Author: Mike Prisuta
Head Coach Mike McCarthy’s quarterback acumen, a potential secondary savior and surprise inclusions are among what’s worth pondering in advance of the team's first regular season game.
With four quarterbacks in the mix, the answer to an atypical situation is to color outside the lines, and then let Mike McCarthy do the rest.
Among the lessons learned last season was that ‘talk is cheap.’
The team may have made the playoffs, but they’re a long way from being able to make some noise once they get there.
Clinging to the past isn’t going to get the Penguins anywhere moving forward.
Although Mike McCarthy is known as a quarterback whisperer, the team passed on a plethora of much-needed options while drafting Penn State quarterback Drew Allar.
The picks aren’t in yet, but here are 10 that make sense (I think).
Through profiles of five football professionals, sports columnist Mike Prisuta explores the indelible bond between Western Pennsylvania and the gridiron.
With similar stories this season, either team seems capable of winning — and the fans really, really hate each other.
As Aaron Rodgers weighs his future, the Steelers see real potential in young quarterback Will Howard.
Plenty of champion gunslingers have called Western Pennsylvania home, among them Joe Montana, Joe Namath and Dan Marino.
The Bucs should be all-in on Konnor Griffin, not hedging their bets.
It may not always be pretty, but the team continues to win games. Could the unlikely story they’ve been writing have a happy ending after all?
In a long-overdue roster-building development, the team is getting serious about who’s catching the passes.
As a loss to the Bruins showed, it’s time for the Penguins to put the pedal down and keep it down, or else.
What the team needs at wide receiver is obvious, but the solution is far from a first-round lock.
With March Madness around the corner, basketball coach Andy Toole’s new team is starting to look like his old one. While the cast may be different, the script is familiar.
The team need not sign, or overpay, phenom Konnor Griffin, they just have to play him.
Columnist Mike Prisuta details why Seattle is the superior team — and has been all season.
In a past interview, Aaron Rodgers spoke fondly of his time under Mike McCarthy; the head coach-quarterback tandem that worked magic in the past may just run it back.
While Steelers organization has a history of hiring younger, less-proven defense specialists, McCarthy has spent 18 seasons as a head coach in the NFL.
Even at his worst, he was at his best as the Steelers’ standard-bearer.
The Steelers quarterback is sounding, and playing, like he’s contemplating a second season with Pittsburgh.
The ups and downs that have defined the 2025 season aren't going away anytime soon.
They’ll have to rise to the occasion, as the did against Baltimore, to salvage a season that could still go either way.
No one’s happy with a 6-6 record, but the Steelers can still craft a happy ending, starting on Sunday.
It’s at least worth pondering whether they’re about to become a ‘team to watch.’
Trending in the wrong direction against the defenseless Bengals might prove irreversible.
The arrival of goaltender Murashov is a significant step, even if it’s ahead of schedule.
‘There’s not enough fight on our side,' acknowledges Cam Heyward.
Aaron Rodgers’ face-off with Green Bay on Sunday night will be made-for-TV magic.
Aaron Rodgers has been consistently delivering. But his teammates — the defense in particular — are refusing to take advantage.
Relative unknown Arturs Silovs might be the jump-start the organization’s rebuild has been lacking.
The emotional deck was stacked against Minnesota in Dublin. But can the Steelers retain that passion and energy to use against more formidable foes?
They must shore up their defense as they face Minnesota's 'armada of wide receivers.'
It’s sad but hardly surprising given the Pittsburgh PIrates' 'trademark brand of ineptitude and apathy.'
It’s too early to panic — but what the Steelers defense still can’t do is a potentially ominous indication of what’s coming.
Was he really the best option in an off-season of QB intrigue? We’re about to find out if the Steelers successfully navigated a process wrought with moving parts.
It didn’t work out with the Steelers. But it isn’t working out for the QB anywhere else, either.
The new quarterback and new DB are here to upgrade the level of play at their respective positions but also to provide some much-needed direction.
How good that team will be remains to be seen.
While it’s still early in team development, it’s clear which side of the ball they’ll lean on, and which side they hope will be good enough not to screw it up.
Despite the strong roster that’s been built, there are still too many uncertainties on how the Steelers will perform this season.
They can’t win a Super Bowl in July or August — but the degree to which they’re committed to pursuing one will resonate throughout training camp.
It’s a seller’s market. So sell.
The NFL is a young man’s game. But the movies remind us that anything is possible, even at a relatively advanced age.
Questions remain in the wake of their latest bold stroke. But what they’re after shouldn’t be a subject for debate.
New QB Aaron Rodgers thinks there’s a lot to work with at the position. It’s about time somebody did.
Says former Steeler Merril Hoge: ‘Man, there’s great wisdom there, there’s great experience. Utilize that and use it to your advantage.'
It’s time to get past the distrust of previous Big Ben succors and make the offense Rodgers’ offense. It’s time to commit once and for all.