By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Looking back, DeShon Elliott thinks he maybe shouldn’t have made his frustrations about the direction the Pittsburgh Steelers defense is heading so public. Then again, the veteran safety knows the candor he showed in the aftermath of a ...
PITTSBURGH — Zach Frazier began his first season with the Pittsburgh Steelers with a problem he’d rarely encountered on the football field up to that point. The rookie center found himself stuck inside his head a little too much. “At first I had to kind of really think through things,” Frazier said. Taking in and synthesizing the sheer tonnage of information he absorbed during those initial months as a pro was a daunting task, at least during the early days of training camp. Fast forward five months, and things have slowed down considerably for the second-round pick. ...
NFL Week 18 Who: Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. When: Saturday Records: Bengals (8-8), Steelers (10-6) TV: ABC/ESPN The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers and their struggling defense could be at full strength for the regular-season finale against Cincinnati. Coach Mike Tomlin said Monday that he is hopeful cornerback Joey Porter Jr. will be available when the Steelers (10-6) host the Bengals (8-8) on Saturday night. Porter missed a 29-10 loss to Kansas City on Christmas Day with a knee injury. Patrick Mahomes dominated Pittsburgh’s secondary for 320 ...
The Associated Press It’s Week 18 of the NFL season, which means just one more weekend remains before postseason action begins. The two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and star quarterback Patrick Mahomes look like a formidable opponent once again and have already clinched the No. 1 seed in the AFC bracket with a 15-1 record. Over in the NFC, a crucial game awaits when the Minnesota Vikings (14-2) travel to face the Detroit Lions (13-2) on Sunday in a game that will decide the division winner, the No. 1 seed in the conference and home-field advantage until ...
PITTSBURGH — Andy Reid donned a Santa Claus suit in a giddy Kansas City Chiefs locker room on Christmas Day, then handed his team a present it increasingly looks like it deserves: home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. How Reid managed to slide into the costume so quickly after ...
PITTSBURGH — Three times in 11 days, the Pittsburgh Steelers faced a team aiming for the Super Bowl, the kind of elite company the Steelers have spent most of the season trying to prove they belong in. And three times in 11 days, Pittsburgh found itself doing all of the little things wrong — and some of the big things too — on its way to a lopsided loss, the latest a 29-10 defeat at the hands of Kansas City on Christmas Day that offered a stark contrast of two teams heading in opposite directions. The Chiefs — who have slogged as much as they have surged while pursuing a ...
