PITTSBURGH — The momentary bliss-fueled blackouts that used to consume T.J. Watt after every big play still come. Just not as frequently as they used to. It’s not for lack of opportunity. If anything, it’s the opposite. Games come. Games go. And in seemingly every single one of them ...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick said Friday he will play this weekend against Arizona after being sidelined for more than a month. Sunday’s game against the visiting Cardinals would be Fitzpatrick’s action since suffering a hamstring injury against Jacksonville on Oct. 29. He said the lengthy recovery process can be “annoying” but required him to be patient in building back to full speed. “You don’t know until you go,” Fitzpatrick said. “It’s one of them injuries where you can feel great and then you go out there and you run and it’s ...
Records: Arizona (2-10); Pittsburgh (7-4) Kickoff: Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS Opening line: Steelers by 5.5, according to FanDuel Sportsbook Against the spread: Cardinals 6-6; Steelers 7-4 Series record: Steelers lead 35-23-3 Last meeting: Steelers beat Cardinals 23-17 on Dec. 8, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz Last week: Cardinals lost to Rams 37-14; Steelers beat Bengals 16-10 Cardinals offense: OVERALL (28), RUSH (16), PASS (31), SCORING (28) Cardinals defense: OVERALL (27), RUSH (23), PASS (23), SCORING (7) Steelers offense: OVERALL (26), RUSH (14), PASS (28), SCORING ...
By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson doesn’t believe one forgettable sequence defines him as a player. Still, he knows he needs to do better after he stood idly by during teammate Jaylen Warren’s first-quarter fumble ...
From Mirror reports PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said during his weekly press conference on Tuesday that wide receiver Diontae Johnson will get a chance to speak to his teammates and the media about his actions during Sunday’s win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Johnson couldn’t secure a touchdown pass in the first half and seemed to go through the motions on the next play. He barely blocked the Bengals’ DJ Turner II on the play and turned his back when Steelers running back Jaylen Warren fumbled the ball and Turner scooped it up and returned it 28 ...
The Associated Press Three-time All-Pros Julius Peppers and Antonio Gates were chosen as semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2024 in their first year of eligibility. Peppers and Gates headline a group of 25 modern day semifinalists announced Tuesday by the Hall of Fame from a group of 173 nominees announced in September. The only other player who advanced to the semifinal stage for the first time was running back Tiki Barber. Eight players who made it to the final stage of 15 in the class of 2023 return as semifinalists this year with Jared Allen, Dwight ...
