Author: Brooke Pryor

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 21, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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AS HALFTIME DREW to a close of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ pivotal Week 10 game at the Washington Commanders, the public address system at Northwest Stadium crackled to life with a directive to fans: cheer on the home team by waving the burgundy towels.

And though the team distributed north of 40,000 rally towels to fans as they entered the stadium on Nov. 10, Commanders fans were quickly engulfed by a pulsing yellow

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 20, 2024, 06:55 AM ET

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We’re more than halfway through the 2024 regular season, so it’s a good time to look at the leading candidates for the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award.

Our panel — which includes Jeremy Fowler, Mike Tannenbaum, Matt Miller, Jordan Reid, Kalyn Kahler, Seth Walder, Dan Graziano, Field Yates, Matt Bowen, Aaron Schatz, Dan Orlovsky, Ben Solak and myself — ranked the top players in the MVP race through 11 weeks. We used those 13

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 17, 2024, 07:49 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Two plays. That’s all the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ defense needed to make a statement — forcing and recovering a rare Derrick Henry fumble in Sunday’s 18-16 victory against the Baltimore Ravens.

And as the clock wound down in the fourth quarter, Joey Porter Jr. slung quarterback Lamar Jackson out of bounds on what would’ve been a game-tying two-point conversion to put a final

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 13, 2024, 03:46 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Patrick Queen has revealed that the Baltimore Ravens didn’t offer him a contract when he hit free agency earlier this year.

Queen, who signed a three-year, $41 million deal with the Steelers in March, was selected by the Ravens in the first round of the 2020 draft.

Baltimore declined Queen’s fifth-year option last year and opted instead to sign fellow linebacker Roquan

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 6, 2024, 04:02 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Preston Smith wasn’t surprised when he got the call Tuesday afternoon that he was heading from Green Bay to Pittsburgh at the trade deadline.

That’s because, the veteran pass rusher said Wednesday, he requested a trade weeks earlier in search of a system that better fit his skill set.

“I didn’t feel like I was being useful in the system, and it wasn’t catering to my play style and moving forward,”

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 6, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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PITTSBURGH — It was a long time coming.

By adding wide receiver Mike Williams from the New York Jets at the trade deadline for a 2025 fifth-rounder, the Pittsburgh Steelers ended their monthslong search for a wide receiver by shoring up the position group with a veteran pass catcher who not only complements the existing pass catchers on the roster, but one who also possesses a skillset that

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