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.
Steel City Underground highlights the Pittsburgh Steelers’ top play from their latest game. Who gets the game ball for making the biggest impact when it mattered most?
Week 1, and the NFL had that distinct Penn State aroma on Sunday. That wafting smell of Blue and White filled the air in 13 regular-season openers. Some of the Nittany Lions’ brightest stars from recent years showed out for their teams, as the 2026 season kicked off.
On Sunday, there was a very clear group of winners and losers during the Week 1 win over the Falcons.
How many of the 46 NFL quarterbacks to throw for 300 yards and three touchdowns in the same game at least 10 times in their career can you name in six minutes?
The Pittsburgh Steelers spent the offseason assembling enough offensive options that Week 1 should not require one player to drag everyone else across the finish line.
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 have spent an entire offseason assembling an offense with enough movable pieces to make a defensive coordinator reach for the dry-erase marker.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have spent years waiting for Pat Freiermuth to become one of the NFL's most reliable receiving tight ends.
The Pittsburgh Steelers' 2026 regular season is rapidly approaching as the preseason has wrapped up. There is massive anticipation to see what changes are brought about given the organization taking an aggressive approach in free agency, on top of the regime change by bringing in new head coach Mike McCarthy.
The Pittsburgh Steelers entered the 2026 offseason determined to build an offense capable of properly utilizing all of its talent. That responsibility now belongs to Head Coach Mike McCarthy, whose system should create opportunities that were frequently missing under Pittsburgh's previous staff.
The Pittsburgh Steelers watched Darnell Washington finally begin turning his rare physical traits into legitimate receiving production during the 2025 season.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are entering a new chapter across the organization now that Mike Tomlin is no longer the man leading the team. In comes Mike McCarthy, a Super Bowl-winning head coach looking to bring Pittsburgh back to winning meaningful football games.
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 Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike McCarthy made the decision to select Penn State quarterback Drew Allar in the third round of the 2026 NFL Draft, the narratives and headlines surrounding the young quarterback were running rampant.
The Pittsburgh Steelers experienced a semi-rookie breakout when they drafted tight end Pat Freiermuth in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft. As a rookie, Freiermuth got the opportunity to team up with legendary quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, which was a great introduction to the NFL for him.
The Pittsburgh Steelers' offense fell flat often in 2025, and the team failed to play complementary football consistently. The offense put up 23.4 points per game, which was middle of the pack in the league, and they were among the bottom in total rushing and passing offense.
The Pittsburgh Steelers regime under former head coach Mike Tomlin started off hot, but the last decade left fans wanting more. Tomlin arrived in 2007 and quickly restored Pittsburgh to Super Bowl heights, yet since the 2016 season, the Steelers have been unable to recapture that playoff success, failing to win a postseason game in that span.
After the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Aaron Rodgers to be their starting quarterback ahead of the 2025 season, it was widely assumed that tight end Pat Freiermuth would be one of the biggest beneficiaries.
Steel City Underground presents our 2025 Plays of the Year series: a weekly rewind through the biggest moments, breakout performances, and unforgettable highlights from last season’s Pittsburgh Steelers campaign.
According to Nick Farabaugh, the Steelers have restructured TE Pat Freiermuth‘s contract to create some additional cap space for the 2026 season. Freiermuth was due a base salary of $7.6 million and already earned a $1.5 million roster bonus back in March.
Mike DeFabo of The Athletic reports at least six teams would be interested in trading for Steelers TE Pat Freiermuth, but Pittsburgh is telling teams he’s not available as of now.
The Athletic's Mike DeFabo talked with several Pittsburgh players about what Aaron Rodgers has added to the Steelers as they hold a 4-2 record.
A lot of NFL trade rumors grow teeth when the trade deadline approaches. This year, the deadline is November 4. One of the most heavily-pushed narratives surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers has been that the team should consider turning tight end Pat Freiermuth into a bargaining chip due to, what many have pointed out, is less usage.
Following every NFL game in 2025, Steel City Underground parses the best plays from the Pittsburgh Steelers to highlight for Steelers Nation fans to rewatch, complete with what led up to the big play(s).
Rodgers agreed to a team-friendly contract with the Steelers ahead of this past weekend.
Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth still believes in his teammate George Pickens heading into the 2025 campaign.
CINCINNATI — Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth lit up the Cincinnati Bengals once again on Sunday. Freiermuth had six catches on seven targets for 68 yards and a touchdown in the Steelers’ 44-38 shootout win over Cincinnati.
Starting tight end Pat Freiermuth is the latest player to find his way to the Pittsburgh Steelers lengthy injury report.
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