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Ready or not regular season, many questions sti...
Get your worry beads out, Steelers Nation. All the questions that we hoped would be answered by now are still plaguing your 2021 Steelers.
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Former Penn State TE Pat Freiermuth is a Steele...
All you need to know about Steelers rookie tight end Pat Freiermuth is the team was willing to draft him in the first round, had running back Najee Harris not been on the board.
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All eyes on Ben Roethlisberger & Steelers’ ‘new...
The curtain goes up Saturday on the 2021 version of Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers’ new-look offense. The Steelers' third preseason game vs. the Detroit Lions at Heinz Field will be the closest thing to regular-season action until the real ga...
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Steelers in the dark on when T.J. Watt will tak...
How long can the T.J. Watt waiting game go on before it short-circuits the Steelers' preparation for the all-important 2021 season?
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What did the Steelers tell Dwayne Haskins about...
It’s happening. Former first-round draft pick Dwayne Haskins is beating out “mediocre” Mason Rudolph for the Steelers’ backup role to Big Ben Roethlisberger. But more it’s even more significant than that. A long-shot quarterback succession plan could b...
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Steelers' Najee Harris at center of NFL’s COVID...
The NFL is imposing some strict new rules for unvaccinated players, who are now being marked by those telltale yellow wristbands. While the Steelers are said to have a high overall rate of vaccinated players, Najee Harris was recently spotted wearing t...
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Ben Roethlisberger’s on a new diet, but experts...
Ben Roethlisberger is plucking a page out of Tom Brady’s playbook -- and his cookbook – in order to serve up a Steelers’ Super Bowl run. Word is Roethlisberger is on a new reducing plan to increase Pittsburgh’s chances of success this season. Ben’s det...
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Devin Bush’s dead cat video post has Steelers N...
Steelers’ linebacker Devin Bush is definitely not getting a dead cat bounce on recent controversial posts to his Twitter account. Instead, cat-loving Steelers’ fans have their claws out for the once-loved linebacker. This, after Bush quote-tweeted a ve...
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Ben Roethlisberger’s biggest barrier to success...
An NFL team’s offensive line is supposed to be a barrier, all right. A bulwark to protect the quarterback and a bulldozer to open lanes for the running game. But last year, the Steelers’ running game ground to a halt and Big Ben Roethlisberger was rush...
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Don’t buy all the Dwayne Haskins hype with the ...
It used to be the most popular person in Pittsburgh was the backup quarterback. Now it’s the third-string or even the fourth-string QB. That depends on where Steelers’ reclamation project Dwayne Haskins lands in the passing pecking order. It’s still no...
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Ben Roethlisberger, JuJu Smith-Schuster could l...
The Steelers and their new coordinator Matt Canada are in the midst of installing an innovative offense built around lots of tempo and pre-snap motion, a plethora of running plays, hordes of play action, and above all, finding the mismatches that allow...
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Mason Rudolph is the Steelers’ starting quarter...
Mason Rudolph and the Steelers have made clear what we long suspected – it’s just a matter of time before Mason is your Steelers’ starting quarterback. This, after the team re-signed Rudolph this off-season, and he stands as the only team QB under cont...
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Ben Roethlisberger commits to plenty of play ac...
Nothing short of a total Steelers’ offensive overhaul is underway in Pittsburgh. This comes right from the guy who’ll be pulling the trigger on the new attack – Ben Roethlisberger. New coordinator Matt Canada has big plans to have Big Ben back...
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Steelers guarantee Najee Harris $13.1 million; ...
Careful observation the Steelers’ first OTA’s involving its new crop of rookies reveals the cornerstone upon which the 2021 season will rise or fall. On one side of the practice field, we glimpsed 39-year-old Ben Roethlisberger showing up and firing pa...
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Najee Harris poised to replace Ben Roethlisberg...
Rookie running back Najee Harris isn’t just the new kid on the block, but a Steelers savior the likes of which we haven’t seen since Mean Joe Greene.
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Steelers’ 2021 schedule presents huge challenges
The Steelers shuffle off to Buffalo to face the playoff-built Bills in Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season. It doesn’t get any easier from there, either. The Steelers are facing a brutal 2021 schedule regardless of how you slice and dice it. If you ...
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Marshawn Lynch on Najee Harris: ‘Freak of natur...
National NFL pundits like ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. are poo-pooing Pittsburgh picking Najee Harris in the NFL draft. But one guy who knows what it takes to really roll in this league insists the Steelers just might have landed themselves the 2021 Offensive ...
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Steelers eyeing QB Kyle Trask, not Justin Field...
Don’t sleep on the New England Patriots swooping in and scooping up Justin Fields, leaving the Steelers with Kyle Trask. That’s because the NFL is a literal arms race. It’s all about the passer. But here your Pittsburgh Steelers sit with a plethora of ...
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Mike Tomlin’s new contract signals Steelers’ ag...
Word that Steelers’ Coach Mike Tomlin is now signed through the 2024 season ignited the typical polarized Pittsburgh reaction. According to the fiery arguments among Steel City fans, Tomlin is either the best of coaches, or among the worst of them. If ...
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If Justin Fields falls in NFL draft, Steelers s...
No one yet knows who’ll be catching NFL passes from Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields. Should the prodigal passer begin to fall in the NFL draft later this month, the Steelers should play his receiver -- and be there to catch him. Yes, holes in the ...
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Remember all those calls for Steelers to trade ...
When reports surfaced that Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was disgruntled down in Houston and clamoring for a high-profile trade to another team, more than a few Steelers fans piped up in Pittsburgh that their favorite football team should make the ...
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Najee Harris, Sam Darnold linked to Steelers’ r...
All of Pittsburgh, it seems, has the Steelers’ ponying up a first-round pick on a running back to revive the team’s moribund ground game, which last season resembled a grave where running plays went to die. Even Steelers President Art Rooney II is on r...
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Chase Claypool’s ugly bar fight makes Steelers’...
Chase Claypool apparently kicking a man who is down isn’t just a bad look. It could be highly problematic with regards to the NFL Conduct policy. Worse it’s a troubling sign Claypool is headed down the wrong path that’s been frequented by Stee...
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‘Decimated’ Steelers face grim 2021 outlook: Th...
Sadly, it’s the Steelers way: Stand back while your team hemorrhages talent to the highest bitter. The Steelers’ brain trust has long viewed NFL free agency as Bizarro World. Free-spending teams pony up insane prices for top players, only to see their ...
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Justin Fields, Mac Jones, Kyle Trask all linked...
It’s only the most important position on the football field. Why shouldn’t monopolize all those mock drafts being floated around that have the Steelers snatching a top quarterback in 2021 NFL draft? On the same week that Ben Roethlisb...
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