HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — After 10 very successful years in the NFL, it would have been easy for defensive lineman Chandler Jones to step into the Las Vegas Raiders' facility with an inflated ego.
His 107 1/2 sacks over the last decade rank higher than any other player in the NFL, and he ranks second in the league to Pittsburgh’s T.J.
20. PITTSBURGH STEELERS (9-7-1)
LAST SEASON: The Steelers somehow managed to reach the playoffs in quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's swan song despite an offense and a defense that both ranked in the bottom third in the league.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brian Flores is back in the NFL.
The Pittsburgh Steelers hired the former Miami Dolphins coach on Saturday to serve as a senior defensive assistant. Flores will specialize in working with Pittsburgh's linebackers, a group that includes NFL Defensive Player of the Year T.J.
Trey Hendrickson was once a touchdown-catching tight end in high school, a big-bodied target who was tough to take down.
Demolishing quarterbacks, though, just always felt better than spiking footballs.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger raised some eyebrows ahead of their wild-card game against the defending AFC champion Chiefs on Sunday night when he admitted that “we probably aren't supposed to be here.”
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs were going nowhere on offense against Pittsburgh early Sunday night, so coach Andy Reid had wide receiver Mecole Hardman take a shotgun snap and hand off to running back Darrel Williams on a trick play.
PITTSBURGH (9-7-1) at KANSAS CITY (12-5)
Sunday, 8:15 p.m. EST, NBC
BETTING LINE: Chiefs by 12 1/2, according to FanDuel SportsBook.
NEW YORK (AP) — Five players, including dynamic pass catchers Cooper Kupp and Davante Adams, are unanimous choices for The Associated Press 2021 NFL All-Pro Team.
Joining the Rams' Kupp and the Packers' Adams in receiving votes Friday from all 50 members of a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the league are Colts running back Jonathan Taylor, Steelers edge rusher T.J.
PITTSBURGH (8-7-1) at BALTIMORE (8-8)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS.
BETTING LINE: Ravens by 6, according to FanDuel SportsBook.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — T.J. Watt has seen it all when he's trying to get to the quarterback.
The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker has faced slides to his side, tight end chips, running back chips, double teams and more.
Cincinnati sacks leader Trey Hendrickson and three other starters are among five Bengals who were placed on the COVID-19 reserve list Tuesday.
Center Trey Hopkins and left guard Quinton Spain were sidelined along with safety Vonn Bell.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Cleveland Browns knew they had been eliminated from playoff contention entering a Monday night showdown against their AFC North rival Pittsburgh Steelers.
But a battered Baker Mayfield wanted to lead his team to a winning record.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Haden spent a month watching the Pittsburgh Steelers defense flail without him.
The veteran defensive back's return provided a spark. And all his off-season lifting provided the difference.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is hopeful linebacker T.J. Watt and cornerback Joe Haden will be available when Tennessee visits Heinz Field on Sunday.
Watt left last Thursday's 36-28 loss to Minnesota in the first half with a groin injury.
There's a mystery show on TV in prime time Thursday night: Pittsburgh versus Minnesota.
There's no way to figure out these two teams. The Vikings (5-7) go from on the rise in a victory over NFC power Green Bay to heading into the abyss after a loss to previously winless Detroit.
PITTSBURGH (6-5-1) at MINNESOTA (5-7)
Thursday, 8:20 p.m. EST, Fox/NFL Network/Amazon
BETTING LINE: Vikings by 3, according to FanDuel SportsBook.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Keith Butler doesn’t have time to keep all the unfamiliar faces straight in the middle of the season, so he doesn’t even really try.
At least initially.
It’s why the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator offers the same bit of advice to any fresh-faced newbie the first time they sit down at one of Butler’s meetings.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The metrics are easy. When T.J. Watt plays, the Pittsburgh Steelers are playoff contenders.
When he doesn't, they're in trouble. A lot of trouble.
Three months after signing one of the richest contracts given to a defender in NFL history, the perennial All-Pro outside linebacker somehow seems underpaid.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers activated star linebacker T.J. Watt off the COVID-19 list on Saturday, giving their beleaguered defense a boost before Sunday's visit by AFC North-leading Baltimore.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have placed star outside linebacker T.J. Watt on the COVID-19 list.
The team made the announcement on Monday, a day after the Steelers were embarrassed 41-10 on the road in Cincinnati.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — T.J. Watt and Minkah Fitzpatrick will spend Sunday afternoon on the field in Cincinnati and not on their phones back in Pittsburgh.
Neither player was listed on Friday's injury report, clearing the way for their return after they spent last Sunday on their couches watching a fitful 41-37 loss on the road to the Chargers.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping injured defensive stars T.J. Watt, Minkah Fitzpatrick and Joe Haden will be back when they travel to Cincinnati on Sunday.
All three sat out a 41-37 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers last week.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers spent all week hoping Ben Roethlisberger's bout with COVID-19 would be mild enough to allow him to start on Sunday night in Los Angeles.
All that attention, all that concern, might have been a little misplaced.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers will head to Los Angeles to face the Chargers without star outside linebacker T.J. Watt.
The team ruled Watt out Friday after he missed a third straight day of practice due to hip and knee injuries suffered in last week's tie against Detroit.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and outside linebacker T.J. Watt will both have an opportunity to play, while safety Minkah Fitzpatrick is expected to miss Sunday’s road game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday placed safety Minkah Fitzpatrick on the NFL's reserve/COVID-19 list, where he joins quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Teams are not required to release information whether players are vaccinated.
Reigning Defensive Rookie of the Year Chase Young suffered a potentially serious right knee injury on Sunday, putting a damper on Washington’s big win against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Melvin Ingram needed a job. The Pittsburgh Steelers needed depth at outside linebacker, so they took a flyer on the nine-year veteran, signing him to a one-year deal on the eve of training camp with the hopes he would provide quality depth if required.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — This isn't the career Taco Charlton had in mind. The Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker knows players taken in the first round of the NFL draft aren't supposed to bounce through four teams in five years.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without tight end Eric Ebron and outside linebacker Melvin Ingram when they travel to Cleveland to face the Browns on Sunday.
Ebron injured his hamstring in practice on Thursday and didn't practice on Friday before being ruled out.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Devin Bush scooped up the loose ball and amid the chaos, immediately started running in the wrong direction before finding his bearings.
How very fitting for a team that's spent its first six weeks trying to figure things out.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Seattle Seahawks’ quarterback Geno Smith saw an opening in the offensive line and took off down the middle of the field.
Unfortunately for Smith, he didn’t see Pittsburgh Steelers’ outside linebacker T.J.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin insists there is nothing “mystical” to the way outside linebacker T.J. Watt goes about his business.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cam Heyward is tired of listening to critics pile on Ben Roethlisberger and the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers offense.
Last time the longtime defensive end checked, the entire team was 1-2.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — It's not enough to talk about changing the culture, something Zac Taylor started doing the moment he took over as Cincinnati Bengals head coach more than two years ago.
At some point, the platitudes need to turn into something far more tangible.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers star outside linebacker T.J. Watt won't play against Cincinnati after all.
The team has downgraded Watt to out for Sunday's visit from Cincinnati (1-1). Watt, who is dealing with a groin injury, was listed as questionable on Friday's injury report.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will play on Sunday against Cincinnati, while star outside linebacker T.J. Watt is questionable due to a groin injury.
Roethlisberger was a full participant in practice on Friday after being limited on Thursday while dealing with a bruised chest suffered in a loss to Las Vegas last week.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — So much for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ very brief run with good health.
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, outside linebackers T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith, wide receiver Diontae Johnson and cornerback Joe Haden and inside linebacker Devin Bush are among a growing list of players dealing with issues as the Steelers (1-1) prepare to host Cincinnati (1-1) on Sunday.
Tua Tagovailoa was forced out by a rib injury. Carson Wentz hurt his right ankle. Andy Dalton had a knee issue, and Tyrod Taylor exited with a hamstring injury.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — One half, T.J. Watt was wrecking the Las Vegas Raiders' game plan.
The next the Pittsburgh Steelers star linebacker was watching from the sideline in sweatpants dealing with a groin injury as the Raiders surged to a 26-17 victory that sapped any momentum Pittsburgh gained from a season-opening triumph in Buffalo.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jon Gruden's long, arduous multi-state, multi-year rebuilding project may finally be nearing its end.
The swagger might be back for the Las Vegas Raiders. The deep ball certainly is.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers could have sent the house at Josh Allen. It would have been understandable. Preferable even.
Yet they didn't. Mostly because they didn't have to. Perhaps even more importantly, they didn't need to.
For all of the success the Buffalo Bills had on offense last season, their offensive line came up short when it mattered most in the AFC championship game.
The new season picked up right where they left off.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Knowing it was going to take the Steelers' new-look offense time to find its footing, Ben Roethlisberger was counting on Pittsburgh’s defense to keep the score close.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — T.J. Watt grew up trying to find a way to escape from the considerable shadows of older brothers J.J. and Derek.
It wasn't easy. It wasn't always fun. Yet it prepared the Pittsburgh Steelers star to become one of the NFL's most disruptive players, a game-wrecking edge rusher who plays with a controlled fury honed from years of trying to hang with the big kids.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger believes T.J. Watt is perhaps the best player in the NFL.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have decided to pay the game-wrecking outside linebacker like it.
A person with knowledge of the agreement says the team and the two-time All-Pro have come to terms on a four-year extension worth $112 million that will make Watt the highest-paid defensive player in the league.