Steelers Daily News & Links: Calvin Austin III Calls Out Stephen A. Smith; Ryan Clark Gives Ravens High Praise

Steelers Daily News & Links: Calvin Austin III Calls Out Stephen A. Smith; Ryan Clark Gives Ravens High Praise
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๐Ÿˆ Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Calvin Austin III called out Stephen A. Smith for his degrading comments about the city of Memphis. Austin is a Memphis native and played his college ball at the University of Memphis.

Smith ripped the city of Memphis, stating that NBA players are hesitant to play for the Memphis Grizzles due to safety concerns related to crime.

please just ignore dude, disney said he needed some more engagements cause ratings were looking ๐Ÿฅด https://t.co/MLRfE1Fc3J

โ€” CantCatchCal (@CalvinAustinIII) June 18, 2025

๐Ÿˆ To conclude the Steelers rookie community week, the 2025 rookies visited with the Mel Blount Youth Camp to participate in team-building activities and football drills with kids.

To conclude our rookie community week, our 2025 rookies visited with the @MelBlountYLI to participate in team-building activities and football drills with kids. pic.twitter.com/R39P5SUGmp

โ€” Steelers Community Relations (@SteelersCR) June 18, 2025

๐Ÿˆ With the addition of All-Pro cornerback Jaire Alexander, Ryan Clark believes the Ravens can go all the way in 2025.

โ€œIf the Ravens stay healthy in the most important positions they should win the whole dang thing!โ€ Clark wrote on X.

If the Ravens stay healthy in the most important positions they should win the whole dang thing!

โ€” Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) June 18, 2025

๐Ÿˆ Former NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky thinks the Steelers will be good, but not as good as the Denver Broncos in 2025. He thinks Denver has a higher ceiling with second-year quarterback Bo Nix.

Steelers will be good
Denver will be very very good https://t.co/cDOwImkbh5

โ€” Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) June 18, 2025

๐Ÿˆ Former Steelers quarterback and University of Colorado legend, Kordell Stewart, will serve as volunteer offensive coordinator at South Forsyth High School under new head coach James Thomson.

Kordell Stewart, a University of Colorado legend and longtime quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, will serve as volunteer offensive coordinator at South Forsyth (@SFHS_Football) under new head coach James Thomson. Check out our full feature story: https://t.co/FD3Tga2EXP pic.twitter.com/MnadaxuI5M

โ€” FCN Sports (@ForsythSports) June 15, 2025

๐Ÿˆ The demand for the Steelersโ€™ international game in Dublin, Ireland, caused frustration for some fans.

ProFootballTalk reports that they received a screenshot that showed more than 600,000 prospective buyers were in the virtual queue for the Sept 28 game.

WPXI also saw several social media posts where fans claimed to have spent upwards of eight hours waiting to get tickets and faced various issues with the website.

It wasnโ€™t immediately clear if online bots were the reason for the large virtual crowd trying to get seats at Croke Park.

๐Ÿˆ Matt Williamson of Steelers.com posted a chart of Aaron Rodgersโ€™ average time to throw by season. Rodgersโ€™ time to throw has significantly decreased in recent years.

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โ€” Matt Williamson (@WilliamsonNFL) June 17, 2025

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