The Pittsburgh Steelers learned after Sunday's 20-3 loss to the New England Patriots that Mike McCarthy had sensed trouble before kickoff. He says Wednesday and Thursday practices were not clean, yet the offense arrived in Foxborough unable to consistently block, protect or move the ball.
The Pittsburgh Steelers' passing game was an unmitigated disaster in Week 2 against the New England Patriots. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers had no time or protection in the pocket, and when he did, his receivers and tight ends couldn't get open.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers had months to build an offense that could control a game on the ground. On Sunday, the New England Patriots made them look incapable of controlling even the next snap.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
The Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the New England Patriots on Sunday by a score of 20-3 in Week 2. The contest could have actually been much worse, but the defense for Pittsburgh has been playing well and was able to force two turnovers during the game against New England.
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy offered some updates on where Joey Porter Jr. stands as the team begins preparing for a Week 3 matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to be reflecting on quite a bit after an embarrassing loss to the New England Patriots in Week 2. The loss was embarrassing in the fact that the offense looked completely helpless on the field and could not get anything going.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have had a weird start to the 2026 season. The group is 1-1 after a rough loss to the New England Patriots on the road in Week 2, but the only reason the team has a win at all is because the Steelers hosted the Atlanta Falcons in Week 1.
The Pittsburgh Steelers can end their search for a new top wide receiver. The next few years are covered. That's the feeling the Steelers should walk away from their Week 2 contest with.
The Pittsburgh Steelers may have struggled to generate much offensively in their Week 2 loss to the New England Patriots, but the defense once again gave them a chance to win.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
The phrase “The Standard is the Standard” soured towards the end of the Mike Tomlin era. Hiring Mike McCarthy, an offense-minded coach, was supposed to fix the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offensive woes.
Through two weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers have not gotten very good play from their offensive line. In fact, you could argue that the unit as a whole has stunk.
The saga between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Joey Porter Jr. seems to get more complicated by the day. The organization is unlikely to break its own in-season rule about not negotiating contracts once Week 1 is completed.
Despite having a so-called offensive guru calling the shots and one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, the Pittsburgh Steelers couldn't get anything going on offense in Week 2.
The AFC North is already beginning to take shape after two weeks of the NFL season, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are getting a bigger picture of their division rivals.
It can't get much worse for the Pittsburgh Steelers than it did in their Week 2 loss to the New England Patriots. They never looked in sync as they lost 20-3.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have gotten off to a rough start offensively through the first two weeks of the season. After scoring just one touchdown in two games, head coach Mike McCarthy has failed to move the unit forward as hoped.
The Pittsburgh Steelers suffered an astonishing defeat to the New England Patriots in Week 2 and now are 1-1. The offense managed a whopping three points in the contest and really had no dynamic plays.
Rodgers looked past his prime when he lost a fumble that was returned for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game and when he went 23-of-39 passing for 187 yards with an interception and four sacks taken.
The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t have many highlights to celebrate in Sunday’s 20-3 loss to the New England Patriots, but Patrick Queen provided one of the defense’s biggest plays of the afternoon.
Porter missed a second straight game when he sat out what became a 20-3 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon.
When the Cleveland Browns were embarrassed in their Week 1 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, the jokes immediately started to roll in. One of the most notable ones came from longtime Browns nemesis, former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, when he quoted JuJu Smith-Schuster on NBC, saying, "The Browns is the Browns."
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense has a solid day for itself on Sunday. The problem is the Steelers offense was so bad, so helpless, and so downright abysmal that the Steelers not only lost; they lost by 17 points
DK went completely MIA during Week 2. Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf had a rough day at the office against the New England Patriots on Sunday.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Joey Porter Jr. aren't on the same page about his contract situation, leading some to question the validity of his injury.
Having played a minor role in his NFL debut, Bernard is primed to shoulder a significantly heavier load against the Patriots.
Star cornerback Joey Porter Jr. will miss his second straight game with an injury, though the timing is rather suspicious.
Porter didn't play in Pittsburgh's 20-13 season-opening win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 13 for reasons related to a supposed back issue that kept him on the physically unable to perform list throughout most of August.
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