I'm honored to get to tell
@coachmbrown
's story; an inspiring example of faith, community, and togetherness in how the people at
#Pitt
came together to save his life when he collapsed in a hallway at the Pete last year.
Story at
@PGSportsNow
:
This was the Patriots' game-winning touchdown catch against the Texans earlier this season. Was called a catch live and after review. Cooks comes down to the ground and loses control of the ball as it touches the ground. Seems relevant considering the
@steelers
and
@JJames18_
TJ Watt when asked about Tomlin’s future with the
#Steelers
:
“I want to play for Mike T. It was huge in my contract talks that I don’t want to play for anyone other than Mike T. You guys see the way I talk about how much I respect and appreciate him as a coach, man and leader.”
The
#Steelers
get ROBBED big time by the officials. Weren't offsides and you can see Haden never crossed the line before the snap. That's a game changing play made by Minkah Fitzpatrick and the officials rip it away.
A lot of people remember Ben Roethlisberger’s throw to Holmes in the Super Bowl or the finger guns after throwing past Champ Bailey, but this was an underrated moment for him. Duking it out with Aaron Rodgers to keep a season alive without Troy Polamalu. One of his best
#Steelers
Joey Porter Jr. and Damontae Kazee are some funny characters in the
#Steelers
locker room after games.
Porter started off my talk with him asking to hold my mic, then Kazee jumped in this happened 😂:
Watch the full clip on
@PGSportsNow
:
The
#Steelers
have won 7 of their last 8 against the Ravens. The only time Lamar Jackson won a start against them was when Mason Rudolph had to be replaced by Devlin Duck Hodges ... in 2019.
"How the hell is Russell Wilson going to take the Steelers on the road and beat the Baltimore Ravens?"
@AdamSchein
loved the Patrick Queen signing, but says Pittsburgh is currently a last place team in the AFC North.
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After a Joey Porter Jr. Interception:
Tomlin: “Hey GP! Joey won today!”
Pickens: “yeah but it wasn’t on me!”
Tomlin: “still was smooth though!”
Pickens: *laughs* “yeah it was a good*ss pick.”
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Notice Cam Heyward stepping in on the sideline to make sure nothing boils over after Johnson's 3rd down conversion. When people say this team has no leaders, they're being willfully ignorant.
#Steelers
It doesn’t matter how nice you are, if you were committing a crime or if you tell the police they’re beautiful people and you love them as they kill you. They still did.
Caring about this and not letting anger disrupt you everyday is a struggle.
#ElijahMcClainWasMurdered
#Steelers
Coach Mike Tomlin explains the move of practice to
@AcrisureStadium
; impact of weather/wind; why he loves playoff football; is there such a thing as replacing TJ; baggage of 2016.
The
#Steelers
just walked into First Energy Stadium and broke the
#Browns
despite a horribly officiated game that kept giving Cleveland life. Outplayed them straight up and Pittsburgh's on a 3-game win streak.
Roethlisberger is killing the
#Steelers
. Receivers are getting open, line is giving him time, he has to hit the routine throws. All the O-line excuses are out the window this game.
Real classless punk move for Rivers to go after Hilton after he got his ass kicked all night long. I get you’re mad you just got beat by a 4th string QB undrafted rookie in his 1st start on your own turf, but that’s so bush league.
#Steelers
In stats that totally actually really matter, the
#Steelers
have played Renegade twice this season, and it’s led to a sack/fumble returned for a touchdown, as well as a blocked punt for a safety.
My column on why Renegade works:
Kenny Pickett was good Sunday, regardless of the
#Steelers
only scoring 16 points. If he builds on the process of how he approached the game against the Bengals, he'll be making a lot more plays very soon.
What do I mean by that process?
Time for a 📽️🧵:
There are at least a dozen high school football teams with more wins at Heinz Field than the Browns. And they have to play a full season and a tournament to do that.
Browns play there every year.
Just so everyone is aware
I LOVE that Myles Garrett is the Boogeyman of Pittsburgh
At night children named Mason ask their Dad to check under the bed for the monster Myles Garrett
Pittsburgh is shook 💀 & I'm 100% here for it
#Browns
@bucksburgh_104
@DarrenFutia
@CarterCritiques
You need to factor in sample size.
Can the correct process fail to get results on one snap? Of course.
Can it fail to get results in one game? Yeah.
Can it fail to get results over an entire season? Probably not.
etc.
Kenny Pickett to another shot to the knee while throwing the ball away. That's a dangerous hit, and he's taken several, dangerous, late hits today. The
@NFL
officials should be as embarrassed as the
#Steelers
for how out of hand they let today get.
What is Myles Jack supposed to do there? NOT try to make a play on the powerful running QB?
That's now 3 penalties out of nowhere that have lifted the Bills once the
#Steelers
have made it a one score game.
I know we're getting ahead of ourselves here, but ...
Mason Rudolph has to keep starting for the
#Steelers
regardless of Kenny Pickett's health. If he plays poorly, then bench him in-game and give Pickett another chance.
But this has been the best QB play we've seen here since…
I'm working on film stuff now, but just something small I thought to share. After Kenny Pickett was sacked in the 3rd quarter, look at the urgency of both Najee Harris and Calvin Austin when they saw he might be hurt.
#Steelers
:
Bart Scott said on ESPN’s
@FirstTake
that the
#Steelers
have the best playoff atmosphere and that he’s seen his QBs “poop their pants” when Renegade plays and that he often just thought it would be better to punt. 😂😂
So uh, Mike Tomlin called out Darnell Washington to block T.J. Watt, and Washington not only won, but also looked strong in it.
Tomlin said to Washington, “anytime I see (Watt), I wanna see you.”
#Steelers
Kenny Pickett had every opportunity to win this game today. No excuses for him.
Defense did what it was supposed to do time and time again. But you can't win with that little bit of production. And again, the plays are there. Play calls aren't the issue.
#Steelers
Inexcusable game by Diontae Johnson right now. He's killing the
#Steelers
. Ben Roethlisberger's given him at least two chances to be a game changer tonight and he's dropped both.
Ahkello Witherspoon on JuJu Smith-Schuster's return t practice: "I'm not sure of his status for Sunday, but he's already helped us with the energy he's brought to practice ... We have to honor and respect his journey to get back."
#Steelers
OK, now that Damontae Kazee's hit has been shown, that's a terrible ejection. I thought he led with his helmet, but he clearly turned his shoulder there.
Penalty, absolutely. But ejection? Wow.
#Steelers
Ben Roethlisberger on T.J Watt negotiations: “1 of the reasons I took less money was for guys like him to get paid, and he needs to get paid. … T.J. Watt is that guy that should get whatever he wants.”
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What’s wild is the Browns and their fans pushed to get a game moved that they would lose anyway all so they can have a 4-day week to prepare to play the Packers.
I can see it now:
“McCutchen works the count to even, it’s a fastball AND HE ABSOLUTELY CRUSHES IT. THAT BALL’S BACK … AND GONE! CANNONBALL COMIN! What a home run for Andrew McCutchen! And he cuts the Pirates deficit down to 14-2 in the 6th.”
On 4th down Roethlisberger had Freiermuth WIDE OPEN for a first down. Never even looked at him. And again, no pressure. No excuses. He's killing the
#Steelers
.
ESPN tomorrow: "Ravens may be 6-4, but their four losses are less than the games the
#Steelers
almost lost at 10-0, so it's still 1. Chiefs; 2 Ravens; 3 Steelers."
Kevin Dotson calls out PFF over their grades of his former
#Steelers
teammates.
Myles Garrett received the highest grade of the game despite making only one tackle.
Alex Highsmith had a pick 6, 7 tackles, a FF that scored another TD and was lower.
An absolute joke.
Joey Porter Jr. snaps for the
#Steelers
:
Week 1 vs SF: 7
Week 2 vs CLE: 14
Week 3 at LVR: 27
During those plays he's been targeted 5 times, allowing 1 catch for 12 yards. Also has a pass breakup.
I don’t know if it will work out again, but historically, when Ben Roethlisberger is snarky and sarcastic about the
#Steelers
/his chances, he/they got something in their bag.
Today is my last day with
@DKPghSports
, as I have resigned to take on a new full-time opportunity. To all those who read/watched/listened to my work, helped me learn and grow there, thank you for a very fun 5+ years. It's been a heck of a journey.
Stay tuned for what's next.
That hit on Kenny Pickett looked a lot worse with the full body weight of the defender on him that it did when Trevor Lawrence was given a roughing the passer call from Keanu Neal.
#Steelers
Oh my goodness they just showed the all 22 on the Pickens 1-hander. SOMEBODY was WIDE open in the middle of the field. And I mean, WIDE open. I’m telling y’all, the play calls are getting people there. Mitch just ain’t seeing it. Bailed out by an amazing catch.
#Steelers
For those who don’t know, I’m on vacation thru Monday celebrating my engagement with the most wonderful woman in the world,
@tjonester
.
Thanks to everyone who’ve given their congratulations. We are over the moon and enjoying time off til training camp.
So, the announcement. I’m very excited to announce I will be joining the
@PittsburghPG
to cover
@Pitt_ATHLETICS
. Looking forward to being back on the
#Pitt
beat and joining the paper I read as a kid at the same time.
Can’t say enough about how pumped I am about this!
The
#Steelers
just walked into a presumed AFC powerhouse's stadium and punched the
#Bills
in the mouth. Huge road win.
I'm much higher on them than most, but this was still a game I had slotted them to lose. Shook off rust early and cranked up a huge win.
You can never tell how good players will actually be, BUT ...
#Steelers
are cleaning up in my book.
I had Broderick Jones, Joey Porter Jr., Keeanu Benton and Darnell Washington, all in my top 33 prospects of this
#NFLDraft
class.
They got them all by the 93rd pick. Wow.
Joe Haden says after practice today how Mike Tomlin’s comments (LSU/USC) yesterday pumped him up and why he would run through a wall for his coach
#Steelers
:
Joey Porter Jr. probably did watch this tape back a lot ... when it happened in 2020.
And studying that tape, among all of his work then, probably helped him develop, and allow zero touchdowns in 2022. Which is why he was one of the top cornerbacks in the class.
#Steelers
Joey Porter Jr. wont want to watch this tape back in a hurry, got absolutely destroyed by Ravens UDFA Dontay Demus Jr.
I have a good feeling about Dontay
#RavensFlock
"Every single meeting is memorable. Every word is meaningful."
@_TJWatt
speaks passionately on what it's like to play for
@steelers
head coach, Mike Tomlin.
#TNFonPrime