Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are part of the AFC North Division in the NFL. Founded in 1933, the seventh-oldest franchise in the league has a large fan base to prove it. The Steelers were known as the Pittsburgh Pirates for the team's first seven years. Now a four-time Super Bowl championship team, they celebrated their first of 33 playoff appearances in 1947.
Several elements of the Steelers franchise, like the Terrible Towel and Steel Curtain, have earned rightful places in NFL lore. Notable Steelers players past and present include Jack Lambert, Terry Bradshaw Joe Greene, Troy Polamalu, Jack Ham, and Ben Roethlisberger.
- Founded: 1933
- Owners: Rooney family
- Head coach: Mike Tomlin
- Super Bowl championships: six (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005, and 2008)
- Stadium: Heinz Field
- Team colors: Black and gold
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Pittsburgh has been selected to host the 2026 NFL draft, the league announced at its spring meetings Wednesday, marking the first time the city will host the draft since December 19, 1947, for the 1948 NFL season. The 1948 NFL draft featured 300 total selections in 32 rounds at the now-razed Fort Pitt Hotel in […]
Russell Wilson signed a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers after being released by the Denver Broncos. His former team will pay him $37 million more than his current team to play against them on their home field in 2024. That's a real thing that will happen next season. It is not guaranteed that Wilson […]
Kenny Pickett is the guy in Pittsburgh. The Steelers are committed to the former first-round quarterback despite an unimpressive start to his NFL career. It is rather surprising considering the amount of talent veterans that are available this offseason, but it might also indicate plans to draft one of the signal-callers in this year's NFL […]
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens is not happy with NFL officiating after his team's Wild Card loss to the Buffalo Bills on Monday afternoon. He alluded to the idea that the referees might have rigged the game in favor of the home team because Josh Allen's rematch against the Kansas City Chiefs will draw […]
Ben Roethlisberger doesn't have any beef with Mason Rudolph. That may not be true in reverse. Roethlisberger was baffled when the Steelers first drafted Rudolph in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft. He expressed his surprise in some pretty bold comments on a local radio station. I was surprised they took a QB […]
Kenny Pickett has been the subject of a lot of chatter around the NFL over the last few days. The 25-year-old quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers finally broke his silence on all of the discussion! Pickett, the No. 20 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, underwent TightRope surgery for a high ankle sprain on […]
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