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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 25, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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PITTSBURGH — On a defense that boasts a former Defensive Player of the Year, two Super Bowl rings and a combined 17 Pro Bowl selections, a former sixth-rounder on his fourth team might fly under the radar — at least for those outside the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex.

Those inside, though, know safety DeShon Elliott is critical to the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ success.

And without an injury designation for Week 17 after

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 24, 2024, 01:31 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Santa Claus might be a Yinzer.

After missing three games with a hamstring injury, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens is off the injury report and expected to play against the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Day.

“I feel good, but who makes the decision is the coaches and the doctors,” Pickens said Monday. “So just whatever they tell me to do I’m doing.”

Not only are the

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 22, 2024, 01:32 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — After missing the past three games, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens has a “real chance” to play against the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday, Mike Tomlin said Sunday.

Pickens, who sustained a hamstring injury before a Week 14 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, is one of several injured players who missed Saturday’s loss at the Baltimore Ravens but could return for

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 21, 2024, 09:51 PM ET

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BALTIMORE — Russell Wilson was frank in his assessment of the play where it all started to unravel for the Steelers in their 34-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday night.

“It’s unacceptable,” Wilson said of his second-quarter fumble. “It can’t happen.”

The fumble, which occurred at the end of a 19-yard run as the quarterback ran into Ravens safety Ar’Darius Washington just 4 yards shy of the

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

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PITTSBURGH — Wearing a black puffer jacket and a black Pittsburgh Steelers-logoed beanie punctuated with a thick yellow stripe, Ryan Shazier hooks his arms through the straps of a red blocking pad and braces himself for impact.

One by one, Steelers running backs explode off the line in the team’s indoor practice facility, running forward until they meet and engage the first blocking pad of the drill. Then they shuffle sideways, put

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 20, 2024, 01:10 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Steelers safety DeShon Elliott has been downgraded and will not play in Saturday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, leaving the team without its top run defender for a second week in a row.

Elliott (hamstring) didn’t practice in the team’s first two practices of the week and was initially listed as doubtful after limited participation Thursday. The Steelers will also be without wide receiver <a data-player-guid="ab0fe70b-0fb4-fc8e-55e1-8f5204851a9d"

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 19, 2024, 02:07 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Steelers premier pass rusher T.J. Watt, who injured his ankle late against the Philadelphia Eagles last Sunday, was noncommittal about his status for Saturday’s game at the Baltimore Ravens, but he said he felt “pretty good” this week.

“We’ll see Sunday — or Saturday I guess I should say — but I felt pretty good this week,” Watt said Thursday. “Obviously it’s a short

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 16, 2024, 01:30 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin is “optimistic” about the availability of Steelers star pass rusher T.J. Watt against the Ravens on Saturday.

Watt exited the loss to the Eagles late in the fourth quarter with a low ankle injury after recording two sacks and a forced fumble.

Tomlin said Monday that Watt was walking around “rather comfortably” in the facility earlier in the day.

Watt, who said he rolled his ankle,

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 16, 2024, 11:09 AM ET

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PHILADELPHIA — In the aftermath of the Steelers’ 27-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, coach Mike Tomlin gestured dismissively at the podium as he downplayed the question in the visitors’ interview room at Lincoln Financial Field.

How does he stop his team from snowballing after Sunday’s loss and get it back on track with the playoffs looming?

“It’s a loss,” he said, shaking his head and rolling his eyes. “Let’s not be dramatic.”

It’s

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 13, 2024, 04:11 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — The Steelers will be without their top wide receiver George Pickens on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Pickens is recovering from a hamstring injury incurred in the days before the Steelers’ Week 14 win against the Cleveland Browns. He was ruled out in Friday’s final injury report after not practicing all week.

Pittsburgh also ruled out safety DeShon Elliott (hamstring) and defensive end

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