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NFL playoff risers in 2020: Are the Packers, Cardinals and Buccaneers really this good?
Last week, I looked at the NFL teams whose playoff chances have fallen most significantly since the start of the 2020 season. This week, I’m going in the opposite direction and looking at the five teams whose chances have improved the most since the beginning of the campaign, according to the estimates of ESPN’s Football […]
Continue readingBiggest Week 2 injury questions for all 32 NFL teams: More Frank Gore, less Michael Thomas and George Kittle?
The 2020 NFL season heads into Week 2 with a battle of Ohio between the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns on Thursday night (8:20 ET, NFL Network). The Bengals could be without defensive tackles Geno Atkins and Mike Daniels, which could mean good things for the Browns’ run game. Elsewhere, tight end George Kittle‘s sprained […]
Continue readingSteelers RT Zach Banner set to undergo season-ending knee surgery
Pittsburgh Steelers right tackle Zach Banner confirmed in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday that he is having season-ending surgery on his knee on Friday. Banner, who won the job after training camp, was injured in the fourth quarter of the Steelers’ 26-16 win against the Giants. “Everything’s going to be OK,” he said, […]
Continue readingSteelers players display unity against racism in Instagram posts, to honor Antwon Rose Jr. on helmets
In the hours before opening the season at MetLife Stadium on Monday night against the New York Giants, the Steelers began posting photos to Instagram as part of a social media campaign against racism. The team also announced that every player will wear the name of Antwon Rose Jr. on the back of his helmet […]
Continue readingFresh off win, Ben Roethlisberger ‘just so excited’ to be leading Pittsburgh Steelers yet again
If Ben Roethlisberger had any jitters Monday night, the veteran quarterback shook them off in time for a vintage performance in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 26-16 victory against the New York Giants. Playing for the first time in a year since a season-ending elbow injury sustained in Week 2 of 2019, Roethlisberger completed 21 of 32 […]
Continue readingPittsburgh Steelers’ injuries in win include RB James Conner, RT Zach Banner, RG Stefen Wisniewski
Running back James Conner suffered an ankle sprain in the 26-16 win over the Giants, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, but the team is “optimistic for a timely return,” a source added. Right tackle Zach Banner was also injured, as was right guard Stefen Wisniewski. Coach Mike Tomlin didn’t have a definitive update after the […]
Continue reading20 contenders for the 2020 NFL season, 20 big weaknesses: Ranking the Achilles’ heels
In the salary-cap era, no NFL team can head into a season with above-average starters at every position. Some teams have come close — and others have been able to mask their issues with dominant players at other positions — but every team’s weakness gets exposed. The New England Patriots, who have won six Super […]
Continue reading2020 NFL training camp position battles for all 32 teams: Quarterback openings for Patriots, Dolphins, more
As 2020 NFL training camps move from strength and conditioning work to padded practice over the next week, the competition for starting jobs will heat up across the league. There will be a maximum of 14 padded practices per team and, with no preseason games due to the coronavirus pandemic, they will go a long […]
Continue readingHow Steelers have supported their favorite painter during pandemic
PITTSBURGH — Artist Cody Sabol’s phone lit up with a FaceTime call from a number he didn’t recognize. When he answered, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Devin Bush‘s face filled his screen. “Hey, Cody,” Bush said, “what are you doing tomorrow?” When the nation shut down in early March due to the coronavirus pandemic, Sabol became one […]
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