The Pittsburgh Steelers have targeted WR Mike Williams one time in two games since acquiring him for a fifth-round pick. That one target was momentous, granted, providing the game-winning score over a 7-2 team. But they obviously didn’t trade for him just to serve as a decoy, so when will the targets funnel his way? […]

When Mike Tomlin joked, “That’s why I’m well-compensated” after his decision to start Russell Wilson paid off with a big win in Week 7, he wasn’t exaggerating about the “well-compensated” part. It turns out that he is tied for the fifth highest-paid coach in all of U.S. sports, per Michael McCann of Sportico on X. […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers will be battling the Cleveland Browns and Mother Nature in tonight’s AFC North showdown. The weather forecast has only gotten worse throughout the week with a strong wintry mix expected during tonight’s game. Kevin Roth outlined the forecast noting a “steady mix of rain and snow that lasts most (all?) of the game.” Winds […]

It wasn’t pretty, but the Pittsburgh Steelers found a way to grind out an 18-16 win over the Baltimore Ravens last Sunday. The Steelers are now 8-1 against the Ravens in their last nine meetings. The defense kept both QB Lamar Jackson and RB Derrick Henry in check for the vast majority of the game. […]

For the majority of Mike Tomlin’s career as a head coach, he got to work with Ben Roethlisberger, which meant inclement weather was no reason to panic. As Tomlin says, Roethlisberger was “born for ugly days.” The Steelers played in a rainy contest against the Dallas Cowboys earlier in the year, but they haven’t had […]

As we do every week to get you ready for our upcoming game, our X-factor of the week. Sometimes, it’s a player, unit, concept, or scheme. Here’s our Pittsburgh Steelers X-factor of the game against the Cleveland Browns-their pass rush. STEELERS VS BROWNS X FACTOR: STEELERS’ PASS RUSH This week, the Steelers head to Cleveland […]

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Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it’s the matchup between Pittsburgh running back Najee Harris and a beat-up Cleveland Browns defense that includes former Steelers first-round draft pick Devin Bush playing a major role.

Bush has been playing a lot since the Browns lost star linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah to a neck injury, and the 235-pound...

Both the Steelers’ T.J. Watt and the Browns’ Myles Garrett enter Week 12 looking up in the sack standings. Watt is sitting at 7.5 through 10 games while Garrett has 7, both trailing Trey Hendrickson’s 11.5. A total of six players have 8 or more sacks, a place Watt isn’t used to being on such […]

It’s no secret the Pittsburgh Steelers have been stalling in the Red Zone – in fact, they sit at 30th in the NFL as far as Red Zone efficiency.

One fix Steelers fans have been vouching for is to use QB Justin Fields in that area, where his legs are as dangerous as can be. Statistically, he has the stats to back its success.

Per Alan Saunders of Steelers Now, each quarterback brought Pittsburgh inside the 10-yard line 11 times, and Fields gave them 8 touchdowns and 1 FG as opposed to Wilson’s 4 TDs and 5 FGs.

Wilson’s drives...

Since switching from Justin Fields to Russell Wilson, the Pittsburgh Steelers have gone 4-0 and are on top in the AFC North. The team is 8-2 and if the playoffs started today, would be the No. 3 seed in the playoffs.

There are lost of ways to look at quarterback success but many say wins simply aren’t enough. Perhaps the most thorough measure of a quarterback’s contribution to that win is Total QBR, developed by ESPN. Here is the full ranking of all 32 NFL quarterbacks by Total QBR after Week 11 including Wilson.

NFL QBs ranked by Total QBR...

Game picks for Week 12

The Steelers will look to get to 9-2 by doing something they’ve never done before - win a road divisional game on Thursday night. Will they be able to defeat the lowly Browns? Here are our staff picks.

You would have to imagine the Pittsburgh Steelers have now done everything they can to prove they are legitimate Super Bowl contenders. Now, it is time to prove they can avoid the games where they play down to less-talented opponents and drop games they should not. The Cleveland Browns have struggled mightily all season despite an impressive...

Ben Roethlisberger’s most iconic throw has no close challenger. His Super Bowl-winning touchdown to Santonio Holmes couldn’t be argued by the biggest contrarian. It will be the top of his highlight reel from now through the rest of time. But the throw that sits in a distant second place was still a beauty. Reflecting on […]