By Michael Marot The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts identified this week’s challenge long before watching any tape. They, like any Pittsburgh Steelers opponent, must figure out how to prevent linebacker T.J. Watt from wrecking Sunday’s game. It won’t be ...
By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Cordarrelle Patterson doesn’t fit into a specific box. And to be honest, that’s the way he prefers it. If the Pittsburgh Steelers veteran has learned anything during his 12-year career it’s that too much pride can be a dangerous thing. Yes, he’s a former first-round pick. Yes, he’s a four-time Pro Bowler as a kick returner. Yes, his nine kickoff return TDs are an NFL record. Yet that didn’t stop the 33-year-old from raising his hand a couple of weeks ago when the punt team needed a gunner, not normally the domain of ...
Records: Pittsburgh (3-0); Indianapolis (1-2) TV: Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS BetMGM NFL Odds: Steelers by 2 Series record: Colts lead 24-19 Against the spread: Pittsburgh 3-0, Colts 2-1 Last meeting: Colts won 30-13 in Indianapolis on Dec. 16, 2023 Last week: Steelers beat Chargers 20-10 in Pittsburgh; Colts beat Bears 21-16 in Indianapolis Steelers offense: overall (24), rush (12), pass (29), scoring (24) Steelers defense: overall (1), rush (2-T), pass (5), scoring (1) Colts offense: overall (17), rush (11), pass (24), scoring (17-T) Colts defense: overall (31), rush (31), ...
By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Nick Herbig grew up as the youngest of three brothers on the island of Kauai. That meant he needed to prove himself if he wanted to hang with the big kids. Over and over and over. “I was always the underdog,” the Pittsburgh ...
PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin is in no hurry to announce Justin Fields as the starting quarterback in Pittsburgh. While Fields will again get the nod on Sunday in place of the injured Russell Wilson when the Steelers (3-0) visit Indianapolis (1-2), Tomlin stopped short of giving the job to ...
By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin has spent the past few years almost gleefully leaning into an old-school approach that at times has seemed out of step with the modern NFL. Part of this has been out of necessity. The Pittsburgh Steelers have spent most of the 2020s lacking the components — perhaps the coaching most of all — to build an offense that could keep pace with the teams they’ve been futilely chasing in the AFC. So Tomlin did what he could to slow the game down. To gum it up with a defense and a thudding running game designed to eat up ...
