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...
5 things we learned from Monday
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
December 17, 2025
Five things we learned from the rare Pittsburgh Steelers’ convincing 28-15 victory against the Miami Dolphins on Monday night: 1. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS Five weeks ago, Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi went semi...
Mahomes undergoes ACL surgery after Sunday’s gruesome injury
NFL, Sports
December 17, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes underwent surgery in Dallas on Monday night to repair the ACL he tore in his left knee in a loss to the Chargers, and the team said in statem...
Steelers pass the eye test for first time in a while
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 17, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers don’t play a particularly aesthetically pleasing brand of football. It’s been that way for a while. The offense can lack explosion for long stretches. The def...
What Miami is saying after Dolphins’ frigid loss
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By RENATTA SIGNORINI TribLive 
December 17, 2025
The Miami Dolphins added to their cold weather losses Monday after falling to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 28-15. But, according to Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel, the game time temperature of 17 degre...
Roethlisberger content to be in Hall of Honor, no comeback
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
December 17, 2025
Philip Rivers returned from a five-year absence to provide functional quarterback play Sunday, so why not Ben Roethlisberger, a fellow passer from that fabled 2004 draft class? Roethlisberger, after a...
Goodell: Pittsburgh ‘definitely ready’ to host NFL Draft
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By MEGAN SWIFT TribLive 
December 17, 2025
The countdown to the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh continues, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell believes the Steel City is prepared to handle the spectacle. “You are definitely ready. You know, this town k...
Grandpa to gridiron: Rivers’ inspiring NFL return
NFL, Sports
By By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer 
December 17, 2025
The “ Gridiron Grandpa “ thrilled both young and old alike with his return to the NFL 1,800 days after last throwing a touchdown pass. Philip Rivers nearly helped the injury-riddled Colts (8-6) pull o...
Steelers freeze out the Dolphins, 28-15
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 16, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers passed for 224 yards and two touchdowns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Miami Dolphins 28-15 on Monday night to stay stop the AFC North. Pittsburgh (8-6) won its ...
Roethlisberger speaks on Tomlin
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
December 16, 2025
The former Steelers quarterback was inducted into the team’s Hall of Honor Monday night. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger thinks Mike Tomlin should coach the Pittsburgh Steelers until he doesn’t w...