SEATTLE — Najee Harris rushed for a season-high 122 yards and bullied his way into the end zone for a pair of touchdowns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers kept their playoff hopes alive into Week 18 with a 30-23 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Using a punishing running attack that ...
The Associated Press SEATTLE — On the list of the NFL’s winningest coaches, Pete Carroll and Mike Tomlin are linked by proximity and success. Carroll ranks 13th all-time with 180 wins between the regular season and the playoffs. Right behind him is Tomlin, with 179 victories. Despite being among the league’s longest-tenured coaches, the two have met only four times previously heading into Sunday’s matchup between the Steelers and the Seahawks. Even though their teams have rarely crossed paths, there’s a healthy respect between the two leaders. “He’s a really good ...
By Rob Maaddi The Associated Press Undefeated at home, the 10-5 Dallas Cowboys (-6) still have a shot at the NFC East if they win and get help. The Detroit Lions (11-4) remain in the mix for the No. 1 seed. Cowboys, 31-27 Elsewhere: ARIZONA at PHILADELPHIA (-10¢): The Cardinals (3-12) will try to spoil Philadelphia’s playoff positioning when coach Jonathan Gannon faces his former team. The Eagles (11-4) are coming off a shaky win that snapped a three-game losing streak, but still control their division title hopes and have a shot at the No. 1 seed if San Francisco slips up. ...
PITTSBURGH — Mason Rudolph’s dynamic play against Cincinnati helped keep the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season alive. The longtime backup quarterback could get a chance to do it again when the Steelers visit Seattle on New Year’s Eve. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Rudolph will “have the ball” to begin the week and will get the nod against the Seahawks if starter Kenny Pickett’s surgically repaired right ankle is not ready in time. Rudolph threw for 290 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-11 blowout win over Cincinnati, Pittsburgh’s biggest offensive outburst in a win in ...
PITTSBURGH — Mason Rudolph didn’t get ahead of himself. Nor should he. Call it the residue of six years spent mostly as an afterthought for an organization that said once upon a time it regarded him as a first-round pick. So while the Pittsburgh Steelers longtime backup quarterback ...
By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Jake Browning scrambled to his right with two Pittsburgh Steelers defenders closing in during the first quarter on Saturday and thought he did what he’s done so often of late while filling in for Joe ...
