The opinions of these Steelers Radio Network personalities do not reflect the views of the Steelers organization. This is a good but not great group of quarterbacks, in my opinion, because of a lack of overall depth. There are some good early-round p

From the notebook of a sportswriter who is anxiously awaiting Part II of the Steelers personnel department’s revitalizing rebuild: • Is it a revitalization or a rebuild? I couldn't decide so I used one as an adjective.• Great writers, of course, don'

He wasn’t the biggest or the strongest, and he would be the first one to admit he wasn’t close to being the fastest. But no one who knows anything about the sport and how it’s supposed to be played would argue against Andy Russell being the smartest.

What follows is an examination of how the Steelers’ recent veteran acquisitions fit in with their new team: The Steelers added a quarterback to their offense with their signing of Russell Wilson. They added one to their defense with the addition of i

“I think everybody, myself, Mike (Tomlin), guys who have been on the team for a while – T.J. (Watt), Cam (Heyward), everybody – we’ve had enough of this. It’s time to get some wins. It’s time to take these next steps. So, yeah, I think there’s some u

It was 1994, the telephone rang, and as he had done throughout his professional life both literally and metaphorically, Bill Hillgrove answered the call. “At the time, Tony Quatrini was the sales manager at WTAE radio. He called me and said, ‘Mr. (Da

Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick received the Bart Starr Award at the 36th annual Super Bowl breakfast in Las Vegas this morning. Fitzpatrick was selected by his peers for the award, which honors a player for his outstanding character, integrity and leaders

Arthur Smith, perhaps like every coach who’s interviewed for every offensive coordinator position, says he wants to build around the strengths of said offense. A Sometimes that happens. And it helps that the Steelers have identified their strengths a

STEELERS.COM (This is a position-by-position look at the Steelers offense at the conclusion of the 2023 season heading into the start of NFL free agency period, which opens March 13.) A LAST LOOK AT 2023 The 2023 season marked Kenny Pickett’s second

From the notebook of a sportswriter who’s fully prepared to cut the expensive and sign the cheap: • The first guy I would sign in free agency is one of three DTs: Chris Jones, Justin Madubuike, Leonard Williams.• Just kidding. Those guys are too expe

So far, this Steelers offseason has told a tale of who they are, and how they plan to get where they want to go. Within a week or so around Super Bowl LVIII, the Steelers celebrated Cam Heyward winning the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, and the

Cameron Heyward is an intimidating, menacing force on the football field, but off the field, it’s a completely different story. And that is exactly why Heyward was selected as the 2023 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, one of the NFL’s most prestigi

During the course of his season-ending media briefing on Jan. 29 at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, Steelers President Art Rooney II was at times forthcoming, optimistic, supportive, reasoned, and candid. But at no point could he be described as sati

Linebacker T.J. Watt won the Deacon Jones Award, announced during NFL Honors to the player who leads the NFL in sacks. Watt led the NFL in sacks in 2023 with 19, the second highest of his career. This is the third time Watt has won the award, previou

Myles Jack is only 28 years old. Yet, he’s come out of “retirement” to line up for the Steelers as their seventh starting inside linebacker this season. He was a huge need, but it’s not as if Jack has been that far off the grid. Last season he led th

One way to view the entirety of an NFL season is by quarters, and in that way it can be analogous to an actual game. Because an NFL regular season now includes 17 games, which isn’t cleanly divisible by four, some minor fudging of the numbers is nece

The Steelers won because of their offense. Not because their offense simply contributed to a winning performance. Not as a result of their offense taking advantage of field position created by big plays from the defense or blocked punts from special

Every morning at training camp, Levi Wallace would approach rookie cornerbacks Joey Porter Jr. and Corey Trice Jr. and ask them to give him a goal they were going to accomplish on that day. His goal was not to embarrass or put the young players on th

Q. When you were asked whether it was a problem that George Pickens has openly voiced his frustration on the sideline during games, you said, “it’s a problem because it’s not solution-oriented.” How can you get him to a place where those things are m

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From the notebook of a sportswriter who hasn’t loved sports this much in at least the past decade: • It’s not the back-to-back offensive eruptions, or the playoff chase, but the beauty and the light of redemption that sports allows to shine through t

Maybe it had something to do with the game being played on Dec. 23, which is a magical date in franchise history. Maybe it had something to do with the spirit of the holiday season, what with all of this unfolding some 24 hours before Santa was due t

For the sixth year, and the third in a row, defensive tackle Cameron Heyward is the Steelers’ nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, presented by Nationwide. The award recognizes a player’s off-the-field community service, as well as his

Sometimes the numbers speak for themselves. No interpretation necessary. The numbers painted an ugly picture for the Steelers on Dec. 16 inside Lucas Oil Stadium, starting with 30-13, which happened to be the final score, their third straight loss, a

Pat Freiermuth reacted with a crooked smile that said, “Weren’t you watching the game?” The question put to him had been about the changes to the Steelers’ offense in the game following the firing of coordinator Matt Canada and the promotion of runni

It was a long day, a very long and ugly day for the Steelers when they hosted the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at Acrisure Stadium. Some of it was attributable to a freak of nature, an act of God. But way too much of it was their own doing, and that w