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  • An Honest Discussion On Kenny Pickett’s Performance

    There has been a lot, and I mean a LOT of discourse about starting quarterback Kenny Pickett in media, fan, and social media circles all season long. There’s been a never ending war between the Pickett stans (a dying breed) and the Pickett haters (a growing army) every week after a Steelers game. The latest…

  • With Watson Out, Steelers Will Face A Rookie QB On Sunday In Cleveland

    Starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, DeShaun Watson, is out for the season. Watson has been battling a peculiar shoulder injury for weeks, and earlier this week, the team announced he would undergo season ending surgery. This will dramatically alter how the Pittsburgh Steelers plan for the of their biggest games of the season, now…

  • We Finally Have An Update On Danny Smith

    After days of wondering if Steelers Special Teams Coach Danny Smith was alright after sustaining a huge hit on the sideline as time expired in Sunday’s win over the Green Bay Packers. Smith was on the sideline when Pittsburgh’s Damontae Kazee intercepted Green Bay’s Jordan Love on the final play of the game. Kazee took…

  • Three Penguins With Trade Potential Early In The Season

    The trade deadline is several months away, but that never stops the rumor mill from churning out names and proposals in trade talks. For the Penguins, they find themselves in a unique position within the NHL. They aren’t your traditional contender: a team with a young/semi-young core that has it all put together, or is…

  • A Detailed Timeline Of Jonathan Gruden’s Penguins Experience™

    The Penguins made a lot of organizational roster moves this morning. Several new players joined their American Hockey League affiliate, some players got shifted over to the East Coast Hockey League, and a new face joined the big club up in Pittsburgh. The Penguins re-called forward Jonathan Gruden this morning as the team was scheduled…

  • Pirates Might Lose Starting Pitcher Johan Oviedo For 2024

    Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that Pirates starting pitcher Johan Oviedo has been experiencing issues and pain with his rigtht elbow. Mackey reports that although no official decision has been made, Tommy John surgery has been considered. If Oviedo were to have Tommy John surgery, it would keep him out for at…

  • Patrick Peterson The Unlikely Hero In Steelers Win

    The Patrick Peterson signing has not worked out nearly as well as the Pittsburgh Steelers had hoped for in 2023. Peterson has been routinely beaten in the passing game and has been maligned by fans and media who have been very critical of the 33 year old’s poor play. But Peterson found a new level…

  • Steelers Review, Week 10: Love Lost

    Folks, they’ve done it again. They’ve gave everyone in Pittsburgh a heart attack as another one-score game ends with an end-of-game interception for the Steelers. Damontae Kazee gets the honor this go around, picking off Green Bay’s Jordan Love to end the game. And once again, the Steelers were outgained in yardage, but somehow walk…

  • Taking A Look At Some WBS Stats

    It’s always interesting to take a look at what’s going on in the other side of the state over in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Pittsburgh’s American Hockey League affiliate, the WBS Pens, is now 11 games into their season. They’re coming off a 4-0 shutout win against the Syracuse Crunch to improve to 6-4-1-0. The team is looking…

  • It Never Rains In California: Penguins Find Their Groove Out West

    The Pittsburgh Penguins are returning home from their travels out west, and are a much different team heading into the Steel City than the one when they first left. The Penguins swept the west coast by beating all three California teams, to even up their record at 6-6-0. It was the first team they had…

  • Steelers Need To Maintain Focus Against Packers

    It’s been a long time since the Green Bay Packers visited the Steelers in Pittsburgh, but that won’t be the case on Sunday afternoon when these two teams face off at Acrisure Stadium. The Packers come to town after beating the LA Rams 20-3 last week, meanwhile the Steelers hope to start stacking wins after…

  • Penguins Make Roster Moves With Tristan Jarry Out

    Tristan Jarry is out for the time being, forcing the Penguins to call up another goaltender for at least tonight’s game vs the Los Angeles Kings. With Jarry out, the Penguins have recalled Joel Blomqvist from the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. In 7 starts in the American Hockey League this season, Blomqvist is sporting an incredible…

  • Penguins End Andreas Johnsson Experiment

    The Andreas Johnsson experiment in Pittsburgh is officially over. The Penguins placed Johnsson on waivers for the purposes of contract termination yesterday as he plans to move on from the team and the National Hockey League in general. Johnsson was brought to the Penguins organization this summer on a one year, $800K deal to try…

  • Jarry, Hellberg Combine For Shutout As Penguins Enact Revenge On Ducks

    If you didn’t stay up and watch the game last night between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Anaheim Ducks, I don’t blame you, these west coast swings are tough. However, you missed a heck of a game by the Penguins in one of the very few times we’ve been able to say that this season. The…

  • Steelers Show Early Faith In Rookie CB Darius Rush

    Heading into the NFL’s trade deadline on Halloween afternoon, the Pittsburgh Steelers were among the final front runners to pick up a cornerback to boost their struggling secondary. The Steelers, along with other teams, were linked to Chicago Bears CB Jaylon Johnson, who had just recently been granted permission to seek a trade after talks…

  • “A Pebble In My Shoe”: Tomlin Downplays George Pickens’ Social Media Controversy

    Mike Tomlin heavily downplayed any concerns or potential problems regarding George Pickens’ social media controversy this week after the Steelers win vs the Tennessee Titans. “It is a pebble in my shoe to be quite honest with you,” Tomlin said during his Tuesday press conference when asked about Pickens’ actions on Instagram after Pittsburgh’s win.…

  • The Chris Archer Trade: Better And Worse Than You Remember

    With the Pirates season over and done, it’s the time of year where I miss Bucco baseball, and so I look back and old teams, stats, and trades. In doing so, for reasons I don’t know, the Chris Archer trade popped into my head. The trade often gets remembered as one of the worst in…

  • Diontae Johnson’s Stat Line Between Touchdown Passes

    On Thursday Night Football, Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson ended a frustrating and miserable drought of touchdown passes when he finally caught a pass by fourth quarter Kenny Pickett (who we should really start referring to as an entirely different Pickett). Johnson had went the entire 2022 season without scoring a touchdown, and had waited…

  • Ryan Shea Stripped Of His First NHL Point

    Last night’s 10-2 win for the Pittsburgh Penguins over the San Jose Sharks was littered with milestones. For San Jose, their milestones were mostly humiliating. They became the first team to allow double digit goals against in back to back games since the 1965-66 Boston Bruins. San Jose is the first team to do it…

  • Should The Steelers Take A Flyer On Martavis Bryant?

    Martavis Bryant’s name is making the rounds after the announcement that he has officially been reinstated to the National Football League. Bryant had been barred from NFL action for four years after numerous positive drug tests plagued his career. The 31 year old wide receiver has not played in the NFL since 2018, where he…

  • Heads Should Roll If The Penguins Lose Tonight

    It’s fair to say that we, the fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins, have been collectively terrified for DAYS as today approached. The Penguins kick off the always dreaded west coast road trip tonight with a visit to San Jose to take on the Sharks. There’s an extra amount of dread for tonight’s game, however, as…

  • Steelers Review, Week 9: Canada’s Last Stand

    Tighten up also works a s a title for this week, but I hope you’ll see why I opted to give Matt Canada a little credit this time around. This was the most classic win we’ve seen for the Steelers teams we’ve watched in the last few years. Middling offense, keep your opponents (mostly) in…

  • The Key To Halting Tennessee’s Will Levis

    Unfortunately, I did not have enough time to write a full preview column for the Steelers vs Titans game tonight. The short week threw me off and life gets in the way. You didn’t ask, but I figured I’d tell you anyways. However, in lieu of that, I wanted to zero in on a particular…

  • Penguins To Mandate Neck And Wrist Guards For All AHL and ECHL Players

    Per head coach Mike Sullivan, the Pittsburgh Penguins organization is going to require all athletes playing for their American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League affiliates to wear neck guards and wrist guards in the wake of former Penguin Adam Johnson’s death while playing in Europe this weekend. While playing in the Elite Ice…

  • Something Has To Change

    Picture this scene… It’s tied 3-3, late in the third period between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Anaheim Ducks. There’s just about two minutes left in the game. Just 11 seconds after Anaheim’s Mason McTavish was called for tripping, Sam Carrick gets called for a delay of game. The Penguins are now standing with a…

  • Steelers’ Upcoming Opponent Threw 4 TDs In First NFL Start

    What do you mean we play again on Thursday?! After an ugly loss in every sense of the word on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers need to have a short memory as they gear up for a short week. The Steelers will be featured on Thursday Night Football against the Tennessee Titans in just a few…

  • Steelers Review, Week 8: Law And Disorder

    This game sucked, man. Prior to the game, it was pretty clear that the Jacksonville Jaguars were going to give the Pittsburgh Steelers all they could handle. With Trevor Lawrence at quarterback and various weapons on both sides of the ball, the Jags were set to once again give the Steelers a hard time. But…

  • Magnus Hellberg Shines, Then Fades, In Penguins Debut

    It probably wasn’t how he envisioned making his Pittsburgh Penguins debut, but goaltender Magnus Hellberg came into NHL action for the first time since joining the Penguins organization this summer. Hellberg was called up due to the injury to Alex Nedeljkovic, who has since been placed on Long Term Injured Reserve. With Ned now being…

  • Steelers Look To Wrangle A Historic Thorn In Their Side Sunday

    After another surprising win last week in Los Angeles, your Pittsburgh Steelers are *somehow* 4-2 on the year. But this Sunday features one of the biggest tests of the year for this young team. The pesky Jacksonville Jaguars come to town this weekend, coming off three straight wins. Jacksonville leads their division, the AFC South,…

  • It’s Hellburgh Season

    Yes I know, I know, he spells it Hellberg, but can you just let me have this? It’s awesome wordplay, I need this. It’s been a week, man. And it’s been a week for the Pittsburgh Penguins too. After being thrashed again, this time by the Dallas Stars at home two nights ago, the Penguins…

  • Steelers’ Containment of Cooper Kupp Crucial During Sunday’s Win

    The Steelers defense had a lot to focus on coming into Sunday’s “road” game against the Los Angeles Rams in SoFi Stadium. Despite having little in the running game, the Rams boasted several high powered weapons on the offensive side of the ball. An extremely talented duo of wide receivers were going to give the…

  • Kenny Pickett Already Has Ben Roethlisberger Beat In Unbelievable Stat

    We’re gonna be talking a lot about Kenny Pickett for the rest of this week. Sunday was the latest edition of the patented Pickett game, a mediocre three quarters that get washed away by a Tom Brady-esque fourth quarter performance to swing the game for the Steelers. Pickett went 7/7 for 138 yards in the…

  • Steelers Review, Week 7: Slingin’ It In SoFi

    What’s a Sunday without some extra stress and anxiety for NO good reason? After a bliss filled week that was the bye for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team returned to action this week in Los Angeles against the Rams. The Steelers were looking for their seventh straight win coming out of the bye week, while…

  • Radim Zohorna Makes Instant Impact With Pens

    After recently being called up from the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, forward Radim Zohorna is already making his presence known on the NHL stage again. Replacing the waived (and subsequently re-assigned) Jansen Harkins, Zohorna was the first man Pittsburgh called from within their organization as they tried to change things up in the bottom six. The…

  • Trying To Find Highlights In Gunner Olszewski’s Steelers Career

    With the news yesterday that the Pittsburgh Steelers released Gunner Olszewski, there are plenty of fans who are happy to see him gone. And they have every right to be. Constant fumbles, horrible gaffes, mental miscues, and a depressing stat line all culminated for a downright awful year and a half for Gunner in a…

  • Steelers Reportedly Releasing Gunner Olszewski

    NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero is reporting that the Pittsburgh Steelers are waiving kick/punt returner and wide receiver Gunner Olszewski. His release comes after a year and a half of constant scrutiny ever since joining Pittsburgh. The 26 year old has unfortunately made constant gaffes and mistakes that have harmed his team, and arguably cost them…

  • Completely Opposing Trends Collide As Steelers Visit Rams

    My friends, it is with a heavy heart I inform you that the Pittsburgh Steelers are back in action. Coming off their bye week, the Steelers will travel to Los Angeles to take on the Rams at Sofi Stadium. Sunday’s 4:25 matchup provides a very interesting collision of historical trends, pinning Pittsburgh’s post-bye success under…

  • Penguins Place Jansen Harkins On Waivers

    Just four games into his stint with the Pittsburgh Penguins, forward Jansen Harkins finds himself on the waiver wire. If he clears, Harkins will be re-assigned to the team’s AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Harkins was acquired by Pittsburgh via the waiver wire just a few weeks ago. It’s not all that surprising of a…

  • A Shoutout To Rodney Williams

    A note before we begin: I know this game is almost two weeks old, but I don’t really care. Rodney Williams deserves praise for the game against the Ravens. Rodney Williams had yet to make a name for himself, whether it be as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, or the National Football League. A…

  • Penguins Place Newly-Acquired Karel Plasek On Unconditional Waivers For Contract Termination

    As mysteriously he appeared, he was gone. A mere 24 hours after acquiring him alongside Jack Rathbone in a trade from the Vancouver Canucks, forward Karel Plasek has been placed on unconditional waivers for the purposes of contract termination by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Assuming no one claims Plasek, he will officially be a free agent…

  • Steelers Set To Replace Desmond King With Darius Rush

    The Pittsburgh Steelers are gonna be a heck of a trivia question answer when we look back on Desmond King’s career. King broke his own news story late Tuesday night when he posted “welp on to the next” on Twitter/X, sending Steelers fans into a flurry of curiosity. Not long after, it was reported that…

  • Penguins Acquire Jack Rathbone And Prospect In Trade With Vancouver

    The Pittsburgh Penguins announced today that the team has acquired defenseman Jack Rathbone and forward prospect Karel Plasek from the Vancouver Canucks. In exchange, Pittsburgh has sent defenseman Mark Friedman and forward prospect Ty Glover. Rathbone is signed through the rest of the season on a one way deal paying him $850K. The 24 year…

  • Revisiting Ron Hextall’s Lone Trade Win In Pittsburgh

    Penguins fans have been rejoicing every since the organization removed Ron Hextall from the general manager position and replaced him with the savvy Kyle Dubas. Hextall was maligned by fans and media for the large majority of his tenure in Pittsburgh. Questionable signings, bad trades, and a fumbling of talent in regards to the Seattle…

  • Worst Possible Scenario Plays Out For Steelers Yesterday

    The Steelers didn’t play football this week, but it’s safe to say things did not go well for Pittsburgh yesterday. All three of their divisional opponents won, further tightening the standings in the AFC North heading into Week 7. With every team picking up a win, the Steelers no longer hold first place in the…

  • Game Of His Life: Drew Sutton

    “Game Of His Life” tells the story of Pittsburgh athletes who may not have had the most illustrious, Hall of Fame level careers, but had one absolutely amazing game. In today’s edition, Drew Sutton. Drew Sutton is exactly the kind of player that this series is all about. A man who accurred just 128 major…

  • Crosby, Malkin, Power Play Dominate Capitals In Shutout Win

    The Pittsburgh Penguins looked like a totally different team from their season opener to last night in our nation’s capital. Pittsburgh jumped out to an early lead, and unlike Tuesday night, they held on, defeating the Washington Capitals 4-0 in their season opener. The Penguins power play, which had looked concerning to say the least…

  • How Cleveland’s PJ Walker, Who Is Set To Start Sunday, Was Almost A Steeler

    With starting quarterback DeShaun Watson likely out on Sunday, the Brows have said they are turning to newcomer PJ Walker to lead the offense if Watson cannot go. Watson has been dealing with a shoulder injury, a rotator cuff contusion, for a few weeks now. Despite being medically cleared to play, Watson was a surprise…

  • Why Are We Overreacting To The “Fire Canada” Chants At The Penguins Game?

    Tuesday night’s Pittsburgh Penguins home opener went from great, to ok, to bad. Starting out from a 2-0 lead and ending in 4-2 defeat, there was definitely lots to talk about from that night. You can check out some of those thoughts here, but there seems to be a particular sticking point, the “Fire Canada”…

  • Whole New Roster, Same Old Pens: Thoughts From The Home Opener

    The home opener is always exciting. And this year, there was even more to be excited about. After a summer of new management reshaping the entire Pittsburgh roster, vibes were high and expectations possibly higher as the home opener finally arrived. There was a definite buzz around the arena as puck drop inched closer. While…

  • Say What You Will About Kenny Pickett, He’s Got That Clutch Ability

    We may not fully know who the real Kenny Pickett is, but we certainly do know one thing: the kid is clutch. I’ll own it, after last week, I thought Pickett shouldn’t play. My justification was that with his knee injury and his mishaps on the field, two weeks of rest and reset (the Steelers…

  • Last Minute Waiver Wire Addition Makes Opening Night Roster for Penguins

    Kyle Dubas stayed active on the waiver wire all preseason, carefully navigating how and when to send players down and get them through waivers, but also snagging a few players as well to join the Penguins organization. Just hours before the 5pm deadline yesterday finalize rosters, Pittsburgh claimed scrappy defenseman John Ludvig off waivers from…

  • Penguins New FNB Ads Are Gonna FNB Awful

    Ads on jerseys are an absolute disgrace, and as if we didn’t have to suffer from seeing an obnoxiously big blue Highmark logo on the team’s home jerseys, the Penguins unveiled that First National Bank is now going to have an advertising patch on the team’s away jersey. The Highmark and FNB ad patches actually…

  • Four Recently Ex-Penguins I’m Watching This Season

    The Pittsburgh Penguins are very a different looking team coming into this season. The roster experienced a massive overhaul this summer, and many members of the 2022-23 Penguins have found themselves dispersed around the National Hockey League. It’s always interesting, particularly as a fan, to see how players perform in new locations after leaving Pittsburgh.…

  • Steelers Review, Week 5: From The Claws Of Defeat

    How do you even begin to describe what we saw today? How do you even begin to put into words the reckless rollercoaster of emotions? I guess I’ll have to give it a try. This game was honestly about what I expected, albeit more chaotic. A rock fight divisional battle that the Steelers somehow some…

  • Penguins Waive Zohorna, Friedman, And Three Others

    The Pittsburgh Penguins placed five additional players on waivers today, including forward Radim Zohorna, whose waiving may come as a surprise to many. Zohorna had a very solid preseason, which makes him being placed on waivers a puzzling move. With the addition of Jansen Harkins, who the Penguins claimed off waivers from the Winnipeg Jets…

  • Former Penguin Matt Cooke Named A Minor League Head Coach

    Former Pittsburgh Penguin Matt Cooke has been named the newest head coach of the East Coast Hockey League’s Newfoundland Growlers. Cooke is now the fourth head coach in the team’s history, and brings along fellow former NHLer Adam Pardy as a Development Coach. Cooke, a veteran of over 1,000 games, garnered a reputation as one…

  • Last Sunday Made Me A Zach Wilson Fan

    After a horrible way watching whatever you could call that Pittsburgh Steelers game, I sat down to watch my third football game of the day as the Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets were set to battle it out on Sunday Night Football. Let’s be honest, no one really expected this to be a…

  • Steelers, Somehow, Find Themselves In Battle For Division Lead Against Ravens

    Considering the shellacking the Steelers received at the hands of the Houston Texans last week, it’s insanely hard to believe that Pittsburgh is 2-2 entering Week 5 of the NFL. Equally, if not more so, it’s ridiculous that the Steelers can lead the AFC North with a win at home this Sunday against the Baltimore…

  • Kenny Pickett Should Not Be The Starter On Sunday

    After Kenny Pickett’s knee injury went from looking potentially season ending, to maybe a few weeks, to now nothing at all, it looks more and more like Kenny might actually play on Sunday. He was officially listed as a limited participant in practices this week, and sported a knee brace while on the practice field,…

  • The Steelers And Pirates Have The Same Amount Of Playoff Wins In The Last Decade

    Mike Tomlin is under the microscope. Even if his job security isn’t, his performance is. And after delivering an awful, confusing-on-purpose type of press conference yesterday, fans and media alike are livid about what Tomlin has in mind about righting the ship in Pittsburgh. After Sunday’s embarrassing blowout to the Houston Texans, Tomlin, now infamously…