The Pittsburgh Steelers lost Joey Porter Jr., have Jamel Dean dealing with an injury, and watched a rookie take his lumps on Thursday night. Omar Khan and Mike McCarthy just answered with a veteran addition.
It has not been a fun week or two for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team dealt cornerback Joey Porter Jr., only to hear him subtly knock the franchise for not recognizing his value.
In need of healthy cornerback options, the Steelers are in line to add a veteran to the mix. Sean Murphy-Bunting is being signed off the Buccaneers’ practice squad, The Ringer’s Tom Pelissero reports.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are only four games through the 2026 season, but it has been clear that some changes need to be made. There are some obvious areas of the roster that need an upgrade or some needed depth, and that is especially true after a pair of injuries that occurred during the team's Week 4 loss to the Cleveland Browns.
How many of the NFL running backs of the Super Bowl Era (since 1966) to catch at least 20 touchdowns in their career can you name in five minutes?
The Pittsburgh Steelers are adding a veteran cornerback to their 53-man roster ahead of their Week 5 matchup at home against the Indianapolis Colts. According to The Ringer's Tom Pelissero, the Steelers have signed Sean Murphy-Bunting off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' practice squad.
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.
By the end of the 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers season, serious questions surrounded T.J. Watt. Was he truly on the decline? Were his best days behind him? Was it time to trade him while he still had some value?
The Pittsburgh Steelers are adding former New England Patriots linebacker Marte Mapu to their practice squad, according to a Monday report from NFL insider Aaron Wilson.
The Pittsburgh Steelers spent the offseason promising that a new defensive system would make communication cleaner, disguise easier and responsibilities simpler to understand.
On Thursday night, the Pittsburgh Steelers fell to the Cleveland Browns, 27-24, in a game that mirrored the season's trend. Pittsburgh has been very inconsistent through four games, with a seemingly different team showing up every week.
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.
After the Pittsburgh Steelers traded Joey Porter Jr., defensive captain Cam Heyward issued a challenge: The next man must step up. Asante Samuel Jr. has been serviceable and made plays in place of Porter to this point.
The Pittsburgh Steelers left Cleveland with plenty to be frustrated about following Thursday night’s 27-24 loss to the Browns, but not everything that happened at Huntington Bank Field was predictable.
The Pittsburgh Steelers lost both Derrick Harmon and Jamel Dean on Thursday night against the Cleveland Browns, and we now have an update on the pair with Jonathan Taylor and the Indianapolis Colts up next.
The Pittsburgh Steelers officially ended their lengthy standoff with Joey Porter Jr. when they traded the cornerback to the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday night.
The Pittsburgh Steelers may have mounted a fourth-quarter comeback against the Cleveland Browns, but they did not play particularly well in the 27-24 loss.
The Steelers saw defensive tackle Derrick Harmon and cornerback Jamel Dean exit Thursday night’s loss. Both players are now in line for missed time. Harmon was carted off the field with a foot injury, and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports an absence of multiple weeks is in store.
Robert Spears-Jennings was asked to take on a much larger defensive role Thursday night in Cleveland. The rookie safety responded with the biggest play of his young NFL career.
The Pittsburgh Steelers already made one significant change to their defense this week.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are 2-2 after dropping their "Thursday Night Football" game against the Cleveland Browns, and that's not the most ideal place.
Graham heads into the weekend leading the Browns with four sacks on the campaign.
During a Friday morning appearance on Dallas sports radio station 105.3 The Fan, Jones discussed landing Porter at this stage of the campaign.
Porter didn't play for the Steelers this season for reasons related to an alleged back issue.
An outsider couldn't be blamed for assuming that landing Porter is meant to be the Cowboys' main acquisition of the fall. It sounds like that may not necessarily be the case.
The defense of the Pittsburgh Steelers did well to hold the Cleveland Browns to just three points in the second half of Thursday night's matchup in downtown Cleveland until Pittsburgh quarterback Aaron Rodgers scored a game-tying two-point conversion with 1:42 remaining in regulation.
In the first quarter, Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy were caught on camera in a heated exchange.
The Steelers have already made one major move that has raised questions about their direction.
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