Behind the Steel Curtain
It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for a weekly Steelers links roundup at BTSC. But first, let’s take a look around the AFC North:
And a new category: what’s the latest on the Steelers’ upcoming opponent?
Now, onto some Steelers news and discussion:
(From Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer): The next chance the Steelers have to find it will be in Dublin next week, in Pittsburgh’s first international game in 12 years. In an effort to keep the players’ focus where it needed to be, Watt said that Tomlin kept the schedule for the trip away from them the past couple of weeks. As such, the 31-year-old joked that his goal now is “first and foremost, learning the schedule.” After that, there’ll be plenty left to address.
The Steelers’ upcoming Dublin game — and its 9:30 a.m. EST kickoff — is sure to throw a wrench in the players’ usual game week routines. As a result, ahead of the first ever regular-season NFL game in Ireland, it appears that Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin decided to make sure the travel plans wouldn’t become a distraction.
(From SI’s Jack Markowski): “Will Howard comes off the IR in one more game after this,” Dulac said. “He will come off IR before Skylar Thompson, and so probably what that means is they will try to get him some work, not necessarily though with the first or second team, but just to be able to get Will Howard out there with the scout team and at least get him doing something.
The Steelers currently have just two quarterbacks on the 53-man roster with both Skylar Thompson and Will Howard on injured reserve. Howard, who had already ascended to QB3 before a hand injury sidelined him in training camp, appears likely to return to the Steelers roster ahead of Thompson.
(From Steelers Wire’s Curt Popejoy): However, when one X user took to social media to call out what they perceived as a communication problem with the Steelers defense from Sunday, linebacker Patrick Queen was quick to speak up and correct them.
Queen has always had an online presence and he isn’t shy to rebut fan critiques. That isn’t to say he thinks he doesn’t have anything to work on:
(From NBC Sports Boston’s Sean T. McGuire): Metcalf’s camp reset and checked in with the...
