Chris Adamski stories, Page 55

PHILADELPHIA — Not unlike one of those old-fashioned cans with a spring-loaded snake inside, the Philadelphia Eagles sprung big plays on the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. “We’ve got to keep a lid on it,” coach Mike Tomlin said, referencing not the time-honored prank but the back end of his team’s...

PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sciba went from lobster and shrimp to placekicks and kickoffs over a span of 48 hours. Sciba was back home in Clover, S.C., a town of 6,700 about 45 minutes southwest of Charlotte, when his phone rang Friday. It was the Pittsburgh Steelers. Sciba’s part-time gig at...

PHILADELPHIA — Ahkello Witherspoon was benched Sunday, and he wasn’t going to let a hamstring injury that had sidelined him for more than a month serve as an excuse. A Pittsburgh Steelers veteran starting cornerback, Witherspoon played in Sunday’s 35-13 loss against the Philadelphia Eagles, his first game action since...

PHILADELPHIA – Carlos Davis has hung around the Pittsburgh Steelers since being a seventh-round pick in 2020. Sunday was his first chance to play in 2022. Davis, a defensive tackle, made an impact, albeit in a 35-23 loss to. Davis had a sack of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. Saturday,...

Amy Sirianni was Amy Wladyka when she was growing up in the 1950s on 10th Avenue in Harrison. Across the street was the old Riverview Elementary School in Natrona Heights. A few blocks south was the grocery store her uncles owned, Ted & Leo’s Market. Her sons warmly recall the...

1. First-half fun Perhaps one number differential best points out the degree of the on-paper mismatch for Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles have scored more points this season in the second quarters of games alone (112) than the Steelers have scored all season (107)....

Defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi and cornerback Levi Wallace will not play, but cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon will return to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ lineup for Sunday’s game at the Philadelphia Eagles. Neither Ogunjobi nor Wallace practiced all week because of knee and shoulder injuries, respectively. Wallace’s absence means the Steelers will be...

Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Chris Boswell did not practice Friday and was listed on the injury report as questionable to play Sunday at the Philadelphia Eagles. The injury report lists Boswell as having a right groin injury. It is not known when the injury occurred. The Steelers have no other kickers...

Like his head coach and his offensive coordinator, Najee Harris believes the Pittsburgh Steelers offense is “about to turn the corner.” “Yeah, we close,” Harris said after practice Friday, “but we need to fix some (stuff).” And that, um, stuff that Harris believes needs to be fixed, it sounds like...

Matt Canada has been around enough to know not to read or listen to what is said or written about him. But he understands those closest to him aren’t as savvy. “I’ve got family, and I’ve got people that care about me,” Canada, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offensive coordinator, said Thursday....

The lead-up to the rare all-Pennsylvania NFL matchup began strangely, with Philadelphia’s coach extolling the praises of Pittsburgh while the Steelers quarterback referenced how excited he is to see Philadelphia’s baseball team in the World Series. “My dad was a huge Philly guy,” the Steelers’ Kenny Pickett said Wednesday, “so...

Is this the week Ahkello Witherspoon returns to the Pittsburgh Steelers lineup? Wednesday’s practice suggests it might be. Out since Week 3 because of a groin injury, Witherspoon was a full participant at the indoor session at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. The veteran cornerback seemed on the cusp of a...

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ fourth-round pick won’t make it onto the field for his rookie season. Wednesday was the deadline for the Steelers to add Calvin Austin III to the active roster. But the day’s practice came and went, and the Steelers made only one announcement regarding a player on injured...

It was for the most part a gloomy, gray, rainy practice Wednesday for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have lost four of their past five games. Good thing a positive ray of figurative sunshine brightened the mood — and, potentially, the outlook for the Steelers. Reigning NFL Defensive Player of the...

Five things we learned from Dolphins 16, Steelers 10: 1. Picking on Pickett Now that Kenny Pickett is three starts (and 12½ quarters) into his NFL career, he’s had enough pass attempts to qualify for the league’s leaderboard for its rate statistics (the NFL minimum is 14 pass attempts per...

When Terrell Edmunds was not in uniform Oct. 9 at the Buffalo Bills, it was only the second time he missed a game since being drafted in 2018. A week later, Edmunds’ value to the Pittsburgh Steelers — measured via steady, reliable availability — perhaps was on display more than...

1. Tough schedule The Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense ranks fourth worst in the NFL in yards gained and third worst in points scored. But is part of that poor output the result of whom they are facing? According to footballoutsiders.com, the Steelers this season have faced the toughest schedule of defenses...

By the time it got to Thursday of last week, Pat Freiermuth still wasn’t feeling his normal self. As such, he knew he’d have to miss a game. “It’s tough,” the Pittsburgh Steelers tight end said Friday after a full week of practice. “It’s definitely tough missing a game, I...

The Pittsburgh Steelers just can’t seem to get their entire secondary healthy. The final league-mandated status report of the week Friday gave official word that cornerbacks Cameron Sutton and Levi Wallace will return to game action Sunday at the Miami Dolphins. But cornerbacks Ahkello Witherspoon and James Pierre were designated...

His pro debut came at halftime of a game after a dispute of some level between his team’s star receiver and its previous starting quarterback. His first start was on the road at the Super Bowl favorites. The result was a 38-3 loss. Then, during the third quarter of his...

Another day, another full practice for Kenny Pickett. If that happens again Friday, feel secure in assuming Pickett will make his third start as quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pickett was listed on the league-mandated injury report as a full participant at Thursday’s practice, four days after he did not...

Their injury report remains lengthy, but it generally is delivering good news for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Only one player on the 53-man roster did not practice Thursday because of injury – return man Steven Sims – and only one other was limited in his participation: cornerback James Pierre. Among those...

Damontae Kazee practiced with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, starting the clock on a 21-day window in which the veteran safety must be activated to the 53-man roster. Kazee opened the season on injured reserve because of a wrist injury suffered during the preseason finale. He was on track to...

For the first time in almost a month since suffering a hamstring injury, Ahkello Witherspoon participated in a practice Wednesday. The Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback is hopeful that means a return to game action isn’t far behind. “I felt good,” Witherspoon said before Thursday’s practice. “Just getting back out there, it...

It’s been almost eight weeks since Damontae Kazee was on a field practicing or playing with his teammates. “It’s been boring,” the Pittsburgh Steelers safety said Wednesday. “I just wanna play.” Kazee might get that chance soon. On injured reserve since before the start of the regular season because of...