On Football: Jaguars can’t be overlooked anymore
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
December 23, 2025
Maybe the Jacksonville Jaguars and coach Liam Coen will get the credit they deserve now. Trevor Lawrence and the Jags went to Denver and scored 34 points against one of the NFL’s best defenses, extend...
Tomlin’s streak hits 19
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 23, 2025
DETROIT — Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers victory was notable for reasons that go beyond beating a quality opponent on the road or keeping sole possession of first place. The 29-24 triumph against the De...
Goff, Campbell refuse to blame refs
NFL, Sports
December 23, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff and Dan Campbell refused to blame the officials after the Detroit Lions were penalized two times in the final 22 seconds of a 29-24 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday ...
Metcalf takes swipe at fan along Steelers’ sideline
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 22, 2025
DETROIT — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf extended his arm harshly in a punch-like manner toward the face of a fan he was speaking to during the first half of Sunday’s game at the Detroit...
Panthers take over first place in NFC South
NFL, Sports
NFL CAPSULES
December 22, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Young threw for 191 yards and two touchdowns, Lathan Ransom intercepted Baker Mayfield with 42 seconds left and the Carolina Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 o...
Steelers outlast Lions after wild ending
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 22, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers pushed the Detroit Lions to the brink of elimination from the playoffs on Sunday, holding on for a 29-24 win when Jared Goff’s touchdown on the final play was ne...
Deployment of ‘Spartan’ working for Steelers
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 20, 2025
It started out in the NFL community as something between a joke and an appropriately whimsical moniker for what was a new, unconventional phenomenon being introduced by one of its highest-profile team...
Air-it-all-out meeting helps turn around Steelers defense
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 20, 2025
A few weeks ago, ranking much closer to the bottom of the league than the top in many relevant categories, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense decided it needed to talk. Collectively, and to each other. A...
Sawyer preparing for first start with other injuries
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
December 20, 2025
For the first time in his young NFL career, Jack Sawyer played more than half of the defensive snaps in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 28-15 victory Monday night against the Miami Dolphins. The rookie fourt...
Tua could be NFL’s next QB reclamation project
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
December 20, 2025
Tua Tagovailoa could be the NFL’s next quarterback reclamation project. Now that he’s been benched by the Dolphins, Tagovailoa’s future in Miami is uncertain. The Dolphins (68) will take a look at roo...
Nacua apologizes before career game
NFL, Sports
December 20, 2025
SEATTLE (AP) — Los Angeles Rams receiver Puka Nacua’s tumultuous Thursday started with an apology, and ended with more controversial remarks. In between, he had a career-best performance. Nacua apolog...
Seahawks stun Rams with 16-point comeback
NFL, Sports
December 20, 2025
SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Macdonald was in no mood to play for a tie, and the Los Angeles Rams’ defense had no interest in letting Sam Darnold connect with any of his top receiving options. After Darnold hi...
Lions haven’t beaten the Steelers this century
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 19, 2025
The two teams meet at Ford Field Sunday at 1 p.m. DETROIT (AP) — On paper, the Detroit Lions are strong favorites to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in a showdown of 8-6 teams with playoff hope...
Rodgers’ left hand still not 100%
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 19, 2025
With Aaron Rodgers coming off what was, arguably, his best two-game stretch of the season, it’s been largely forgotten that Tuesday marked one month since the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback suffered ...
Dry needling common, and players aren’t worried
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 19, 2025
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey Mc-Bride heard about what happened to Pittsburgh Steelers star T.J. Watt — and McBride plans to continue his weekly dry-needling sessions. “It...
Bucs coach Bowles said team ‘got the message’ after rant
NFL, Sports
December 19, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Todd Bowles delivered a message to his team with an uncharacteristic profanity- laced reaction during a postgame news conference after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers blew a 14-point fourt...
LT Cook gets rave reviews in first pro start
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
December 18, 2025
For all of the fuss made about Pittsburgh Steelers left tackle Dylan Cook playing quarterback in high school, he simply shook his head and smiled when asked if that crossed his mind in his NFL startin...
Gainwell provides production, value in first season
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 18, 2025
Four players have more than 350 yards from scrimmage for the Pittsburgh Steelers this season. Over the 12 months leading up to the 2025 opener, three of those four signed multiyear contract extensions...
Playoffs without Mahomes, Brady and Manning for first time since 1998 season
NFL, Sports
By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 
December 18, 2025
John Elway and Dan Marino were still starting quarterbacks, Tom Brady was a little-known college player at Michigan and at least six starting quarterbacks for potential 2025 playoffs teams weren’t eve...