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In 2022, the much-heralded George Pickens out of Georgia put up four touchdowns as a Pittsburgh pro, while grabbing 52 catches for 801 yards, having played in all 17 games. Yet, he topped 100 receiving yards just once on the season. There were many reasons for this – all of which the 2023 playbook, coupled with second-year progress by both Pickens …

Don’t look now, but Mason Rudolph is back in the black and gold. Right now, he’s penciled in as the No. 3 QB behind starter Kenny Pickett and his backup, Mitch Trubisky. But if one does the math, the Steelers’ No. 2 QB just might be too expensive, especially when the team is looking to sign star linebacker Alex Highsmith to a big new deal before th…

The Steelers’ highly praised 2023 draft class has greatly raised expectations for the coming season. Whether all that Steelers Nation optimism is warranted will largely be determined by the 2022 draft class. One player, in particular. I’m talking about Kenny Pickett, whom the Steelers took at pick 20 out of Pitt as the heir-apparent to Ben Roethlis…

A receiver who isn’t even on the roster anymore could be responsible for the dawning of the next great Steelers era. I’m taking about receiver Chase Claypool, whose contribution to the coming era cannot be overstated. In fact, it just keeps growing and growing. One could easily argue the roots of this Steelers’ retooling began at pick 49 of the 202…

With three picks in the top 50 of the draft, Steelers GM Omar Khan and Pittsburgh are in prime position to add a trio of blue-chip players fresh from college who should be Steelers’ playmakers for the next decade or so. The work Khan has accomplished in free agency gives him some freedom to select that mythical of all draft prospects – “the best pl…

So far, the Steelers’ brain trust has played the offseason like a grandmaster moving pieces on a chess board. The story has been the exact opposite down in the supposedly charmed city of Baltimore, where the Ravens are being ripped apart by the trade demands of disgruntled QB Lamar Jackson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho…

As quarterback of a team named after a city full of tough-as-nails steel workers, Kenny Pickett’s work ethic is perfect for Pittsburgh. Whether all his offseason labors result in real improvement in his second year remains to be seen. But it’s hard to dispute the Pitt product’s rapid and steep learning curve throughout the course of his rookie year…

Pittsburgh is loaded with plenty of draft firepower to execute on a variety of team-changing trades and other moves aimed at remaking the 2023 roster. As GM Omar Khan eyes his first-ever draft at the helm, he’s extolling the flood of fresh ideas in the remade GM office and the maximum flexibility afforded by holding three draft picks in the top 50.…

It didn’t take Steelers assistant GM Andy Weidl long to tap his love of big bodies and his experience building the NFC Champion Eagles to shape two significant free agency acquisitions for the Steelers. I’m talking about the additions of former Eagles’ guards Isaac Seumalo and Nate Herbig. This shows the Steelers are finally serious about shoring u…

NFL free agency bargains are in the eye of the beholder. The Detroit Lions, seeing a young, smart and versatile cornerback in the personage of Cam Sutton, wasted no time signing him to a 3-year, $33 million deal, including a $10.9 million signing bonus. The Steelers, who were paying Sutton a paltry $9 million split over the last two season, balked …

Recent results from a first-of-its-kind NFL Players’ Association survey of team working conditions comes as a big blow to the image of the Steelers as a once-model franchise. Pittsburgh ranked a shocking 22nd out of 32 teams in terms of its facilities, amenities, equipment and support staff. All this according to current Steelers who took part in t…

Don’t let the draft season smoke get in your eyes, Steelers Nation. As the muscle-bound meat market known as the NFL Combine convenes this week, there will be plenty of sleight of hand by teams trying to shift focus from the players they actually covet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

All indications are the Steelers are preparing to go big or go home in the 2023 draft. The Steelers' motto might as well be that old Wendy’s tagline from the Clara Peller commercial – “Where's the beef?” As his history with the Ravens and the Eagles shows, new Steelers assistant GM Andy Weidl loves is beef. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m…

Rush the quarterback on defense, play ball control on offense, and don’t turn the ball over. This is the Steelers’ tried and true philosophy for winning football games. But does it still work in Today’s NFL? In wake of the Kanas City Chiefs’ 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 57, the Steeler way not only seems outdated and sta…

As the NFL prepares to crown its 57thSuper Bowl champion on Sunday night, the Steelers are sitting home, biding their time, and fully believing they’re on track to get back to the Big Game. Every move the Steelers didn’t make early in this off-season communicates this quiet confidence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Here’s what a 7-2 stretch run will do for you in Pittsburgh: Save the job of an off-criticized offensive coordinator despite subpar production over two seasons. Convince the team owner their no-longer-rookie quarterback is the guy to return the Steelers to the Super Bowl. Instill belief in offensive teammates and legions of fans that all the positi…

It’s a doubly depressing time for Steelers fans. Not only is their favorite football team home for the NFL postseason, extending a dubious streak of Steelers’ playoff futility to six years, we’re watching helplessly as division rivals Joe Burrow and the Bengals usurp the once-sterling Steelers’ standard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega…

Down the stretch, the Steelers were hot. Their rookie passer, Kenny Pickett, was picking up his play and making big plays in the fourth quarter to win games. Najee Harris, Jaylen Warren and the offensive line became a wrecking crew to be feared on the ground. Harris, in particular, found another level of play in his many angry runs for extra yardag…

The weary eyes of Steelers Nation now look to 2023. But what do they see? Most eye a Steelers’ glass that’s half-full and then some. The reason for optimism, despite the persistent Pittsburgh playoff drought, is personified by rookie passer Kenny Pickett and the equally young guns on offense: second-year stars Najee Harris and Pat Freiermuth, along…

With the NFL frozen in place as Damar Hamlin continues to fight for his life in the ICU at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin appeared at his regular weekly press conference on Tuesday, like clockwork. But Tomlin didn’t talk football initially. Rather, he began the session, unprompted by the assembled media, by spea…

It’s such a shame the late Franco Harris won’t be there Saturday night at Acrisure Stadium for the Raiders game. The Immaculate Reception hero won’t get to hear one last roar from Steelers Nation. One final stadium-unifying chant of his name: Franco! Franco! Franco! One last mantra for any occasion black-and-gold-clad faithful gather: “Here we go, …

What a pounding Kenny Pickett took on Sunday. Forget that Pickett being swung violently to the Acrisure turf should have resulted in a roughing penalty on Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith. Smith had Pickett by the face mask on the play, to say nothing of whipping him down, resulting in the Steelers’ rookie landing in concussion protocol for the secon…

Forget all the Steelers’ receivers sulking on the sidelines. Dismiss lip-reading the TV clips of rookie George Pickens shouting, “Throw me the (bleepin’) ball.” This Steelers passing attack belongs to the big dude with a quite mouth. I’m talking about second-year tight end out of Penn State, Pat Freiermuth.Certainly, Freiermuth has gained the trust…

Week by week, we’re witnessing the maturation of Kenny Pickett as he proves himself franchise quarterback worthy in Pittsburgh. It’s happening right before our eyes. On a national stage Monday night, Pickett turned in his best game yet. Against the Colts in Indy, Pickett was decisive, getting rid of the ball rather than holding it and taking a sack…

In the social media firestorm following the Steelers’ 37-30 drubbing by the rival Bengals came a tweet that summed up a game, a season, a team: “The Steelers have so many needs. They basically need an entire new offensive line, especially at offensive tackle. They need a defensive lineman, a linebacker, a true No. 1 cornerback. Another wide receive…

It was a slice of Steel City heresy. There were actual Steelers’ fans in the 412-area code advocating for their favorite football team to shoot for a high 2023 draft pick, rather than get off the mat and fight for respectability this season. All the nonsensical talk of a tanking Steelers team landing next year’s No. 3 draft pick has evaporated into…

The 2022 Steelers officially became a ghost on Halloween. That’s when this team, this season disappeared -- and everyone in Pittsburgh turned the page to 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesتوسط PennLive

Mitch Trubisky just played the best two quarters of any Steelers’ quarterback this season. In reward, he’ll be promptly shown the bench, so long as rookie passer Kenny Pickett can pass NFL concussion protocols in order to start Sunday night vs. the Dolphins down in Miami. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The startling demise of once-touted first-round running back Najee Harris is a symbol of all that ails the floundering Steelers, who are fast on their way to reaching rock-bottom. Simply put, the 1-4 Steelers’ deadly disease has been diagnosed as decided lack of talent caused by a history of bad drafting. Najee Harris is the posterchild for the pro…

Just 3 1/2 games into the season, the Steelers ripped up their entire 2022 gameplan. This opened the door for rookie QB Kenny Pickett to begin what’s expected to be a rocky path toward trying to establish himself as the future of the franchise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

There’s mutiny in once-loyal, black-and-gold loving Steelers Nation. Cries for changes in the Steelers’ inept offense have reached a fever-pitch. The Pittsburgh public demands that coordinator Matt Canada be gone and Pitt product Kenny Pickett be plugged in as the Steelers’ starting QB, replacing Mitch Trubisky. But it’s not just disgruntled Yinzer…

Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin loves to preach against living in one’s fears. But his offensively stymied football team has been playing in theirs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesتوسط PennLive

The Steelers are still shuffling their porous offensive line. Coach Mike Tomlin has yet to officially name a starting quarterback. And now we find out star running back Najee Harris has been hobbling around on a Lisfranc foot sprain since Aug. 1. This is not the way to go into the 2022 regular season that was always going to be a challenge and a ch…

A wise NFL coach once said if you listen to the fans in the stands, you’ll soon be sitting with them. So to all those Yinzers in Pittsburgh yelling for Kenny Pickett to start Week 1 of the regular season vs. the AFC Champion Bengals – you’re wasting your breath. If you haven’t noticed by now, Coach Mike Tomlin & Company have mapped out a carefully …

One day soon, Steelers Nation won’t have Mason Rudolph to kick around anymore. Will they regret it? Perhaps. The Steelers’ long history mistreating Mason has turned the hard-battling quarterback into a sympathetic figure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesتوسط PennLive

Pittsburgh hasn’t been this excited for a Steelers’ preseason game since I don’t know when. These typical ho-hum affairs are usually greeted with apathy. But this season, the first without established starter Ben Roethlisberger, there’s so much change going on, and Steelers fans are dying to see what they have. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis…

It’s been a rapturous return for the Steelers to their traditional training camp home at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa. The wait after two COVID-cancelled years has been well worth it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesتوسط PennLive

There’s no escaping the incredible pressure that comes with being a first-round quarterback pick in Pittsburgh. Kenny Pickett, the hometown favorite out of Pitt, is about to face all the hype and hopes that Steelers Nation can muster. And they can muster a lot. But Pickett will do it at big disadvantage as training camp practices get underway at St…

The Steelers are heading back to old Latrobe, where championship Pittsburgh teams have been forged under hot summer sun since 1966. But could this be a historically bad team we are about to see in 2022? The national NFL media and the Vegas odds makers say it is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

It was never going to be easy to replace Ben Roethlisberger as the Steelers franchise quarterback after 18 seasons. So the team wisely decided to purchase two lottery tickets, not one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesتوسط PennLive

In the lull between minicamp and training camp, talk often replaces on-field achievement. And boy, has there been a lot of talk surrounding your Steelers. In wake of safety Minkah Fitzpatrick’s blockbuster Steelers contract, plenty in Pittsburgh are saying receiver Dionate Johnson will be the next to cash in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

Nobody puts Kenny Pickett third on the QB depth chart. Yet, that’s precisely where Pickett has been pegged by Mike Tomlin & Company coming off minicamp practices. So where does the team’s first quarterback battle in nearly 20 years stand heading into training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe? First off, this is still a three-way battle to b…

Two Steelers milestones occurred this week, and they’re very much interlinked. First, it was rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett celebrating his 24th birthday. The second is the start of mandatory minicamp, with full-blown Steelers’ training camp looming on the horizon. These events are bound together because 24 is “old” for a first-round rookie QB. B…

It’s been a season of change for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Changes at the top have a new general management structure in place, with a mix of new and old blood to structure future Steelers rosters. Meanwhile, your 2022 roster has taken shape via aggressive moves by the outgoing GM in both free agency and the draft -- moves that should totally transf…

There’s nothing worse than seeing a former significant other getting along just fine without you. No wonder a miffed Ben Roethlisberger, who apparently thought he had more to give the Steelers beyond last season, is at the bitterness stage of his recent retirement. Big Ben had some choice words when asked about the sudden unretirement of the ageles…

Timing is everything. And everyone in Pittsburgh seems to be itching for Pitt hero-turned Steeler Kenny Pickett to begin his NFL quarterbacking career on Week 1 of his rookie year. Whether impatient Pittsburgh fans get what they want could largely depend on the about-to-be-released 2022 NFL schedule. If the Steelers’ slate of games is frontloaded w…

Kenny Pickett was considered the most pro-ready quarterback when the Steelers shocked the NFL and selected him at pick 20 in the 2022 draft. Now, Pickett must prove it. The Pitt product-turned Steelers’ QB will be under immense pressure in his adopted hometown to start right out of the gate. Pickett’s five years with Pitt and his advancing age – he…

All of Steelers Nation has their magnifying glasses out. In Inspector Clouseau-style, they’re urgently searching for that telling clue to unlock the mystery of who the Steelers will draft Thursday night. Will it be a quarterback, as nearly every mock draft leading up to the actual Steelers selection has suggested? Don’t bet on it. As for the clues …

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. So goes the old adage. Well, the smoke has been pluming up from Steelers’ headquarters for months. That’s where the black-and-gold brain trust is purportedly interested in drafting a quarterback on the evening of April 28. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices.…

The Steelers are a team in the mourning. Very soon, they must be a team on the mend and on the move. This, because the all-important NFL draft awaits. Its impact on both the present and future in Pittsburgh cannot be underestimated. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho…