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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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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 12, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Left tackle Dan Moore Jr. admits he’s in an unfamiliar situation as the Pittsburgh Steelers enter Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Since arriving in Pittsburgh as a fourth-round selection in the 2021 NFL draft, Moore hasn’t experienced a season where the Steelers weren’t careening toward a white-knuckle finish as they still hunted for a playoff berth in the final weekend of the regular season.

Until this year.

Not only

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 10, 2024, 01:11 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — The Steelers are likely to be without their top wide receiver for the second week in a row.

Mike Tomlin said Tuesday there’s an “outside chance” George Pickens plays against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday after an MRI revealed a “little bit more significant” hamstring injury than initially thought.

“We’re just in the mindset now of just getting him healthy as quickly as we possibly can,” Tomlin

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 8, 2024, 11:37 AM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Steelers leading receiver George Pickens will not suit up against the Browns on Sunday.

The third-year player, who has 850 receiving yards and three touchdown catches this season, is inactive after popping up on the Steelers’ practice report with a hamstring injury Friday. He had been listed as questionable for the rematch with the Browns.

Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday night that there was optimism

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 7, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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PITTSBURGH — It’s Saturday morning at the Pittsburgh Steelers ‘ practice facility on the banks of the Monongahela River, and outside linebackers coach Denzel Martin is cueing up a mixtape as defensive players file into their meeting room.

It’s a compilation of all the missed opportunities from the previous game and week of practice — the near interceptions, the blown chances to force a fumble or pick up a loose ball. It’s

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 6, 2024, 03:08 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Greg Newsome? George Pickens doesn’t know him — or at least that’s what the Steelers receiver said days away from a rematch with the Cleveland Browns.

The Steelers’ Week 12 loss to the Browns was punctuated by a scuffle between Pickens and the Browns defensive back during a game-ending Hail Mary attempt.

Asked if he would talk to Newsome before Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh, Pickens was dismissive.

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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2024, 01:09 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Steelers pass rusher Alex Highsmith is “fully expected to be back” this week for Sunday’s rematch with the Browns, coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday.

Highsmith neared a return last week, but he didn’t practice Wednesday and was limited Thursday and Friday before being inactive for Sunday’s game against the Bengals.

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