Steelers Breakdown from PennLive.com

There’s no escaping the incredible pressure that comes with being a first-round quarterback pick in Pittsburgh. Kenny Pickett, the hometown favorite out of Pitt, is about to face all the hype and hopes that Steelers Nation can muster. And they can muster a lot. But Pickett will do it at big disadvantage as training camp practices get underway at St. Vincent College in Latrobe.  Learn more about y...

The Steelers are heading back to old Latrobe, where championship Pittsburgh teams have been forged under hot summer sun since 1966. But could this be a historically bad team we are about to see in 2022? The national NFL media and the Vegas odds makers say it is.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was never going to be easy to replace Ben Roethlisberger as the Steelers franchise quarterback after 18 seasons. So the team wisely decided to purchase two lottery tickets, not one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the lull between minicamp and training camp, talk often replaces on-field achievement. And boy, has there been a lot of talk surrounding your Steelers. In wake of safety Minkah Fitzpatrick’s blockbuster Steelers contract, plenty in Pittsburgh are saying receiver Dionate Johnson will be the next to cash in.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nobody puts Kenny Pickett third on the QB depth chart. Yet, that’s precisely where Pickett has been pegged by Mike Tomlin & Company coming off minicamp practices. So where does the team’s first quarterback battle in nearly 20 years stand heading into training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe? First off, this is still a three-way battle to be the Steelers’ starter when the team travels to C...

Two Steelers milestones occurred this week, and they’re very much interlinked. First, it was rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett celebrating his 24th birthday. The second is the start of mandatory minicamp, with full-blown Steelers’ training camp looming on the horizon. These events are bound together because 24 is “old” for a first-round rookie QB. But Kenny Pickett was drafted by the Steelers preci...

It’s been a season of change for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Changes at the top have a new general management structure in place, with a mix of new and old blood to structure future Steelers rosters. Meanwhile, your 2022 roster has taken shape via aggressive moves by the outgoing GM in both free agency and the draft -- moves that should totally transform the team’s quarterback room. Learn more about...

There’s nothing worse than seeing a former significant other getting along just fine without you. No wonder a miffed Ben Roethlisberger, who apparently thought he had more to give the Steelers beyond last season, is at the bitterness stage of his recent retirement. Big Ben had some choice words when asked about the sudden unretirement of the ageless Tom Brady and Tom’s triumphant return to the Tam...

Timing is everything. And everyone in Pittsburgh seems to be itching for Pitt hero-turned Steeler Kenny Pickett to begin his NFL quarterbacking career on Week 1 of his rookie year. Whether impatient Pittsburgh fans get what they want could largely depend on the about-to-be-released 2022 NFL schedule. If the Steelers’ slate of games is frontloaded with winnable ones -- such as the Browns, the Jets,...

Kenny Pickett was considered the most pro-ready quarterback when the Steelers shocked the NFL and selected him at pick 20 in the 2022 draft. Now, Pickett must prove it. The Pitt product-turned Steelers’ QB will be under immense pressure in his adopted hometown to start right out of the gate. Pickett’s five years with Pitt and his advancing age – he’ll be 24 next month, same as Chargers’ star Justi...

All of Steelers Nation has their magnifying glasses out. In Inspector Clouseau-style, they’re urgently searching for that telling clue to unlock the mystery of who the Steelers will draft Thursday night. Will it be a quarterback, as nearly every mock draft leading up to the actual Steelers selection has suggested? Don’t bet on it. As for the clues to confirm or debunk this, everyone is parsing the...

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. So goes the old adage. Well, the smoke has been pluming up from Steelers’ headquarters for months. That’s where the black-and-gold brain trust is purportedly interested in drafting a quarterback on the evening of April 28. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Steelers are a team in the mourning. Very soon, they must be a team on the mend and on the move. This, because the all-important NFL draft awaits. Its impact on both the present and future in Pittsburgh cannot be underestimated. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Call it Steelers’ training camp South. Newly signed free agent quarterback Mitch Trubisky is opening up his Florida home to his fellow Steelers quarterbacks and offensive skill players for a mini training camp to get the Pittsburgh new offense in rhythm. It’s exactly what you want to see in early April if you’re a Steelers fan.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more...

By all outward appearances, it sure looks as if the Ben Roethlisberger-less Steelers are reloading to take a Super Bowl runs in 2021. Hate to break it to you, but this just isn’t the case. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There, for a hot second, the Steelers were in the running to land Aaron Rodgers as their 2022 quarterback. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two data points reveal the level of urgency with which the Steelers are approaching the NFL’s upcoming free agency period and the draft as they overhaul the 2022 team. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s understandable that Steelers GM Kevin Colbert declared Mason Rudolph the team’s starting quarterback if the season began now. After all, Rudolph is the only quarterback currently under contract to the team. But it was a bridge too far in the city of bridges when Colbert added he’s excited to see what Rudolph can do as the Steelers’ starter.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out infor...

Steelers sack artist T.J. Watt sure knows how to bring down quarterbacks. But the NFL defensive MVP says he’s trusting the Steelers’ brain trust to bring in a new, winning quarterback to Pittsburgh. A quarterback who will win in 2022. Here’s what Watt said on the subject in one of his many interviews following his MVP win. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about...

Joe Burrow has changed everything for the Cincinnati Bengals -- and for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The quarterback who’s taken his team to the Super Bowl in his second year is now the standard by which the next Steelers’ passer shall be judged. So far, all of the Steelers’ options at this all-important position are coming up wanting. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn m...

In Pittsburgh these days, it appears they’ll wait until a rusting bridge collapses before rebuilding it. It’s much the same with the 2022 Steelers, which are still taking shape. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sitting home for the playoffs is making an already disgruntled Steelers Nation plenty more uncomfortable. It’s settling in among Steelers’ fans just how far away their favorite football team is from competing with the likes of the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs and even the Cincinnati Bengals.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin loves to say, “the standard is the standard.” But in recent years, that once-high Steelers’ standard has fallen and can’t get up. Now, they’re losing franchise quarterback and future Hall of Famer Ben Roethlisberger amid another disappointing season and postseason blowout.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

The last time the Steelers went on the last-seed Cinderella playoff run, running back Jerome Bettis was steps away from retirement and Ben Roethlisberger was a raw, up-and-coming star. We’ve come full circle. Now it’s Big Ben who’s in the two-minute drive of his Hall of Fame career.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

Pittsburgh poured out its grateful heart to retiring Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Monday night. Big Ben’s historic, 18-year run resulted in an unheard-of level of division dominance. But with Roethlisberger retiring, his like might not be seen anytime soon in Pittsburgh. Unless you count the young gun who’ll come to call at Heinz Field when the Bengals make their annual visit. See ac...