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Getty Images Steelers running back James Conner said on Tuesday that his ankle was fine after he tweaked it in Monday night’s win over the Bengals, but it appears the Steelers are taking a precautionary approach to pushing things too far early in the practice week. Conner did not take part in...

Getty Images The Steelers have high hopes for rookie wide receiver Diontae Johnson, and think he can do a lot of things with the ball in his hands. But it has to be there for that to happen. Johnson, replacing the drop-prone Donte Moncrief, fumbled the ball away on the seconds snap of the...

Getty Images Ben Roethlisberger had a sideline view of the first Steelers win on the 2019 season and that left him able to offer a review of Mason Rudolph‘s second start at quarterback. Rudolph was 24-of-28 for 229 yards and two touchdowns in a 27-3 win over the Bengals on Monday night, which...

Getty Images The Steelers had wide receiver Donte Moncrief on the active roster for Monday night’s game against the Bengals after leaving him inactive in Week Three, but Moncrief didn’t play much of a role. Moncrief was in on three offensive snaps and didn’t catch a pass on any of them. He’d...

Getty Images Monday night went extremely well for the Steelers and head coach Mike Tomlin. But there was one curious decision in the first half that resonated into Tuesday. Receiver Johnny Holton drew a penalty for offensive pass interference. Tomlin threw the red challenge flag. After further...

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said earlier Tuesday that running back James Conner was being evaluated for an ankle injury. Conner reports that he’s fine. The Pro Bowler confirmed to 93.7 The Fan that he got treatment on his ankle but added that nothing is torn. He said he could practice...

NFL investigators have not interviewed Antonio Brown as part of the investigation into alleged sexual assault and rape, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. Brown is a free agent, so, as Fowler points out, it’s unclear whether he will cooperate. However, no team seems willing to sign Brown until the...

Getty Images The Steelers found a new way to use running back Jaylen Samuels in Monday night’s win over the Bengals. Samuels took snaps out of the Wildcat seven times as the team introduced new wrinkles to an offense that was missing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, two tight ends and a...

The Steelers had 73 yards, a turnover and no points in the first quarter. They got rolling in the second. Pittsburgh gained 107 yards in the second quarter and got a touchdown and a field goal to take a 10-3 lead into the locker room at halftime. Chris Boswell kicked a 29-yard field goal with...

Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers got their first win of the season and made the Cincinnati Bengals look like a very poor football team in the process. The Bengals couldn’t do much of anything offensively against a Steelers defense that sacked Andy Dalton eight times, which is the most he’s...

Getty Images In Miami, they’re losing because they planned to. In Cincinnati, it has been more organic, which perhaps makes it more frustrating. Wide receiver Tyler Boyd summed up those frustrations from last night’s 27-3 loss to the Steelers, which dropped them to 0-4. “We got embarrassed,”...

Getty Images The Steelers were going to be careful not to put too much on quarterback Mason Rudolph. They made up for it by asking Jaylen Samuels to do a little bit of everything. The Steelers running back filled up a stat sheet last night — running, receiving, and passing — as the Steelers...

Getty Images The Steelers started the season 0-3, but suddenly they feel like they’ve got a chance in their division. That’s what a big win over a division rival can do. Steelers defensive lineman Cam Heyward said after Monday night’s 27-3 win over the Bengals that the Steelers feel good about...

Getty Images The Steelers traded for Nick Vannett last week after Vance McDonald injured his shoulder. Vannett will play tonight; McDonald is not. The team ruled out McDonald, listing him among its inactives. Pittsburgh, which also placed tight end Xavier Grimble on injured reserve last week...

Getty Images For the first Sunday this season, the Steelers won’t play. Which means that, for the first Sunday this season, the Steelers won’t lose. As the winless six-time Super Bowl champions prepare to face the equally winless Bengals on Monday night, Steelers fans should begin to at least...

Getty Images The Steelers traded for a tight end because their starting tight end is banged up. Vance McDonald is oficially doubtful for Monday night’s game against the Bengals, with a shoulder injury. McDonald did not practice on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. Out for the Steelers are...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield and unemployed wide receiver Antonio Brown are the latest NFL players to have a social media beef. It started with Mayfield putting up a post on Instagram that one of his followers felt was too much like the kind of content Brown often posts...

Getty Images The Steelers threw a lot of short passes during Mason Rudolph‘s first start at quarterback last week, but it doesn’t sound like that was exactly the game plan that offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner drew up against the 49ers. Rudolph hit Dionte Johnson for a 39-yard touchdown in...

Getty Images Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said earlier this week that he is optimistic about tight end Vance McDonald‘s availability for Monday night’s game against the Bengals, but McDonald wasn’t able to get on the field Thursday. The Steelers released their first practice report of the...

Getty Images Drew Rosenhaus, the agent for free agent wide receiver Antonio Brown, says multiple teams remain interested in his client. Additionally, he says the thought of Brown actually not playing football again is a bit premature. Rosenhaus joined Warren Sapp’s “99 Problems” podcast and...