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Pittsburgh Steelers QB Kenny Pickett calls out low hit after loss: ‘Felt like he went after my knee’

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Searching for somewhere to throw the ball late in the fourth quarter during Sunday’s 38-3 loss, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett scrambled toward the sideline at Highmark Stadium with Buffalo Bills defender Shaq Lawson hot in pursuit. As the rookie quarterback got rid of the ball, Lawson dove low, tackling Pickett […]

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Mitch Trubisky says Pittsburgh Steelers offense needs to be aggressive, have ‘killer mindset’

PITTSBURGH — After the Steelers scored only 17 points off five turnovers in the wild overtime win against the Bengals in Week 1, quarterback Mitch Trubisky said Wednesday he and his unit have to be more aggressive. “When your defense is playing that well, and they’re getting turnovers, you just want to take care of […]

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Joe Burrow’s 5 turnovers, missed kicks by Evan McPherson stymie Cincinnati Bengals in first game since Super Bowl LVI

CINCINNATI — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow sat at his locker, legs outstretched, staring ahead in a room that had mostly emptied. If he was trying to make sense of what happened in Cincinnati’s season opener, he wasn’t alone. The Bengals endured a day that featured several turnovers, an upended kicking game and a rocky outing […]

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NFL Week 1 — Steelers, Browns and Saints prevail in early slate to remember

Football is back and the first Sunday of the 2022 NFL season did not disappoint. The early slate of games had a little bit of everything. The Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts recorded the first tie of the year, while the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals narrowly avoided the second. The New Orleans Saints and […]

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Baltimore Ravens sign K Justin Tucker to four-year NFL extension

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Justin Tucker signed a four-year extension with the Baltimore Ravens, the team announced Monday, with a source saying it’s worth $24 million and continues to make Tucker the NFL’s highest-paid kicker. Tucker, the most accurate kicker in NFL history, will earn an average of $6 million per season, the source said, […]

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Fantasy football rankings: The 192 players who should be rostered in 2022

Yes, the next fantasy season is many months away and the below rankings will be impacted in a significant way by retirements, free agency, the draft, coaching changes and much more. Nonetheless, we need to start somewhere, so below is the first run of “The 192” for 2022. Why 192? Fantasy leagues come in all […]

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T.J. Watt sets Pittsburgh Steelers’ single-season sacks record; Ben Roethlisberger into 5th for NFL all-time passing yards

PITTSBURGH — The score wouldn’t necessarily suggest it, but Sunday was a record-setting day for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their 19-13 win over the Tennessee Titans. Outside linebacker T.J. Watt set the Steelers’ franchise record for single-season sacks against the Titans, two decades after James Harrison set it against the same team. “T.J., congratulations on […]

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NFL Power Rankings Week 15: 1-32 poll, plus offense, defense and special teams rankings

We decided to go beyond the typical numbers in this week’s NFL Power Rankings, using ESPN’s Football Power Index to tell the story of each team. So, the reporters evaluated the offense, defense and special teams FPI rankings of the squads they cover to explain why the teams are where they are in the standings. […]

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Chicago Bears WR Allen Robinson (hamstring) expects to return to lineup against Green Bay Packers

“That’s the plan,” he said Thursday. “Everything is trending in the right direction.” With quarterback Justin Fields set to return after missing back-to-back games because of broken ribs, the Bears (4-8) could have two key players back as they try to stop their slide and pick up a rare win against QB Aaron Rodgers and […]

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NFL stands by controversial taunting call in Bears-Steelers game on MNF

The flag on Bears linebacker Cassius Marsh in the fourth quarter, following a sack of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, gave the Steelers a first down and led to a 52-yard field goal by place-kicker Chris Boswell. Marsh said afterward that he was simply celebrating the sack. But taunting is a point of emphasis for NFL […]

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