Chris Adamski stories, Page 58

Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon did not practice for the second consecutive day, leaving his status for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets in peril. But star safety Minkah Fitzpatrick was again a full participant, suggesting he is progressing well through NFL concussion protocol. Witherspoon suffered a hamstring injury...

1. Among the best ESPN this week unveiled a new advanced metric to quantify the value of NFL receivers. The network calls its tool “Receiver Tracking Metrics” and describes it as using tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats “to analyze every route run — including those that are untargeted...

Getting signed to an NFL roster wasn’t even the most eventful part of the past week for Jordan Berry. The veteran punter signed on to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice squad Tuesday. Six days prior, he and his wife, Emily, welcomed a son, Cooper, into the world. “It’s been a busy...

Montravius Adams acknowledges that it was less than a month ago he had fears he could be let go by the Pittsburgh Steelers. That only served to make this week’s promotion to starter all the more gratifying for the veteran defensive tackle. “I’m just glad to be recognized,” Adams said...

Chase Claypool can’t nail down a common theme for the struggles of the Pittsburgh Steelers offense on third downs. “Sometimes we don’t make the plays. Sometimes we call plays into the wrong defense, or sometimes (opponents) call the right defense,” the Steelers wide receiver said Monday. “It’s hard to get...

It’s much too early to say if the Pittsburgh Steelers, at long last, have found a suitable replacement for Ryan Shazier. After all, that quest is in its fifth year. But what definitively can be said about Myles Jack is it took three games with the Steelers for him to...

1. No offense, but… Everyone from your favorite talk show host to the guy at the barstool next to you is saying how bad the Pittsburgh Steelers offense is this season. The traditional statistics — 28th in yards, 22nd in points — won’t cause anyone to dispute that. But what...

CLEVELAND —It might not be a strength, but the offensive line hasn’t proven to be a weakness for the Pittsburgh Steelers so far this season, either. “The O-line really played really well,” Steelers running back Najee Harris said after Thursday night’s 29-17 loss at the Cleveland Browns. “The past couple...

CLEVELAND — Injured Pittsburgh Steelers star outside linebacker T.J. Watt took part in several individual drills on the FirstEnregy Stadium grass field prior to full team warm-ups for Thursday night’s game at the Cleveland Browns. Watt is on injured reserve because of a pectoral injury suffered during a Week 1...

CLEVELAND — Finally, George Pickens made his presence known during the NFL regular season. And he did it in spectacular fashion. The Pittsburgh Steelers rookie wide receiver was not noticed much during his first two games, much to the consternation of many who’d seen him repeatedly make plays as one...

Injured Pittsburgh Steelers safety Damontae Kazee has been suspended by the NFL for three games as the result of violating the league’s policy on substances of abuse. Kazee has been on injured reserve since the start of the regular season and previously would have been eligible to return as early...

The day before bitter rivals the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers meet for the first time this season, word has come that arguably the greatest player to have productive tenures for both franchises is retiring from football. And he’s doing so as a Brown, not a Steeler. Cornerback Joe Haden...

Just two games into his NFL career, DeMarvin Leal performed a position switch. But will it last? With star T.J. Watt out because of injury and a dearth of depth at outside linebacker, Leal played the position most often for the Pittsburgh Steelers during their Week 2 loss to the...

Pittsburgh Steelers fans are perplexed as to why Mitch Trubisky isn’t throwing the ball downfield more often. Perhaps they can take solace in knowing Trubisky doesn’t know why he isn’t taking more chances, either. “I like to throw the ball down the field,” Trubisky said Tuesday. “Why I haven’t, given...

Myles Garrett earned first-team AP All-Pro honors last season. But his résumé wasn’t necessarily built on the back of games against the Pittsburgh Steelers. And credit for that, in large part, goes to Dan Moore Jr. The Steelers’ starting left tackle Thursday will be tasked for the third time in...

Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison, former Pitt star Darrelle Revis and former Penn State linebacker NaVorro Bowman are among nine first-time nominees on the modern-era ballot for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023. Harrison played 14 seasons for the Steelers and holds the franchise career...

Through two of their own games and headed into the final two league games of Week 2, the Pittsburgh Steelers offense ranked 30th in the NFL in yards and tied for 21st in points, even with the benefit of the defense’s “pick six” and three extra possessions in overtime of...

Larry Ogunjobi either knew the question was coming, or he was amused by its phrasing. In light of the Pittsburgh Steelers-at-Cleveland Browns game scheduled for 8:15 p.m. Thursday, many are reminiscing about the teams’ most recent primetime game in Cleveland. The 21-7 Browns win was secondary to a late-game incident...

James Daniels was feeling nostalgic Sunday. And not in a good way. A starting right guard, Daniels is new to the Pittsburgh Steelers and played in his first home opener for them Sunday. So did quarterback Mitch Trubisky, Daniels’ former teammate for three seasons with the Chicago Bears. Sunday’s 17-14...

Gunner Olszewski, like any player in such a situation, wanted to make an impact during Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers home opener. Olszewski did, and not in the way he wanted to. Olszewski’s third-quarter muffed punt set up the Patriots at the PSteelers’ 10-yard line and led to the touchdown that effectively...

For the second time in as many weeks and 13th time in 38 games with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Minkah Fitzpatrick had an interception during Sunday’s 17-14 loss to the New England Patriots. Fitzpatrick’s interception of Mac Jones with 53 seconds left in the first quarter led to the Steelers’ first...

1. Quick to the draw Much was made last season about how quickly Ben Roethlisberger got rid of the ball after receiving a snap. And while the Mitch Trubisky debut as Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback didn’t quite match Big Ben’s pace, it still was an exercise in quick passes. Only seven...

The only NFL player listed as a “wide receiver” who had more carries during Week 1 of the season than Chase Claypool was Deebo Samuel, a player who might as well officially change his position to “WR/RB” after he had more than 500 rushing yards during the regular season and...

As rich as the rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots seems, it’s been so long since the traditional AFC powers met that only three starters and eight Steelers overall remain from that Sept. 8, 2019, most recent matchup. There is, however, a ninth Steelers player who will...