Steelers Now
The Pittsburgh Steelers will hold their one and only home preseason game at Acrisure Stadium on Saturday, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coming to town.
Gameday, Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0) vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0)
Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, 7 p.m.
Acrisure Stadium, (68, 400, Grass)
SN Coverage: Alan Saunders, Ed Thompson, Brendan Howe, Chris Ward
Weather: Partly cloudy, 88 degrees
TV: KDKA-TV CBS Pittsburgh (Bob Pompeani, Charlie Batch, Missi Matthews), NFL+
Radio: Steelers Radio Network, 102.5 WDVE-FM, SiriusXM 225, (Rob King, Max Starks, Ramon Foster)
Latest lines: Steelers +2.5, Steelers +122, over/under 38.5
The Steelers released tight end DJ Thomas-Jones, waived cornerback Cameron McCutcheon with an injury designation, re-signed tight end Kevin Foelsch and signed cornerback Mikey Victor.
Quarterback Will Howard (right pinky finger), wide receiver Calvin Austin III (abdominal), tight end Jonnu Smith (knee), tackle Calvin Anderson (lower body soft-tissue), guard Aidan Williams (left knee), outside linebacker Alex Highsmith (groin), cornerback Cory Trice (hamstring) and cornerback Donte Kent (right foot/ankle) all did not practice on Thursday.
Center Ryan McCollum (leg) and cornerback Joey Porter Jr. (hand) were limited participants in practice. Mike Tomlin did not rule out any injured player, but said his veterans will not start for the second straight week.
A beat up Steelers defensive kept Tom Brady out of the end zone for 55 minutes and Mitch Trubisky successfully replaced an injury Kenny Pickett as Pittsburgh beat the Buccaneers, 20-18 at Acrisure Stadium on Oct. 16, 2022.
Pickett threw his first career touchdown pass to Najee Harris in the first quarter, but a hit from blitzing linebacker Devin White knocked him out of the game. Chris Boswell kicked two field goals and Trubisky found Chase Claypool for a six-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to extend the Steelers lead.
With 4:45 to play, Brady finally punched through a defense that was playing without T.J. Watt, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Ahkello Witherspoon, Levi Wallace and Cam Sutton with a touchdown pass to Leonard Fournette, but Devin Bush broke up the two-point conversion attempt, and Trubisky and the Pittsburgh offense ran out the clock.
The Steelers and Buccaneers last met in the preseason in Tampa in 2023.
The Steelers and Buccaneers have met only 12 times in the regular season since Tampa Bay joined the league in 1976, and the Steelers have dominated the series, winning 10 of the 12.
Tampa won, 27-24 at Heinz Field in 2014 and 16-3 at Raymond James Stadium in 1998. The Steelers won four straight games from 1976-80, four straight again from 2001-10, and also the last two.
The teams will meet in Tampa next season.
Defensive lineman Calijah Kancey and linebacker SirVocea Dennis both played at Pitt. Wide receiver Chris Godwin and defensive lineman Dvon J-Thomas played at Penn...
