Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato and Harris County (Texas) Judge Lina Hidalgo have made a friendly wager ahead of Monday night’s Steelers-Texans AFC Wild Card game.

If the Steelers win, Hidalgo will have to wear Steelers merch. But if the Texans win, Hidalgo will send Innamorato Houston gear to wear.

“It’s my town against yours. I know we’re going to win. So, I was wondering if you’d be brave enough for a bet?” Hidalgo asked Innamorato in an video posted on Instagram.

“Brave! Innamorato responded. “Judge, we’re playing in Pittsburgh. We do not need luck when we have the Steel...

The Pittsburgh Steelers are preparing to play the Houston Texans in the first round of the playoffs. However, that doesn’t mean they aren’t working on other things, too. While their goal is to win the Super Bowl, they still need to prepare for the 2026 NFL Draft. The draft process is starting to ramp up, […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have an ugly playoff record in recent years. They haven’t won a postseason game since the 2016 season. However, they’re hosting a playoff game for the first time in five years. While they lost their last postseason game in Pittsburgh, perhaps home-field advantage will be enough to fuel them to a win […]

It’s been a wild season for the Pittsburgh Steelers in many ways. It was just good enough to get them into the AFC playoffs. Now they’ll host the Houston Texans at Acrisure Stadium Monday night. However, FS1’s Danny Parkins is a bit worried that the game won’t even be competitive. “Very simple. When the Steelers […]

Primanti Bros. made a “bold and mildly petty” announcement ahead of Monday night’s Steelers-Texans AFC Wild Card game at Acrisure Stadium.

The Pittsburgh staple is banning cowboy hats through the Steelers’ playoff game against the Texans on Monday night.

“Listen, according to my mom, it’s bad manners to wear a hat inside,” Primanti Bros. spokesperson Ryan Wilkerson said in a statement, via our partners at WPXI.

The ban includes all styles of cowboy hats — cattleman, pinch front, brick crown, open crown, flat brim, rolled brim and 10-gallon style hats.

“We’re also totally cool with painted faces, black and gold...

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Jonnu Smith showed up on his team’s Friday practice report with a glute injury. He was back on the practice field on Saturday, a promising sign that he’ll be good to go against the Houston Texans on Monday night.

The Steelers are already down one tight end in Darnell Washington, who suffered a broken forearm in a Week 16 loss to the Cleveland Browns.

This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers Sights & Sounds: Banged-Up Jonnu Smith Prepares For Playoff Game

Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Darnell Washington receives plenty of attention not just for his play but his size. Looking more like an offensive tackle than tight end, Washington drew headlines when he finally revealed what had been a state-secret scale, telling the St. Brown brothers earlier this season he weighed 311 pounds. In a more […]

For the first time since 2020, there are head coach openings in the AFC North. Not one, but two coaches were canned following disappointing 2025 seasons. But could we end up with the same exact four coaches in the division once the dust settles? The Baltimore Ravens interviewed former Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski […]

Now in the playoffs, any game could be the Pittsburgh Steelers’ last with 42-year-old QB Aaron Rodgers. He hinted before the season that this could be his last, but it sounds like the Steelers will be pushing to retain him if he’s open to it in 2026. Ian Rapoport shared the latest via NFL GameDay […]

Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported on Saturday that the Pittsburgh Steelers are “more than open” to Aaron Rodgers returning to the team in 2026.

The decision is ultimately up to Rodgers, however. Rodgers said on The Pat McAfee Show in June that he was pretty sure this would be his last year. It’s unclear if that stance has changed for the 42-year-old quarterback.

“[The Steelers] are just hoping to get an answer sooner than later like they did last offseason,” Rapoport said in regards to Rodgers’ future.

Rodgers said last week that he believes he’ll have options if he...

It was do or die for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 18. Thankfully, they beat the Baltimore Ravens and secured their playoff spot. However, that game was a nail-biter, and things didn’t look great for the Steelers in the first half. Their offense didn’t do much, and they missed some big opportunities. That includes Aaron […]

Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens was named second-team All-Pro by the Associated Press in his first season with the Dallas Cowboys. Pickens finished the 2025 season with 93 receptions for 1,429 yards (15.4 average) and nine touchdowns. All figures were career highs.

In an recent article he wrote for The Players’ Tribune, Pickens admitted that he was immature during his tenure with the Steelers. That factor played a big role in why the Steelers traded Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round draft pick. to the Cowboys for a 2026 third-round draft pick and a 2027 fifth-round draft pick in...