steelers enter the offseason without a quarterback under contract and a need for “major discussions” about what to do at the most prominent position. In his season-ending news conference Tuesday afternoon at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, Tomlin sidestepped questions about what the Steelers...
Steelers sign quarterback who once kept them out of playoffs to reserve/futures contract
As they head into the offseason with all three of their quarterbacks on the 53-man roster set to hit free agency, the Pittsburgh Steelers made a contingency plan for the 2025 season. Skylar Thompson, who had limited playing experience with the Miami Dolphins this past season, was one of 17...
Mike Tomlin to Steelers fans questioning his job: ‘I understand their frustration… I share it’Video
Mike Tomlin beamed with the self-assuredness of a man who will presumably put on a gold jacket one day as a Hall of Fame NFL head coach. Three days after another dispiriting playoff loss ended another underwhelming Pittsburgh Steelers season, Tomlin during his season wrap-up news conference Tuesday was asked...
First Call: Steelers LB was hampered during playoff loss; team already looking at RBs in draftVideo
Tuesday’s “First Call” has some background on a Pittsburgh Steeler who was compromised heading into Saturday night’s playoff game at Baltimore. The Steelers are already looking at running backs in advance of the NFL draft. A former Steeler turned in a highlight on defense during the “Monday Night Football” playoff...
Should the Steelers want to keep Russell Wilson? Should T.J. Watt want to stay in Pittsburgh?
Before linebacker T.J. Watt and quarterback Russell Wilson went into meetings at Steelers headquarters Monday, both players told media members they want to stay in Pittsburgh for years to come. For Wilson, that would mean signing here — presumably on a multi-year deal — instead of leaving in free agency...
After ‘heartbreak’ of rookie season cut short, Troy Fautanu preps to be Steelers ‘25 starting RT
When Troy Fautanu on Monday made the statement that his rookie season was “not how I planned it going,” he was smiling in what was a nonverbal expression of, “obviously.” But when, four months ago, Fautanu learned that his rookie NFL season likely was going end just after it had...
‘We all love Coach T’: Players voice support for Steelers coach Mike Tomlin despite collapse
After a late-season collapse ended with another one-and-done playoff performance, the Pittsburgh Steelers know changes are coming. Where frustrated fans want that to start with Mike Tomlin, the team’s most decorated player voiced support for the embattled coach. As the Steelers cleaned out their lockers Monday at UPMC Rooney Sports...
Russell Wilson on re-signing with Steelers: ‘That’s the plan. I love it here.’Video
The 2024 Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback publicly expressed that he wants to be the Steelers starting quarterback in 2025, too. “That’s the plan,” Russell Wilson said from the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Monday. “I love it here and everything else. I think we have a great football team. Obviously,...
Mark Madden: With no reason for optimism, Steelers need to start all over — beginning with Mike Tomlin
The Steelers lost their sixth straight playoff game. For the fifth consecutive time, it was a blowout. The Steelers should blow it up and start over. The coach has been exposed for the fraud he’s always been. This version of the team is aging, full of holes and clearly a...
First Call: Steelers not expected to move on from Mike Tomlin; loss to Ravens panned by Terry Bradshaw, Bill Cowher
In Monday’s “First Call,” don’t expect the Pittsburgh Steelers to make any move at the head coaching position. A pair of Steelers legends are disappointed in their former team’s effort during Saturday night’s playoff loss in Baltimore. A familiar face will be coaching the Patriots when the Steelers visit New...
Madden Monday: Steelers shouldn’t bring Russell Wilson back ‘at any price’
The 2024-25 Pittsburgh Steelers season is over. Now they have to start figuring out what to do for 2025-26. Good luck. Whatever they try to do won’t be dictated until they figure out an action plan at quarterback. They currently do not have a QB under contract for 2025. It’s...
T.J. Watt signals willingness for extension with Steelers, altering his position on defenseVideo
T.J. Watt is quick to say he “hasn’t thought about” any of the specifics of a potential contract extension or when it might get agreed to over the now-started offseason. But the star outside linebacker — one of the best defensive players in the history of one of the NFL’s...
5 things we learned: Steelers’ run defense makes wrong kind of history
Five things we learned from Ravens 28, Steelers 14: 1. Running on empty Fifty years ago, the Steelers authored the greatest run-stopping performance in NFL history when they held the Minnesota Vikings to 17 yards on 21 carries en route to a 16-6 victory in Super Bowl IX. Imagine what...
Steelers vs. Ravens: What they’re saying in Baltimore after win
Absolute domination. The Baltimore Ravens completely throttled the Pittsburgh Steelers Saturday. The Steelers looked disjointed and confused on the way to a 28-14 loss. The Ravens? They look like they could be heading to the Super Bowl with such a commanding performance. The numbers don’t lie: Baltimore blew past the...
‘I hope I’m here’: Free agent quarterback Russell Wilson open to returning to Steelers
BALTIMORE — Russell Wilson is a man who loves to talk about moments, and the Pittsburgh Steelers signed the Super Bowl champion quarterback for ones such as their AFC wild-card game. When it came time to be the man of the moment, Wilson — and the Steelers — came up...
Airing of Grievances: Another hideous start, rotten run defense result in 6th straight playoff loss for Steelers
A Steelers season that had a lot of promise at 10-3 is now over thanks to an all-too-familiar collapse. It was another slide that started in December and ended with a thud in early January. It’s been that way in Pittsburgh pretty much since the end of the 2017 regular...
Steelers keep faith in organization after yet another late-season collapse, early playoff exit
BALTIMORE — It feels like more 34 years at this point. But it was only 34 days ago that the Pittsburgh Steelers were riding high. A victory over the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 8 was the Steelers’ seventh in their past eight games, moved them to 10-3 and extended their...
Ravens run roughshod over Steelers to win AFC wild card game, extend streak of playoff futility
BALTIMORE — The Pittsburgh Steelers had no answers. Not for Lamar Jackson’s read-option runs or big-play passes. Not for Derrick Henry’s breakaway bursts through the middle. And certainly not for a streak of playoff futility that stretched to six straight losses in an eight-year span under Steelers coach Mike Tomlin,...
Steelers notes: Justin Fields quickly makes his playoff debut
BALTIMORE — It didn’t take long for Justin Fields to make his NFL playoff debut. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ change-of-pace quarterback, Fields checked in for the third snap from scrimmage of Saturday night’s wild-card round game against the Baltimore Ravens. Fields, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and offensive coordinator Arthur Smith spent...
Steelers without starting RG Mason McCormick for playoff opener at Ravens
BALTIMORE — Spencer Anderson will make his first career playoff start and fourth start in any meaningful NFL game as an offensive lineman in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ wild-card round postseason opener Saturday night. Anderson will be at right guard in place of rookie Mason McCormick, who will not play against...
Steelers add OT Calvin Anderson from injured reserve, elevate 2 receivers for playoff game
The Pittsburgh Steelers added reinforcements along the offensive line and at wide receiver for their AFC wild-card playoff game at Baltimore on Saturday night. Tackle Calvin Anderson was reinstated from injured reserve, and he will be active for the playoff game at M&T Bank Stadium. Anderson provides depth with rookie...
50 years later: Super Steelers reflect on winning 1st Super Bowl, igniting franchise’s legacy
Terry Bradshaw already was feeling immense pressure — internally if not externally — when he took the field for the biggest game of his young NFL career 50 years ago. The sight of an apparently dead body lying in front of him only heightened his anxiety before he led the...
Steelers rookies realize urgency of raised stakes in preparation for Ravens in 1st playoffs
As the Pittsburgh Steelers practiced for Saturday’s AFC wild-card game against the Baltimore Ravens, the stakes started to sink in for four rookies who played significant roles this season. It was a normal game week, save the consequences. “It’s single elimination. Win, you move on; lose, you go home,” center...
‘Living off past glory’: Plenty at stake as Steelers vie to end 8-year drought of playoff wins
Mike Tomlin has a history of guiding the Pittsburgh Steelers to 18 consecutive seasons without a losing record and a dozen NFL playoff appearances, yet the Super Bowl XLIII champion coach knows his story comes with baggage that he refuses to project onto his players. That doesn’t mean he’s immune to...
