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Samuels makes the most of his chance

Jaylen Samuels finally got his chance Saturday evening and he made it pay off.Yes, he got himself a spot on my team.I do this in reverse. Instead of crossing players off the list, I add when I’m just about certain heĢƵ a fit for the Pittsburgh Steelers.Samuels was among a small group of ...

Ups and downs of Steelers’ loss

The Steelers were pelted by the Green Bay Packers, 51-34, Thursday night at Lambeau Field in both teams' second preseason game.As might be expected with such a score, there were plenty of Ups and Downs for the Steelers as the games begin to mean more in terms of roster jobs. Here's my ...

Dobbs, Rudolph to handle QB duties

Well, Ben Roethlisberger is in the concussion protocol. Before he went down Tuesday, he was razor-focused.In fact, Roethlisberger, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Antonio Brown were peaking at Latrobe Memorial Stadium with four scores in four plays during the first half of two-point conversion work.The ...

From the notebook of a sportswriter who enjoyed the fireworks created by a Steelers offense missing Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell, but whoĢƵ going to lead here by commending the backup nobodies up front:n I was determined to watch rookie offensive tackle Chukwuma ...

Steelers enjoying successful offseason

From the notebook of a sportswriter who believes the Steelers are enjoying a successful offseason:n Not even an arrest for drunkenness at the beach. That was the summer of Antwon Blake, wasn’t it? And even that was considered mild relative to some of the nonsense thatĢƵ interrupted the ...

PITTSBURGH — ItĢƵ that time of the year when we reveal Maurkice PounceyĢƵ “Sleeper to Watch” for 2018.Pouncey, if you recall, nailed Mike Hilton as the top sleeper last year, and it wasn’t PounceyĢƵ first successful spring-time call, either. The Steelers’ center has an eye for ...