Art Rooney Earns ‘F’ in NFLPA Player Report Card
Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II is not thought of fondly when it comes to player needs. In the second annual NFLPA Report Card, Rooney earned an ‘F’ and ranked 31st among owners, only behind Chiefs owner Clark Hunt. It was the second straight year Pittsburgh graded very poorly in a number of areas. Last year the poor marks did not phase Rooney who questioned how many players actually participated in the survey. Key Areas the Steelers received poor grades In: Ownership Grade: F Treatment of Families Grade: F- Nutritionist Grade: D Team Trave Grade: D Training Room Grade: D+
Rumors: New OC Arthur Smith has Russell Wilson back on Steelers QB board?
LATEST STEELERS QB BUZZ: [hide] In what’s becoming the worst key secret in the National Football League, the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to give strong consideration to trading for Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields in the coming weeks. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin regarded Fields as a top-10 prospect in the 2021 draft and the interest in Fields is high and might be even higher now with the hiring of Arthur Smith. The buzz is in full steam following ESPN’s Adam Schefter fueling the fire Monday on the Pat McAfee show as Odd Makers are now listing the Steelers as the Favorites to trade for Fields. Fields stands out as the only legitimate young QB on the Steelers radar in
Rumors: Raiders eye chance to lure Mike Tomlin for $20 Million a season?
With one year left on his contract, there’s one sentiment inside the Pittsburgh Steelers organization, including some among coaches that have believed for months now that head coach Mike Tomlin is ready for the next chapter in his coaching career. Despite the Pittsburgh Steelers storming back from a 10-15% chance three weeks ago of making the playoffs to now making the post-season, Mike Tomlin’s future continues to be fueled by top NFL insiders with Tomlin’s close friend Jay Glazer basically calling it 50-50 whether Tomlin moves on or not and ESPN’s Adam Schefter this past Sunday laying out the possibility of Tomlin making the call to step away. What’s legit is Mike Tomlin’s inner circle is doing nothing to kill
Rumors: Matt Canada left Steelers facility day before he fired believing team was making QB change?
–LATEST STEELERS BUZZ– [hide] A sidebar to the Steelers losing Kenny Pickett for the next couple weeks due to ankle surgery as long-term questions continue to mount surrounding Pickett, is the team seriously contemplated a QB change in the 24 hours after the Steelers 13-10 loss to the Cleveland Browns that eventually coincided with Matt Canada getting fired last Tuesday morning, a move that shocked the coaching staff based on meetings the day prior. In fact, multiple offensive coaches including Matt Canada left the facility last Monday evening believing Mitch Trubisky was going to be named the starter vs the Bengals. Instead, coaches showed up to work learning Tomlin fired Canada in-person that Tuesday morning. [/hide]
Tomlin on Matt Canada: ‘Did not come to this decision lightly’
Mike Tomlin made it clear during the opening moments of his weekly press conference that he made the call to fire Matt Canada, calling it his decision. “It was mine and mine alone,” Tomlin said of firing Canada……. “Did not come to this decision lightly. It is my role to absorb and protect those that i work with. Just rest assured this decision was not taken lightly. Was not easy but I thought it was necessary. This is a results-oriented business. In short, Improvements were not rapid enough or consistent enough to proceed.” Tomlin spoke at length at being in this job so long, it’s his job absorb everything, and he just knew it was time to move on. With
Latest on Kenny Pickett
Kenny Pickett and the Pittsburgh Steelers offense were abysmal in a 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday Afternoon as questions mount that the Steelers not just have a dud at offensive coordinator but also at quarterback in the short and long-term. In the immediate Pittsburgh will turn to Mitch Trubisky vs the Ravens as Pickett exited the game late in the third quarter on a 4th and 1 dropback from the Texans 33 yard line with 1:16 remaining when Pickett doing Kenny Pickett things, left a clean pocket and spun to the left right into DE Jonathan Greenard where Greenard came down on Pickett’s left knee. Pending the results of an MRI this morning, Pickett has been diagnosed
Steelers-Raiders Takeaways: Matt Canada was a step ahead of the Raiders?
Week 3 What We Learned Steelers 23 – Raiders 18 (F) | First Down | Kenny Pickett Did It!!!!!! — Pickett in his 15th career NFL start and 16th game, threw multiple touchdown passes for the first time in his career as the Pittsburgh Steelers topped the Las Vegas Raiders 28-18 on Sunday Night. Pickett in the win was 16/28 for 235 yards with 2 touchdown passes and a 108.5 QB rating. “[Kenny] made the necessary plays, “Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said afterwards. “I thought he was good in the environment. I thought he was a good communicator. He did the job tonight.” Pickett’s start was not ideal. Pittsburgh opened the game with back-to-back three and outs and happy
Week 2 Steelers – Browns: What We Learned
Steelers 26 – Browns 22 (F) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1st Down: We all know T.J. Watt is special. We’re witnessing greatness on weekly basis for the Future 1st ballot Hall-of-Famer who returned a fumble 15 yards for a touchdown with just under seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to give the Steelers a 26-22 lead. As a unit the Steelers defense is not special by any means. Having a group of special 3-4 players, though, gives you nights like the Steelers had where the defense balled out by scoring 2 touchdowns, 6 sacks, 1 interception (returned for a TD) and producing 4 forced fumbles. On a night where the Steelers were without Cam Heyward and Minkah Fitzpatrick was roughed up and
Monday Night Football Buzz: High Stakes for Steelers?
WEEK 2: MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Browns (1-0) @ Steelers (0-1) ODDS: CLE -2.5 — The Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t lost a Monday Night Football home game since 1991……….We all know the lopsided history in the Steelers favor when it’s Browns -Steelers. Yet it’s the Pittsburgh Steelers who enter tonight’s home game as an underdog and because of how bad things went in week 1, Pittsburgh faces all the pressure to avoid going 0-2…….. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ –Top Five Steelers/Positions feeling the most pressure Tonight — — Prediction: Steelers defense shines with a 17-16 Win —
Week 1 What We Learned: A Dose of Reality
—- The Kenny Pickett Crowd got hit with Reality Against the Elite 49ers Defense —- The blame game is in all full force after the Steelers embarrassing 30-7 home opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday afternoon that now see’s the 0-1 Steelers even being listed as a 1.5 point underdog against the Cleveland Browns (1-0) this coming Monday Night at Home. A near perfect preseason saw the hype machine locally and nationally humming about the Steelers prospects in 2023 about not just getting back to the post-season but being a team with an ascending second-year quarterback that is deep and talented enough to be a threat to the top guns in the conference. What Sunday proved was