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Steelers Breakdown from PennLive.com

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You'll never miss a moment of Pittsburgh Steelers commentary, analysis, recruiting updates, team news, and more thanks to PennLive's Steelers Breakdown. Hosts Nick Farabaugh and John Luciew offer pregame analysis, weekly predictions, and postgame takes! Visit pennlive.com/steelers for more and subscribe to the Steelers Breakdown today.
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Steelers facing open revolt should they struggle vs. Jets at home

There’s mutiny in once-loyal, black-and-gold loving Steelers Nation. Cries for changes in the Steelers’ inept offense have reached a fever-pitch. The Pittsburgh public demands that coordinator Matt Canada be gone and Pitt product Kenny Pickett be plugged in as the Steelers’ starting QB, replacing Mitch Trubisky. But it’s not just disgruntled Yinzers shouting their heads off high in the Acrisure Stadium stands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 28, 202221 min

Uncertain Steelers’ season is clouded in new worries

The Steelers are still shuffling their porous offensive line. Coach Mike Tomlin has yet to officially name a starting quarterback. And now we find out star running back Najee Harris has been hobbling around on a Lisfranc foot sprain since Aug. 1. This is not the way to go into the 2022 regular season that was always going to be a challenge and a changing of the guard. First and foremost, the Steelers are replacing future Hall of Fame quarterback Ben Roethlisberger after 18 mostly stellar seasons...

Aug 31, 202224 min

Kenny Pickett won’t start Week 1 for Steelers because there’s no going back

A wise NFL coach once said if you listen to the fans in the stands, you’ll soon be sitting with them. So to all those Yinzers in Pittsburgh yelling for Kenny Pickett to start Week 1 of the regular season vs. the AFC Champion Bengals – you’re wasting your breath. If you haven’t noticed by now, Coach Mike Tomlin & Company have mapped out a carefully plotted plan for how to handle their three quarterbacks this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Aug 24, 202222 min

Trade talk swirls around Mason Rudolph as Kenny Pickett shines for Steelers

One day soon, Steelers Nation won’t have Mason Rudolph to kick around anymore. Will they regret it? Perhaps. The Steelers’ long history mistreating Mason has turned the hard-battling quarterback into a sympathetic figure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 17, 202223 min

Kenny Pickett gets his Steelers’ welcome, but Mitch Trubisky gets the starting job

Pittsburgh hasn’t been this excited for a Steelers’ preseason game since I don’t know when. These typical ho-hum affairs are usually greeted with apathy. But this season, the first without established starter Ben Roethlisberger, there’s so much change going on, and Steelers fans are dying to see what they have. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 10, 202220 min

Steelers’ offense could be scary-good: the lowdown from Latrobe

It’s been a rapturous return for the Steelers to their traditional training camp home at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa. The wait after two COVID-cancelled years has been well worth it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 03, 202226 min

Kenny Pickett’s challenge: Beat out Mitch Trubisky & live up to Ben Roethlisberger

There’s no escaping the incredible pressure that comes with being a first-round quarterback pick in Pittsburgh. Kenny Pickett, the hometown favorite out of Pitt, is about to face all the hype and hopes that Steelers Nation can muster. And they can muster a lot. But Pickett will do it at big disadvantage as training camp practices get underway at St. Vincent College in Latrobe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jul 27, 202224 min

Steelers’ ‘cheap’ offensive line could cost them dearly

The Steelers are heading back to old Latrobe, where championship Pittsburgh teams have been forged under hot summer sun since 1966. But could this be a historically bad team we are about to see in 2022? The national NFL media and the Vegas odds makers say it is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 20, 202227 min

2 versions of the Steelers’ offense set to collide

It was never going to be easy to replace Ben Roethlisberger as the Steelers franchise quarterback after 18 seasons. So the team wisely decided to purchase two lottery tickets, not one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 13, 202221 min

Johnson’s big deal; Claypool’s big mouth & Cowher’s QB advice

In the lull between minicamp and training camp, talk often replaces on-field achievement. And boy, has there been a lot of talk surrounding your Steelers. In wake of safety Minkah Fitzpatrick’s blockbuster Steelers contract, plenty in Pittsburgh are saying receiver Dionate Johnson will be the next to cash in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 22, 202226 min

Trubisky up; Pickett down; Rudolph not out: Steelers’ QB competition

Nobody puts Kenny Pickett third on the QB depth chart. Yet, that’s precisely where Pickett has been pegged by Mike Tomlin & Company coming off minicamp practices. So where does the team’s first quarterback battle in nearly 20 years stand heading into training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe? First off, this is still a three-way battle to be the Steelers’ starter when the team travels to Cincinnati to face the AFC Champion Bengals to open the season. Believe it or not, supposedly med...

Jun 15, 202227 min

Kenny Pickett’s old, Mason Rudolph’s trade bait & Mike Tomlin gets dissed: Steelers minicamp news

Two Steelers milestones occurred this week, and they’re very much interlinked. First, it was rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett celebrating his 24th birthday. The second is the start of mandatory minicamp, with full-blown Steelers’ training camp looming on the horizon. These events are bound together because 24 is “old” for a first-round rookie QB. But Kenny Pickett was drafted by the Steelers precisely because he was the most experienced, pro-ready quarterback available. Pickett comes with five y...

Jun 08, 202227 min

Mason Rudolph must go and other OT takeaways

It’s been a season of change for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Changes at the top have a new general management structure in place, with a mix of new and old blood to structure future Steelers rosters. Meanwhile, your 2022 roster has taken shape via aggressive moves by the outgoing GM in both free agency and the draft -- moves that should totally transform the team’s quarterback room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 31, 202223 min

Miffed Ben Roethlisberger watches as reloaded Steelers move on without him

There’s nothing worse than seeing a former significant other getting along just fine without you. No wonder a miffed Ben Roethlisberger, who apparently thought he had more to give the Steelers beyond last season, is at the bitterness stage of his recent retirement. Big Ben had some choice words when asked about the sudden unretirement of the ageless Tom Brady and Tom’s triumphant return to the Tampa Bay Bucs for yet another season. Roethlisberger indicated he was basically unwanted by the Steele...

May 18, 202220 min

Steelers’ 2022 schedule could determine whether QB Kenny Pickett starts Week 1, or not

Timing is everything. And everyone in Pittsburgh seems to be itching for Pitt hero-turned Steeler Kenny Pickett to begin his NFL quarterbacking career on Week 1 of his rookie year. Whether impatient Pittsburgh fans get what they want could largely depend on the about-to-be-released 2022 NFL schedule. If the Steelers’ slate of games is frontloaded with winnable ones -- such as the Browns, the Jets, the Falcons and even Miami or New Orleans – this would make it far easier to justify starting the r...

May 11, 202227 min

No excuses if Kenny Pickett doesn’t succeed as Steelers’ starter

Kenny Pickett was considered the most pro-ready quarterback when the Steelers shocked the NFL and selected him at pick 20 in the 2022 draft. Now, Pickett must prove it. The Pitt product-turned Steelers’ QB will be under immense pressure in his adopted hometown to start right out of the gate. Pickett’s five years with Pitt and his advancing age – he’ll be 24 next month, same as Chargers’ star Justin Herbert –means there’s no luxury of time. Pickett can’t be a project who is given a clipboard seas...

May 04, 202225 min

Steelers 2022 draft: Last-minute rumors, clues & predictions

All of Steelers Nation has their magnifying glasses out. In Inspector Clouseau -style, they’re urgently searching for that telling clue to unlock the mystery of who the Steelers will draft Thursday night. Will it be a quarterback, as nearly every mock draft leading up to the actual Steelers selection has suggested? Don’t bet on it. As for the clues to confirm or debunk this, everyone is parsing the words of Coach Mike Tomlin and General Manager Kevin Colbert at this week’s press conference discu...

Apr 27, 202227 min

Will it be Malik Willis, Desmond Ridder or Kenny Pickett as Steelers ponder No. 20 draft pick?

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. So goes the old adage. Well, the smoke has been pluming up from Steelers’ headquarters for months. That’s where the black-and-gold brain trust is purportedly interested in drafting a quarterback on the evening of April 28. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 20, 202225 min

Dwayne Haskins’ tragic death impacts Steelers on many levels

The Steelers are a team in the mourning. Very soon, they must be a team on the mend and on the move. This, because the all-important NFL draft awaits. Its impact on both the present and future in Pittsburgh cannot be underestimated. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 13, 202217 min

Mitch Trubisky is already stepping up for the Steelers

Call it Steelers’ training camp South. Newly signed free agent quarterback Mitch Trubisky is opening up his Florida home to his fellow Steelers quarterbacks and offensive skill players for a mini training camp to get the Pittsburgh new offense in rhythm. It’s exactly what you want to see in early April if you’re a Steelers fan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 06, 202218 min

Aaron Rodgers breaks Steelers’ hearts. Now what?

There, for a hot second, the Steelers were in the running to land Aaron Rodgers as their 2022 quarterback. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 09, 202220 min

Nobody wants Mason Rudolph as starting QB - except Steelers’ brass

It’s understandable that Steelers GM Kevin Colbert declared Mason Rudolph the team’s starting quarterback if the season began now. After all, Rudolph is the only quarterback currently under contract to the team. But it was a bridge too far in the city of bridges when Colbert added he’s excited to see what Rudolph can do as the Steelers’ starter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 23, 202224 min

T.J. Watt is trusting Steelers to bring in a winning quarterback

Steelers sack artist T.J. Watt sure knows how to bring down quarterbacks. But the NFL defensive MVP says he’s trusting the Steelers’ brain trust to bring in a new, winning quarterback to Pittsburgh. A quarterback who will win in 2022. Here’s what Watt said on the subject in one of his many interviews following his MVP win. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 16, 202223 min

Joe Burrow’s rise with Bengals causing Steelers to panic

Joe Burrow has changed everything for the Cincinnati Bengals -- and for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The quarterback who’s taken his team to the Super Bowl in his second year is now the standard by which the next Steelers’ passer shall be judged. So far, all of the Steelers’ options at this all-important position are coming up wanting. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 09, 202219 min

Steelers stupidly insist there’s no need to ‘rebuild’ team

In Pittsburgh these days, it appears they’ll wait until a rusting bridge collapses before rebuilding it. It’s much the same with the 2022 Steelers, which are still taking shape. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 02, 202221 min

Steelers suffer quarterback envy watching ‘offensive’ NFL playoffs

Sitting home for the playoffs is making an already disgruntled Steelers Nation plenty more uncomfortable. It’s settling in among Steelers’ fans just how far away their favorite football team is from competing with the likes of the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs and even the Cincinnati Bengals. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jan 26, 202219 min

Mike Tomlin’s empty promises on rebuilding Steelers

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin loves to say, “the standard is the standard.” But in recent years, that once-high Steelers’ standard has fallen and can’t get up. Now, they’re losing franchise quarterback and future Hall of Famer Ben Roethlisberger amid another disappointing season and postseason blowout. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jan 19, 202219 min
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