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January 17, 2025
The New York Jets interviewed Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith and Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik for their head coach position Thursday. The meetings with Smi...
Steelers 2025 offseason primer: Little down time on modern NFL calendar
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
January 17, 2025
Their season just ended. The NFL’s lasts another 3 1/2 weeks. Training camp doesn’t open for another six months, and the most likely date for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ next meaningful game is 234 days ...
Hosting Texas again brings back Super Bowl memories for Chiefs
NFL, Sports
January 17, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andy Reid remembers quite well the previous time the Texans visited Kansas City for a divisional playoff game. He was still considered among the best coaches to have never won ...
Stage is set for playoff matchup between
NFL, Sports
January 17, 2025
This year’s MVP favorites will meet Sunday in Buffalo. ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Baltimore coach John Harbaugh has enjoyed the fortune of competing on the NFL’s biggest stages to appreciate the settin...
Bears interview McCarthy, Smith for head coaching job
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January 16, 2025
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears interviewed former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith for their head coachin...
Steelers sign QB, but not Fields or Wilson
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By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
January 16, 2025
As they head into the offseason with all three of their quarterbacks on the 53-man roster set to hit free agency, the Pittsburgh Steelers made a contingency plan for the 2025 season. Skylar Thompson, ...
Tomlin’s answers on Pickens raise even more questions
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By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
January 16, 2025
During Tuesday’s season- ending press conference, I asked Steelers coach Mike Tomlin if it was a priority for the franchise to get wide receiver George Pickens a contract extension in the offseason. H...
All options on table for Tomlin, Steelers
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January 15, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — There is a sameness to the way the Pittsburgh Steelers keep ending their seasons. Yet Mike Tomlin shrugged on Tuesday when asked if it feels as if the Steelers are “stuck” after thei...
Fautanu prepares to be starting RT in 2025
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
January 15, 2025
When Troy Fautanu on Monday made the statement that his rookie season was “not how I planned it going,” he was smiling in what was a nonverbal expression of, “obviously.” But when, four months ago, Fa...
Broncos’ Nix already thinking about next steps
NFL, Sports
January 15, 2025
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — In 1983, the Denver Broncos went on the road to Seattle and lost a wild-card playoff game 31-7. There was a rookie quarterback named John Elway who played that day. Things work...
Rams overwhelm Vikings in final wild-card game
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MONDAY’S LATE GAME
January 15, 2025
Los Angeles moves on to the divisional round and will travel to Philadelphia. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sam Darnold tried to step up in the pocket to find a receiver but there was nowhere to go. The blue...
Lions winning after franchise finally finds the right leaders
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January 15, 2025
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Sheila Ford Hamp stepped up to support general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell when the Detroit Lions were 4-18-1 under their leadership. Back then, there were doub...
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
January 14, 2025
The 2024 Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback publicly expressed that he wants to be the Steelers starting quarterback in 2025, too. “That’s the plan,” Russell Wilson said from the UPMC Rooney Spo...
5 things: Steelers defense makes wrong kind of history
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By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
January 14, 2025
Five things we learned from Ravens 28, Steelers 14: 1. Running on empty Fifty years ago, the Steelers authored the greatest run-stopping performance in NFL history when they held the Minnesota Vikings...
Daniels leads Commanders over Buccaneers
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January 14, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New owners. New general manager. New coach. New franchise quarterback. That’s the formula — with an emphasis on the QB — that Washington rode to playoff success after nearly two dec...
Steelers, Tomlin end season with 5-game skid and early exit
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January 13, 2025
BALTIMORE (AP) — Unable to reverse the negative momentum of a late-season fade, the Pittsburgh Steelers disappeared from the playoffs with a humbling loss to their fiercest rival. Pittsburgh was elimi...
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January 13, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts tossed two touchdown passes in his first game since a late-season concussion, Dallas Goedert threw three stiff-arms on a rugged touchdown catch and the Philadelphia Eag...
Bills dominate Broncos to set up matchup with Ravens
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January 13, 2025
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills’ spread the wealth approach on offense that was so productive in the regular season, proved unstoppable in their playoff opener. Whether it w...