What's the old saying? "You don't know what you have until it's gone." Well, for the Pittsburgh Steelers, that seems to be the exact case with former All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are taking part in a huge game on Monday Night Football in Week 15 as the team will be hosting the Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins once looked dead during the 2025 season, but they've put together an impressive winning streak that has them in the hunt for the postseason.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are getting into the critical part of the season in the NFL as the AFC North is coming down to the wire. The division will likely only have one representative in the playoffs, and Pittsburgh only has a one-game lead on the Baltimore Ravens after beating them in Week 14.
The Pittsburgh Steelers' Week 15 primetime bout with the Miami Dolphins will mark Minkah Fitzpatrick's return to Acrisure Stadium ahead of a game that has massive implications for the playoff race in the AFC.
All NFL players enter the season with high hopes, but sometimes seasons don't go as hoped. These 20 players have been some of the biggest disappointments early in the 2025 season.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have made a couple moves that have shaken up the media and fans alike. Wide receiver Antonio Brown was one of the major ones, as well as Diontae Johnson and George Pickens.
The reputation of the Pittsburgh Steelers has started to take a severe downturn as everything seems to be getting worse for the organization. From top to bottom, terrible information is getting leaked about the team, and the real culture has been coming to light.
Dolphins S Minkah Fitzpatrick detailed how the team got things back on track with HC Mike McDaniel after a rocky start to the season. “We really emphasized, whoever ends up staying on this team, or coming to this team come Wednesday, we’re all gonna have each other’s backs, we’re all gonna lean into one another,” Fitzpatrick told Albert Breer.
So maybe the Miami Dolphins did more than salvage their big trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers and actually won the trade. And, taking things further, maybe they won the trade big.
The Miami Dolphins needed to make a few plays to hold off a late push from the New Orleans Saints, and Minkah Fitzpatrick’s return on a two-point try in the fourth quarter was arguably the biggest.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel likes to talk to his players about the importance of being your best when your best is required. In Miami's 21-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints in Week 13, there were a handful of players on Miami's roster who got the memo.
A nice streak ended for the Miami Dolphins this week, and it was safety Minkah Fitzpatrick who ended up on the wrong end of things. The NFL announced its fines for plays in Week 11, and Fitzpatrick was discipline for not one but two plays in the 16-13 overtime victory against the Washington Commanders.
Miami Dolphins safety Minkah Fitzpatrick has had an outstanding tenure in the NFL so far. Now in his eighth season in the league, the former 11th overall pick has played in 117 games, totaling 673 tackles, 60 pass breakups and 21 interceptions, four of which he has returned for touchdowns.
The newest Pittsburgh Steelers safety earned some high praise from head coach Mike Tomlin following the team's Week 9 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.
According to Jordan Schultz, the Dolphins are open to trading S Minkah Fitzpatrick and have gotten some interest from multiple teams so far. The Dolphins
The Pittsburgh Steelers aren't necessarily in the market for defensive help at the trade deadline, though safety sticks out as a potential area of need if the organization were to test those waters.
ESPN: Dolphins Will be Busy at Deadline; Keep an eye on Minkah Fitzpatrick Jeremy Fowler of ESPN wrote a column with Dan Graziano discussing NFL Trade Deadline buzz as we are getting close to November 4th.
After a rocky week in South Florida, it's nice to see someone with the Miami Dolphins tackle things the right way when put in a tough spot. That's what we got on Friday afternoon when Dolphins safety Minkah Fitzpatrick spoke to the media and was asked about his role in the coverage breakdown late in Miami's 29-27 loss to the Chargers.
Minkah Fitzpatrick is back where his career began thanks to the trade which sent him from Pittsburgh to Miami. In the wake of that deal, the All-Pro safety worked out a restructured contract with the Dolphins.