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Steelers have issues. Team president Art Rooney II doesn't think Mike Tomlin is one of them
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Art Rooney II knows the Pittsburgh Steelers have problems. The team's longtime president doesn't think his head coach is one of them. Rooney said Monday the club remains fully behind Mike Tomlin, who is now closing in on a decade since his most...
The AP NFL MVP finalists are Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Joe Burrow, Jared Goff and Lamar Jackson
Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Joe Burrow, Jared Goff and Lamar Jackson are finalists for The Associated Press 2024 NFL Most Valuable Player award. Barkley, Burrow and Jackson also are finalists for Offensive Player of the Year and Burrow is also in the running for Comeback Player of...
Jayden Daniels accomplishes a feat last done by Slinging Sammy Baugh in 1937
Jayden Daniels, meet Slinging Sammy Baugh. The Commanders' dynamic rookie quarterback accomplished a feat in his playoff debut that no quarterback in the NFL had done since Baugh during the franchise's first season in Washington back in 1937. Daniels threw two...
Steelers are running in place, with no obvious solution in sight
PITTSBURGH (AP) — T.J. Watt checked his phone, stuck his hands in his pockets, took a breath and looked up, girding himself for the questions he knew would come. Eight years into his pro career, the Pittsburgh Steelers star linebacker has become all too familiar with the abruptness...
Chiefs will have lots of rest before resuming quest to three-peat as Super Bowl champs
The biggest question facing the Kansas City Chiefs as they resume their quest to become the first team ever to win three consecutive Super Bowls is whether 3 1/2 weeks' rest will result in too much rust. Patrick Mahomes and most of Kansas City's other stars last played on Christmas...
Pro Picks: Texans, Ravens, Bills, Eagles, Bucs and Vikings will advance to the next round
The NFL’s wild-card weekend features divisional rivals facing off, two NFC rematches from Week 1 and the Harbaugh brothers coaching on the same day. Jim Harbaugh leads the Chargers against the Texans in the season’s first playoff game on Saturday afternoon. Then it’s John...
Steelers' Russell Wilson back in the playoffs trying to focus on present, not an uncertain future
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Russell Wilson isn't ready to zoom out. Maybe because he's almost pathologically predisposed to focusing on the "moment.” How to prepare for it. How to enjoy it while not letting it define you one way or another. The Pittsburgh...
Steelers look toward playoffs after finishing regular season on 4-game skid with loss to Bengals
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Russell Wilson and the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t want to talk about the past with the playoff approaching. The Steelers finished the regular season on a four-game losing streak after a fourth-quarter rally fell short, as Cincinnati kept its playoff hopes alive...
Cincinnati heads to Pittsburgh in a regular-season finale that has plenty at stake
Cincinnati (8-8) at Pittsburgh (10-6) Saturday, 8 p.m., EST, ESPN/ABC. BetMGM NFL Odds: Bengals by 1 1/2. Against the spread: Bengals 10-6; Steelers 10-6 Series record: Steelers lead 71-39. Last meeting: Steelers beat...
Steelers defense scrambling as the playoffs loom
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Looking back, DeShon Elliott thinks he maybe shouldn't have made his frustrations about the direction the Pittsburgh Steelers defense is heading so public. Then again, the veteran safety knows the candor he showed in the aftermath of a 29-10 loss to Kansas City on...
