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NFL insider says Mike Tomlin may step away from Steelers, join Fox Sports
The Pittsburgh Steelers have a lot on the line when they face the Baltimore Ravens to close out the 2025 regular season. With a win, they are in the postseason as AFC North champions. A loss knocks them out of the playoffs, and could start a chain of events that lead to Pittsburgh having a […]
Steelers vs. Ravens: Week 18 staff picks
Sunday night could very well mark the end of the road for the 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers. With a win over the Baltimore Ravens, they win the AFC North. With a loss, their season is over, and big changes could follow. Will the Steelers host a playoff game in a fully-packed Acrisure Stadium for the first […]
Ravens vs. Steelers: How to watch, TV channel, and more for Week 18
After a failed attempt at clinching a playoff berth a week ago, Pittsburgh’s season now hangs in the balance as a battle for the AFC North title will soon commence. The Baltimore Ravens travel to Acrisure Stadium, where the fate of each team’s season hangs in the balance. For Baltimore, a win of any sort […]
Week 18 Sunday tailgate and early NFL games open thread: Ravens at Steelers
The AFC North “Championship” game is tonight at 8:20 p.m. on NBC as the Ravens come into town for a winner-take-all game. Will our Steelers be able to eke out a win and advance to the playoffs? It’s win or go home. Today, you can enjoy the early NFL slate: Week 18 broadcast map per […]
Steelers vs. Ravens: 5 questions with the enemy ahead of Week 18
It’s a battle for the AFC North and a playoff spot as the 9-7 Pittsburgh Steelers take on the 8-8 Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football. Earlier this week, I spoke with Nikhil Mehta, the managing editor of SB Nation’s Ravens website Baltimore Beatdown, to learn what to expect from the Steelers’ Week 18 opponent. You can […]
Steelers are clearly preparing for life after Mike Tomlin
It’s been something you could set your watch to for the better part of five years – conversations starting about whether or not the Pittsburgh Steelers will move on from Mike Tomlin right around this time of the year. However, those conversations have largely just been speculation more than anything, with the Steelers themselves never […]
Steelers elevate DB for Week 18
The Steelers have elevated defensive back D’Shawn Jamison from the practice squad to the active/inactive roster ahead of the team’s Week 18 game against the Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh announced Saturday. After the game, Jamison will revert back to the practice squad. Jamison first joined the Steelers in 2024. He’s appeared in two games for Pittsburgh […]
Saturday Night Open Thread & NFL games: Hope for tomorrow
Live from Delaware, it’s Saturday Night! I, NAS204PSU, am here at BTSC to bring you this Saturday Night Open Thread (aka SNOT). Happy New Year! We can be the “Kings in the North” if we can beat the Ravens tomorrow night and start 2026 1-0, or we can lose and start the offseason immediately. Einstein […]
Mike Tomlin’s track record as an underdog adds intrigue to Steelers-Ravens
The Pittsburgh Steelers enter the final week of the regular season in a familiar position: overlooked by oddsmakers against the Ravens. Opening as 3.5-point underdogs according to multiple sportsbooks, including FanDuel, the Steelers once again find themselves counted out ahead of a high-stakes clash. History suggests that may be a mistake. Under head coach Mike […]
Russini: Steelers discussed hiring Notre Dame HC Marcus Freeman
The future of the Pittsburgh Steelers may hinge on the result of 60 minutes of football on Sunday night for the AFC North championship. The Steelers battle the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football, 8:20 p.m. on NBC in a showdown at Acrisure Stadium with the winner going to the playoffs. The loser goes home. […]
Rams defensive coordinator labeled Steelers potential next head coach
The Pittsburgh Steelers continue to be included in rumors regarding a new head coach. If they lose to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, they will have successfully blown a three-game lead in the AFC North and missed the postseason, making it nine years since their last playoff win. In light of that possibility, many upcoming […]
Rams defensive coordinator labeled Steelers potential next head coach
Will the Steelers really fire Mike Tomlin this year? Sports Illustrated senior NFL writer Albert Breer doesn’t think so. But if they do, he mentioned a name to keep in mind for the job in a Friday column: Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula. “The Steelers, Ravens and Bills have generated conversation in recent weeks,” Breer […]
Steelers connected to $180 million quarterback
The Pittsburgh Steelers could see their season end on Sunday should they lose to the Baltimore Ravens and choke away the AFC North after holding a three-game lead over Baltimore earlier in the season. No matter the result, the Steelers will have questions surrounding the quarterback position for the third straight offseason. Aaron Rodgers is […]
Steelers weekly mailbag: Week 18 callout
Every year, I’m astonished by how quickly the NFL season goes by. We’ve already reached the end of the 2025 NFL season, and the Pittsburgh Steelers will be playing in the final game of the year on Sunday night against the Baltimore Ravens with the division on the line. With that said, get your questions […]
Friday Night Happy Hour: New year edition
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Steelers-Ravens injury report: All systems go vs. Baltimore
The Steelers unveiled one of their cleanest injury reports of the year ahead of the team’s regular season finale against the Baltimore Ravens. On Friday, the Steelers announced that the team has no injury designations ahead of Sunday’s kickoff. Every player on the report practiced in full — including T.J. Watt — with the exception […]
T.J. Watt will play vs. Ravens in season finale
The Pittsburgh Steelers have been without T.J. Watt for the last three games due to a lung injury that required him to have emergency surgery. The former Defensive Player of the Year returned to practice last week, but the Steelers played it safe in Week 17 and didn’t suit him up in the loss to […]
Kenneth Gainwell voted Steelers MVP
Running back Kenneth Gainwell has been voted as the Steelers MVP for the 2025 season by his teammates, Pittsburgh announced Friday. Gainwell signed a one-year, $1.79-million deal with the Steelers over the offseason, without many high expectations from the media entering the season. However, over the course of 2025 he emerged as one of the […]
NFL insider: Mike Tomlin is safe with Steelers regardless of result vs. Ravens
There is a lot on the line Sunday night when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Baltimore Ravens in the final game of the 2025 NFL season. The winner wins the AFC North and goes on to host a playoff game during wild card weekend, while the loser is eliminated from playoff contention. Additionally, both teams […]
Steelers top front office member potentially leaving for GM job
The Pittsburgh Steelers are in real danger of losing one of their top front office members this offseason. According to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, Steelers Assistant General Manager Andy Weidl is a name to watch to take one of the available general manager jobs across the NFL. “Another product of the Ozzie Newsome School […]
Poll: Will the Steelers finish the regular season strong?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Steelers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Heading into Week 18, we want to know how you’re feeling after watching the team so […]
Steelers great Hines Ward misses out on 2026 Hall of Fame class
Another year of Hall of Fame eligibility will end without a gold jacket for former Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, who wasn’t among the list of 15 modern-era finalists announced by the hall Tuesday morning. Ward has yet to be a finalist in any year he’s been eligible. However, it is a loaded class for […]
Steelers work out 6 Tuesday
The Steelers worked out six players on Tuesday, per KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson and the NFL transaction sheet. The tryouts were defensive backs Zy Alexander, Evan Holm, Makari Paige, Doneiko Slaughter, and J.T. Woods, as well as tight end Jaheim Bell. Woods has the highest draft pedigree of the bunch as a 2022 third-round pick by […]
James Harrison rips Mike Tomlin for poor draft-day decisions
The Pittsburgh Steelers are facing a win and you’re in situation to make or miss the playoffs. The winner-take-all game was preventable. A victory over the 3-12 Cleveland Browns would have clinched the AFC North for the first time since 2020 and allowed the Steelers to rest their veteran and injured starters. It’s not the […]
Steelers get positive update on T.J. Watt ahead of Week 18
Pittsburgh Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt has not played since early December, but may be in line to return to the field this week. The 2021 Defensive Player of the Year suffered a collapsed lung the week following Pittsburgh’s defeat of Baltimore. A limited participant in three practices last week, the star sat out his […]
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