Chris Adamski stories, Page 38

Cory Trice meandered his way around the locker room at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Leaning on crutches that resembled the tall and slender cornerback himself, Trice made his way to his locker. This, of course, isn’t the way he wanted his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers to go....

A highlight of Desmond King’s football career came at none other than what is now called Acrisure Stadium. So you could forgive King, a veteran defensive back, for getting a little nostalgic less than a week into his tenure with the Pittsburgh Steelers. “A lot of people (are having) a...

Countless times, Qadree Ollison had been on the fields of UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Pittsburgh’s South Side. For five years, he spent plenty of time on them while playing for Pitt. For Ollison’s final season with the Panthers, when he gained 1,213 rushing yards, it was Kenny Pickett handing...

For the fifth time in nine NFL seasons, Kwon Alexander will be sporting a different uniform number. For the second time in five weeks with the Pittsburgh Steelers, too. A veteran inside linebacker who signed July 30, Alexander was wearing No. 54 for what can reasonably be classified as the...

When Mason Cole signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers last year, he was joining his third team in three seasons. The Steelers, meanwhile, were on their fourth starting center in three seasons. Turns out, both found desired stability — in each other. Cole, by all indications, has been a perfect fit...

Miles Boykin didn’t even need to hear the end of the question. He didn’t want to hear the numbers or metrics or any “fancy stats,” either. “I don’t need analytics to tell me that ‘Tae’ can get open,” the veteran receiver said of Pittsburgh Steelers teammate Diontae Johnson earlier this...

Half of the players the Pittsburgh Steelers released as part of their final cutdown Tuesday were brought back as half of their practice squad Wednesday. Eight of the 16 Steelers’ deadline day cuts were re-signed to the practice squad: cornerback Luq Barcoo, running back Greg Bell, defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko,...

The Pittsburgh Steelers added another veteran option to their cornerbacks corps Wednesday, signing 30-year-old Anthony Brown to their practice squad. Brown played the past eight seasons for the Dallas Cowboys but joins the Steelers nine months after suffering a torn Achilles injury that ended his 2022 season. Brown has been...

A day after setting their initial 53-man active roster, the Pittsburgh Steelers began to tweak it by reportedly signing versatile former All-Pro cornerback Desmond King. The NFL Network reported the deal, and details on term of value were not yet available. Entering his seventh NFL season, King was released by...

Barring an injury or something else unforeseen, for the second consecutive season, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first-round pick likely will not play in their regular-season opener. Kenny Pickett did not get off the bench as the backup quarterback during the Week 1 win at the Cincinnati Bengals last year. And when...

The Pittsburgh Steelers continued to gradually trim their roster down to the NFL-mandated 53 by Tuesday’s deadline by releasing 10 more players Monday. The moves leave the Steelers’ roster at 70, following the release of eight players Saturday, one more Sunday and the trade of guard Kevin Dotson to the...

After four seasons starting at Pitt, Kenny Pickett entered the NFL with a reputation that as a starting quarterback he possessed the requisite leadership skills. As Pickett enters a pro season for the first time as a starter, it’s clear that’s already become apparent to Pittsburgh Steelers teammates. Coach Mike...

Teryl Austin had a quick answer Saturday when he was asked which position group he considered deep. “We all think our defensive line depth is better this year,” the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator said. “Really good.” Indeed, an analysis of the roster reveals the D-line as the most difficult position...

After getting out to leads of 27-7, 27-0 and 24-0 in their preseason games, the result actually will matter for the Pittsburgh Steelers the next time they (using Mike Tomlin parlance) “go into the stadium.” But in the 16 days in between, they’ll cut 37 players, assemble a practice squad,...

Savvy enough as the son of a former NFL player and aware of his status as a rookie, Joey Porter Jr. isn’t ready to announce lineup decisions. “That,” Porter said after practice Tuesday, “is for the big man upstairs.” Porter didn’t clarify if he was referencing Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike...

Most — but perhaps not all — of the starters will be in the lineup and taking the field in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ preseason finale Thursday at the Atlanta Falcons. While Steelers coach Mike Tomlin left himself a qualifier by saying, “By no means am I guaranteeing that everyone plays,”...

Those who have watched the Pittsburgh Steelers throughout this preseason have seen one Steelers player more than any other. Not the high-profile Kenny Pickett or T.J. Watt but a relatively unknown undrafted rookie in David Perales. An outside linebacker, Perales has played 98 snaps through two preseason games — four...

Just as their first practice at team headquarters in advance of the season was getting underway Monday, the Pittsburgh Steelers announced the signings of outside linebacker Kuony Deng and receiver Aron Cruickshank. Waived last week by the Chicago Bears, the 6-foot-6, 240-pound Deng finished last season with that organization. He...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have become a preseason juggernaut. Scoring the first 27 points of a 27-15 victory against the Buffalo Bills allowed the Steelers to run their preseason winning streak to five, last losing an exhibition in 2021. The Steelers have won 10 of their past 12 preseason games and...

Damar Hamlin was happy to be able to soak in the moment. The sights, the sounds. The … smells? “It kind of felt like college again, that feeling I got when I was playing at Pitt,” Hamlin said of his first football game in Pittsburgh as a pro. “Stadium smelled...

The starting lineup on offense for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ preseason game Saturday was very likely (assuming no injuries) to be the most-used group of 11 when the regular-season starts. They played two series. On defense, veteran defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi did not play because of a foot injury. Montravius Adams...

Joey Porter Sr. had plenty of special moments at the North Shore venue now called Acrisure Stadium. He presumably was given a game ball or two there, too. None like Saturday, though, for what was surely a proud father. Porter Sr. was tossed the ball from his son, Joey Jr.,...

Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker Kwon Alexander was fined $43,709 by the NFL for a hard tackle he made during the first quarter of an Aug. 11 preseason game. Alexander dropped Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Chase Edmonds for a 2-yard loss a moment after he received a pass from Baker...