The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping their second-round pick brings some good juju to the Steel City. With the No. 62 overall pick, the Steelers selected USC wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. As a Trojan, Smith-Schuster (the youngest player in the 2016 NFL Draft at 20 years old) tallied 10 touchdowns in each of his last two seasons and had 2,368 receiving yards. His best season came in 2015, when he had 89 catches for 1,454 and averaged 16.3 yards per catch. PITTSBURGH WHAT'S ... Read More
Steelers make Antonio Brown highest-paid WR in NFL
Antonio Brown made his best catch of the season: a new contract. The Pittsburgh Steelers are sure putting their money where their mouth is. Just hours after announcing they'd placed the franchise tag on running back Le'Veon Bell, the team announced it had reached an extension agreement with wide receiver Antonio Brown. Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, Brown and the Steelers have agreed to a deal that will make him the highest-paid WR in the league. Steelers and Antonio Brown have reached ... Read More
Report: Antonio Brown “pouted” after Steelers TD, too concerned with stats
There may be no “I” in team, but there is one in “Antonio.” According to NFL Network's Aditi Kinkhabwala, the Pittsburgh Steelers have become concerned that wide receiver Antonio Brown cares more about his individual statistics than his team's performance. Sunday, in the AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots, Brown apparently “pouted” after quarterback Ben Roethlisberger found running back DeAngelo Williams for the touchdown and not Brown — while the rest of the ... Read More
Grades: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New England Patriots
Houston, we have a problem. That problem is simply that the New England Patriots beat the Pittsburgh Steelers to once again to head to yet another Super Bowl. The Steelers, in reality, didn’t do much to halt the Patriots' passage to Houston, where Super Bowl LI will be held. For New England, it seemed like another walk around Boston Park. Plenty of Steelers fans made the trip to sit in the trenches of Gillette Stadium and cheer on the Black and Gold. However, those fans had to ... Read More
Three up, three down: Steelers vs. Patriots
Another playoff matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots, another frustrating, season-ending loss for the Black and Gold. Although it'd been 12 years since the two teams last met in a playoff contest, the Patriots (16-2) once again found a way to ruin an otherwise rewarding season for the Steelers (13-6) with a resounding 36-17 win in the AFC Championship Game at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. It's the Steelers' third loss to the Patriots in the AFC title game ... Read More
Steelers no match for Patriots, Brady in 36-17 loss in AFC Championship Game
Today was going to be the day. It was going to be the day the Pittsburgh Steelers finally beat the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game to get a spot in the Super Bowl. It was going to be the day Ben Roethlisberger finally proved himself against Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. It was going to be the day because the Steelers finally had Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell healthy for the playoffs. Coming into the game, the Steelers were 2-9 against the Brady-led Patriots. ... Read More
5 keys to Pittsburgh beating New England in AFC Championship Game
For the first time since the 2004 season, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots will face off in the AFC Championship Game with kickoff set for 6:40 p.m. EST at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. The Patriots have certainly had the Steelers' number in the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era (New England holds a a 9-2 record in meetings with Brady under center), but the Steelers — on a nine-game winning streak — come in as the hottest team in the NFL. There are plenty of things that ... Read More
Three up, three down: Steelers vs. Chiefs
It won't go into the NFL Film vaults as an instant classic, but the Pittsburgh Steelers did just enough to escape with a 18-16 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. Now, Pittsburgh will finally get their chance at playoff redemption against the New England Patriots when the two teams meet this coming Sunday in the AFC Championship Game. The victory gives the Steelers a shot to end the Patriots' Super Bowl quest on their home field — just like New England did in Pittsburgh in ... Read More
Grades: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Kansas City Chiefs
In the most untraditional fashion, the Pittsburgh Steelers are heading to the 2017 AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots. That might not sound non-traditional. The Steelers are six-time Super Bowl champions, so they've obviously seen their share of AFC Championship games. However, what was non-tradiational was the way Pittsburgh earned its win in the AFC Divisional Round against the Kansas City Chiefs. Give Chris Boswell the hero’s cape. He scored every point for the ... Read More
Steelers hold on to 18-16 playoff victory over Chiefs
Le’Veon Bell had 170 yards. Antonio Brown had 108. Ben Roethlisberger had 224. And yet the Pittsburgh Steelers somehow only beat the Kansas City Chiefs 18-16 in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs to advance to the AFC Championship game where the New England Patriots await. Instead of one of the three regular Killer B’s — Bell, Brown and Big Ben — there was an addition to the group Sunday night: kicker Chris Boswell, who was a perfect 6-6 on his field goal attempts (a postseason ... Read More