Chris Adamski stories, Page 53
For his role in 2 Steelers’ defensive TDs, Alex Highsmith named AFC defensive player of weekVideo
No player — offense or defense — was more impactful Monday in creating points for the Pittsburgh Steelers than Alex Highsmith. For his efforts that night during a win against the Cleveland Browns, Highsmith was named AFC defensive player of the week. Highsmith scored the game’s first points on the...
Hines Ward, James Harrison among 10 ex-Steelers nominated for Hall of Fame induction
Two-time Super Bowl-winning stars Hines Ward and James Harrison headline 10 former Pittsburgh Steelers players among 173 modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Ward is the Steelers’ leader in career receptions with 1,000. Harrison was the franchise’s career sacks leader before being bypassed Monday...
Steelers’ Minkah Fitzpatrick treated at hospital after suffering chest injury vs. Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick was taken to a hospital for evaluation after suffering a chest injury during Monday night’s victory against the Cleveland Browns. Fitzpatrick apparently was injured while making a desperate lunging tackle on Jerome Ford as the Browns running back approached the goal line at the end...
In 1st game as No. 1 WR, George Pickens delivers big play for Steelers
While the designation, by its nature, is not official and carries a degree of subjectivity, Monday night marked the first time in the young NFL career of George Pickens that he served as a No. 1 wide receiver. Pickens provided a big play that helped deliver the Pittsburgh Steelers a...
Steelers fans chant ‘Fire Canada’ during home win as offense struggles
Holding a late lead against a longtime rival wasn’t enough to placate an often-ornery crowd Monday night at Acrisure Stadium. A loud, clearly discernible chant of “Fire Canada” sustained throughout the duration of a timeout after an awkward run by Kenny Pickett lost 3 yards with 3 minutes, 5 seconds...
T.J. Watt sets Steelers career sacks record with takedown of Browns’ Deshaun Watson
There’s a new king of “Blitzburgh.” T.J. Watt took over sole possession of the career Pittsburgh Steelers sacks record with a second-quarter takedown of the Cleveland Browns’ Deshaun Watson on Monday night. Watt chased down Watson for a 7-yard loss on a third-and-7 play with 1 minute, 3 seconds left...
A look back at each of the 19 games in Steelers’ home winning streak vs. Browns
Heading into their matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night at Acrisure Stadium, how long had it been since the Cleveland Browns won a regular-season game in Pittsburgh? Let’s put it this way: there wasn’t any trash-talking about it afterward from the Ohioans on Facebook. That social-media network had...
Steelers move Qadree Ollison up from practice squad, place Diontae Johnson, Anthony McFarland on IRVideo
Two weeks ago when Qadree Ollison went through his first practice with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kenny Pickett made sure he drilled a handoff to the veteran running back. “Just for old time’s sake,” Pickett said to Ollison that day. On Monday night, Ollison was elevated from the practice squad to...
Steelers 4 Downs: Plenty of streaks on line in Steelers-Browns Monday night matchup
1. Made to be broken It’s been one of the surest bets in sports over the past two decades — the Pittsburgh Steelers beating the Cleveland Browns during the regular season at home. For more than 30 years, so has the Steelers beating anybody at home on “Monday Night Football.”...
Diontae Johnson vows to work to rehab injury, support Steelers WR corpsVideo
In the two or three days immediately after suffering a hamstring injury during Sunday’s regular-season opener, Diontae Johnson was in pain and had a difficult time walking. Since the Pittsburgh Steelers returned to practice, though, Johnson has joined his teammates on the fields at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Donning his...
Browns star RB ‘Mr.’ Nick Chubb has earned respect of Mike Tomlin, Steelers
During his weekly news conference Tuesday, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin referenced almost four dozen individuals. His players. Opposing players. Coaches for the upcoming opponent. For the vast majority, Tomlin was complimentary and dispensing praise. But for only one among those 40-plus men Tomlin spoke about did he address in...
Steelers defensive line corps confident it can fill void after Cameron Heyward injury
Through a combination of retirements and free-agent departures, the Pittsburgh Steelers have turned over the vast majority of their defensive line in recent years. Now that the last man standing from the position group from as recently as 28 months ago — Cameron Heyward — won’t be playing for the...
Kenny Pickett: It was my throws, not decision-making or scheme, that led to Steelers’ bad loss
Now that he’d had 72 hours to digest the ghastly 30-7 letdown of season-opening loss, Kenny Pickett on Wednesday cleared the mental side of culpability. It was all physical that ailed the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense Sunday, Pickett said, referencing the players on offense in general and himself — and his...
Steelers notes: Team will wait to make move in wake of Diontae Johnson injury
Diontae Johnson was present and donning his practice jersey as he walked the locker room at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex after Wednesday’s practice. He definitively, though, will not be wearing his game jersey when the Pittsburgh Steelers play their next game Monday. “I’m acknowledging that he’s out this week,” coach...
Steelers receivers fail to produce in opener, now might have to get by without Diontae Johnson
After a trio of brief preseason outings during which everything seemed to come so easily for the Pittsburgh Steelers offense, in their first game that mattered, that was anything but the case. How could a unit that looked so unbeatable in August struggle so much during its opener in September?...
Kenny Pickett, Steelers offense deliver a dud in much-anticipated Steelers’ season opener
By most accounts, the preseason was a perfect for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first-team offense. Kenny Pickett’s passer rating? A perfect 158.3. A perfect 3-0 record. A perfect ratio of five touchdowns in five possessions, too. Perhaps that makes the 30-7 defeat to the San Francisco 49ers in the regular-season opener...
Steelers notes: Though they didn’t start, 5 rookies among 16 who make team debut
The lauded Pittsburgh Steelers 2023 draft class might yet make a major impact on the organization. Its members barely registered notice in their NFL debut, though. No rookies were in the starting lineup for Sunday’s 30-7 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. But five of the six rookies on the...
T.J. Watt ties Steelers career sacks record with 3 in opener vs. 49ers
When the day began, T.J. Watt sat in third place among the Pittsburgh Steelers’ career sacks leaders. He ended it tied for first. The sixth three-sack game of Watt’s career lifted him into a tie with James Harrison for the most sacks in franchise history with 80½. Watt brought down...
2 weeks after being acquired, CB Desmond King inactive for Steelers’ opener vs. 49ers
Eleven days, apparently, was not enough time for Desmond King to hop on the proverbial moving train. But more than three weeks without practicing fully was not a hindrance to Larry Ogunjobi. King, a veteran cornerback signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Aug. 31, was one of four players designated...
Steelers’ Cam Heyward, Diontae Johnson knocked out of opener
Veteran Pittsburgh Steelers starters Cameron Heyward and Diontae Johnson did not finish Sunday’s season opener because of injury. The Steelers’ oldest player at 34 and a longtime co-captain, Heyward suffered what the team described as a groin injury during the first half of Sunday’s 30-7 loss to the San Francisco...
Steelers 4 Downs: Analytics peg Najee Harris as maybe NFL’s worst returning starting RB
1. Need better from Najee The data compiled by NFL Next Gen Stats last season said the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Najee Harris was one of the worst starting running backs in the league. Among the company Harris kept toward the bottom of those lists, Harris is the only one to hold...
Steelers DL Larry Ogunjobi, 49ers TE George Kittle questionable to play in season opener
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Larry Ogunjobi did not fully participate in any practices this week and was officially deemed questionable to play in Sunday’s regular-season opener against the San Francisco 49ers. Ogunjobi has been listed on the league-mandated injury report as dealing with a foot ailment that has hindered him...
Joey Porter Jr, rest of Steelers’ renowned rookie class ready to make NFL debuts
It was just two years ago the Pittsburgh Steelers started five rookies during their season opener, the most they’d deployed for a season’s first game in three decades. This year, depending on the packages the offense and defense open up with, there might not be any rookies in the starting...
TV commercial star T.J. Watt preps for Steelers opener vs. successor as defensive player of year
For those who still watch old-fashioned (non-streaming) television that features ads, it’s been difficult to get through any commercial breaks during this season-opening week of the NFL season without seeing T.J. Watt. Watt, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ star defender, stars in two humorous commercials this week — one for an at-home...
Steelers prepare for multi-faceted threat posed by 49ers star Christian McCaffrey
Tasked over the past week-plus with formulating a plan to limit San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey, savvy veteran NFL defensive coordinator Teryl Austin devised a unique strategy. “We’re going to try to play with 12 guys,” Austin said, laughing. Presumably, Austin won’t want to actually subject the...
