The Pittsburgh Steelers know a good thing when they see it. Per NFL Insider Adam Rapoport, the Steelers will place the franchise tag on their star running back, Le'Veon Bell. The tag should be for more than $12 million and will allow the two sides to work out a longterm deal. This season, Bell became the first player in NFL history to average 100 rushing yards and 50 receiving yards per game in a season. The 24-year-old missed the first three games of the season (due to a drug-related ... Read More
Injury report: Chickillo, Mathews out, Green questionable for Sunday
While what ultimately happens on the field in Sunday's playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins is what really matters, leading up to the game, the injury report can tell us a lot about how exactly the game might go. Thursday, the Steelers and Dolphins released their injury reports heading into Sunday's meeting: Pittsburgh Steelers: Out: Anthony Chickillo, linebacker (ankle) Ricardo Mathews, defensive end (ankle) Questionable: Robert Golden, safety ... Read More
Rookie Sean Davis has become an integral part of Steelers
Rookie safety Sean Davis has been exactly the player the Pittsburgh Steelers needed him to be this season. Drafted in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft out of the University of Maryland, Davis is one-half of Pittsburgh's rookies on the team's new-and-improved defense. (The other half is cornerback Artie Burns, who was taken in the first round of the draft.) But if you're looking at things more critically, Davis has been more than just a great rookie, he's been an integral part of the ... Read More
Grades: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns
There’s no doubt about it: The Pittsburgh Steelers like to make their regular-season finale interesting. Sunday, Pittsburgh elected to rest quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, running back Le’Veon Bell, wide receiver Antonio Brown and center Maurkice Pouncey — the team's four Pro Bowl-ers — for the playoffs, and it almost cost the team in the final game of the season. The Steelers (11-5), led by quarterback Landry Jones and running back DeAngelo Williams, barely squeezed out a 27-24 win ... Read More
Best tweets from the Steelers’ 27-24 win over the Browns
Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cleveland Browns 27-24 in overtime — all without starters (and Pro Bowl-ers) Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, Le'Veon Bell and Maurkice Pouncey. It was a weird game, but it was the seventh win in a row for Pittsburgh. 1. Don't be alarmed by the Browns vs Steelers score. The Steelers are basically playing their grounds crew today.— Fake SportsCenter (@FakeSportsCentr) January 1, 2017 2. Watching this #Steelers game like... ... Read More
Steelers set to play Dolphins in first round of playoffs
In Week 6, the Pittsburgh Steelers suffered one of their most embarrassing losses of the season, losing 30-15 to the then-1-4 Miami Dolphins. Now, with everything on the line, the Steelers will have their chance to exact their revenge next Sunday when the two teams meet in the first round of the AFC playoffs. The loss to the Dolphins was the start of Pittsburgh's four-game skid — which included losses to the New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys — but that's since ... Read More
Five best Pittsburgh sports moments from 2016
Farewell, 2016. You won’t be missed. (But we will miss you, The King.) But as much as 2016 sucked, there were some great sports moments in the Steel City. Here, we look at the top-5 Pittsburgh sports moments from 2016. 5. Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco come into their own Andrew McCutchen had a pretty bad season — there’s really no way to sugar coat it. But fellow outfielders Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco both came into their own this season, which promises big things for ... Read More
Le’Veon Bell named 2016 Steelers MVP
For whom the Bell tolls. Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Steelers voted on the team's MVP for the 2016 season, and the answer was rather resounding: running back Le'Veon Bell. Despite missing the first three games of the season with a drug-related suspension, Bell is second in the NFL (first in the AFC) with his 1,268 rushing yards, and he has seven rushing touchdowns. And he's done all this in just 12 games. In the Steelers' six-game win streak, Bell is averaging over 100 yards a game. ... Read More
Grades: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens
While the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrated their “present” of becoming the AFC North champions on Christmas Day, the Baltimore Ravens sat with a “bah-humbug” attitude in their locker room. The Steelers narrowly defeated the Ravens, 31-27, on Christmas Day to secure the AFC North title and punch Pittsburgh's ticket to the playoffs. The Ravens are officially eliminated from the playoffs; the Oakland Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins have secured the rest of playoff slots. Here are ... Read More
Three up, three down: Steelers vs. Ravens
The Christmas Day Comeback? That's what many are calling the Pittsburgh Steelers' (10-5) division-clinching 31-27 win over their biggest rival, the Baltimore Ravens (8-7), in front of a sold-out Heinz Field crowd. The fans certainly got all they could have possibly wished for on Christmas as Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger led the team back from a 20-10 fourth quarter deficit to get the win and lock up the third seed in the AFC playoffs that are set to begin in two weeks. It ... Read More