PITTSBURGH — With an unprecedented league-wide $30 million increase in the salary cap and the release of a handful of veterans, the Pittsburgh Steelers enter general manager Omar Khan’s second free agency with a little money to spend. Even so, the Steelers aren’t a franchise that opens the checkbook for outside free agents. A year […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Adam Schefter joins “The Pat McAfee Show” and hints at the Steelers making a big offseason move for a quarterback. (1:23) PITTSBURGH — Beginning Monday, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL’s other 31 franchises will descend on Indianapolis for a week of evaluating the best prospects of the 2024 draft class […]
Continue readingWe’ve made it to the midway point of the NFL season. One-hundred and thirty-five of the 272 regular-season games we will see this season have been played; the Chargers-Jets game on “Monday Night Football” officially will get us 50% of the way through the campaign. It has been a weird season. Teams that have been […]
Continue readingThe 2023 NFL draft class has started strong through the first five weeks of the regular season. Los Angeles Rams receiver Puka Nacua, a fifth-round pick, flourished on the field when Cooper Kupp was injured to start the season, and Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud has looked poised under center. Plus, the 5-0 Philadelphia Eagles’ […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Ryan Clark is disappointed in what he saw from Kenny Pickett and the Steelers in their Week 1 loss to the 49ers. (1:23) Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson is expected to be sidelined “a few weeks” because of the hamstring injury he suffered Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers, a […]
Continue readingThe preseason is just that — the preseason. Still, in their 23-point, season-opening loss to San Francisco 49ers, the Pittsburgh Steelers hardly resembled the team that went 3-0 in the preseason games, or the offense that seamlessly moved the ball, albeit against under-manned opponents. The Steelers’ offense scored just seven points, marking the fifth time […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Ryan Clark is disappointed in what he saw from Kenny Pickett and the Steelers in their Week 1 loss to the 49ers. (1:23) PITTSBURGH — For the second year in a row, the Pittsburgh Steelers could be without one of their defensive captains for an extended period of time. There’s growing […]
Continue readingCheck out how the Pittsburgh Steelers fared in 2022 and forecast 2023 betting trends. Kenny Pickett and the Steelers were one of the highlights of the 2022 season and if Pickett can make a big jump in Year 2, Pittsburgh could find themselves back in the playoffs. Dig into the 2023 schedule against the spread […]
Continue readingThe spring has been spent breaking down which offenses (quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers) will define the upcoming college football season, so it’s now time to look at what ultimately wins championships: the defenses. The Georgia Bulldogs broke their 41-year title drought, then followed it up by becoming the first back-to-back champion in a […]
Continue readingMADISON, Wis. — Graham Mertz scored on two quarterback sneaks and threw a touchdown pass to help Wisconsin trounce No. 9 Iowa 27-7 on Saturday for its fourth consecutive victory. Wisconsin (5-3, 3-2 Big Ten) forced three turnovers, produced six sacks and limited Iowa to 24 yards rushing on 30 carries. The Badgers maintained control […]
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