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
Three up, three down: Steelers vs. Dolphins
The dreaded “letdown game” has once again proven to be an affliction for the Pittsburgh Steelers. This time, the injury-plagued Steelers traveled to hot and humid Miami to face the 1-4 Dolphins, and Pittsburgh failed to deliver in a game the team was expected to win. The inspired Dolphins rushed for 222 yards and scored 10 points off two Ben Roethlisberger interceptions to cruise to a 30-15 victory. The good news is everyone in the AFC North lost on Sunday, which means the 4-2 Steelers ... Read More
Steelers struggle in 30-15 loss to Dolphins
In a game that featured the Miami Dolphins running the ball for 222 yards (despite coming into the game 28th in the league in rushing yards), Lawrence Timmons throwing up on the sideline, heat cramps, Ben Roethlisberger leaving the game with a knee injury before returning and Jay Ajayi becoming the first running back to rush for 100-plus yards against the Steelers this season, the ending almost seems fitting. There was almost no other way for it to end other than a Dolphins win, 30-15. The ... Read More
Grades: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New York Jets
The Pittsburgh Steelers improved their overall record to 4-1 with a win over the New York Jets on Sunday. The win allowed Pittsburgh to grab hold of the AFC North in the top position. Behind them are the Baltimore Ravens (3-2), then the Cincinnati Bengals (2-3), and then at the bottom is the Cleveland Browns (0-5). For what feels like the first time all season, the Steelers didn’t have to deal with too many injuries. Without further ado, here are the grades for the Steelers in their ... Read More
Three up, three down: Steelers vs. Jets
For the second consecutive week, the Pittsburgh Steelers were able to get a conference win in convincing fashion, this time by beating the New York Jets 31-13 on a picturesque afternoon at Heinz Field. The win moves the Steelers' record to 4-1, good enough for sole possession of first place in the AFC North. They also have an unblemished conference mark as the team moves past the quarter-pole of the season. Despite injuries to key starters on both sides of the ball, Pittsburgh once again ... Read More
Three up, three down: Steelers vs. Chiefs
What a difference a week can make. After one of the worst regular season losses of the Mike Tomlin era last week against the Philadelphia Eagles, the Pittsburgh Steelers bounced back by putting together a dominating performance in front of a national TV audience on Sunday Night Football, trouncing the Kansas City Chiefs 43-14. The victory pushed the Steelers (3-1) into a first-place tie with the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC North and, with it it, gave Pittsburgh some much-needed confidence ... Read More
Team grades: Steelers vs. Chiefs
The Pittsburgh Steelers turned the tide after a painful Week 3 loss against the Philadelphia Eagles by defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 43-14 on Sunday night. The Steelers saw a few firsts in their Week 4 match against the Chiefs: running back Le’Veon Bell made his season debut, the pass rush was alive and well and Markus Wheaton didn’t drop a pass. Without further ado, here are the Steelers' positional grades from their Sunday Night Football game against the ... Read More
Three up, three down: Steelers vs. Eagles
Every so often, even football teams with storied traditions like the Pittsburgh Steelers put together a “throw-away-the-film” type of performance. You know, the game where it's nearly impossible to find anything positive. The type of defeat that, in retrospect, might end up being labeled as the worst regular-season loss in the Mike Tomlin era. In the wake of a 34-3 drubbing by the Philadelphia Eagles (3-0), Tomlin and his staff need to take that tape and burn it, bury it, do anything to rid ... Read More
Final preseason game provides many storylines for Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers head into their final exhibition game tomorrow night in Carolina looking to move past a preseason that clearly did not go as well as the team would have wanted. Injuries, question marks and the occasional unwelcome distraction marred the weeks leading up to final cutdown to the 53-man roster expected to be set later this weekend. The good news is the team is ready to move past a mostly dreadful camp and focus on their opening game of the season against the Washington ... Read More
Senquez Golson has shoulder surgery; seven Steelers out for Sunday
Most of the Pittsburgh Steelers will finally take to the grass at Heinz Field for the first time this preseason on Sunday, with the Black and Gold hosting the Green Bay Packers in their home preseason opener. However, the Steelers (0-2) will be without seven players for their home opener against the Packers (1-0). Inside linebackers Lawrence Timmons (turf toe) and Vince Williams (hamstring), running back Josh Harris (foot) and wide receivers David Nelson (shoulder) and C.J. Goodwin ... Read More