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• Report: Steelers LB Patrick Queen played through the flu in Wild Card

  13-01-2025 21:29 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images The 2024 free agent signing was met with harsh criticism for his effort level in Saturday’s loss The Pittsburgh Steelers have been under a lot of criticism since Saturday’s playoff loss — especially on defense. The Steelers gave up a season-high 464 yards and 29 first downs to the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round, failing to force a turnover for just the fourth time all season. At the center of those critiques has been inside linebacker Pat
  
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• Russell Wilson on returning to Pittsburgh: ‘That’s the plan’

  13-01-2025 21:03 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The future Hall of Fame quarterback wants to remain in Pittsburgh The Pittsburgh Steelers are done for the 2024 season, and will now turn their attention to the offseason. And for the second straight year, part of their offseason plans and questions that need answered involve the quarterback position.Russell Wilson looked like he could potentially be the 2025 answer earlier in the season when he was carving up the Bengals for over 400 yards and putting up 40+
  
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• NFL Insider: Steelers want to keep QB Justin Fields

  13-01-2025 20:20 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The Steelers want to continue doing business with Fields For the second straight offseason, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be figuring out what they’ll do at the most important position in sports. Both Russell Wilson and Justin Fields are set to be free agents when the new league year starts in March. And while it feels like Wilson has played his final snap in Pittsburgh following five consecutive losses, the Steelers would like to keep Fields around, acco
  
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• Where is Steelers President Art Rooney II’s limit with Mike Tomlin? Does it exist?

  13-01-2025 20:10 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images It seems the threshold of tolerance should have already been crossed... The Pittsburgh Steelers have lost each of their last five playoff appearances under Head Coach Mike Tomlin. Yet, fans and pundits alike remain wholly skeptical that team president Art Rooney II will enforce any meaningful change this offseason.
  The standard is the standard... and that standard has taken a nosedive since the team’s last playoff win back in the 2016 season. But still, it
  
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• T.J. Watt: ‘I don’t want to leave Pittsburgh’

  13-01-2025 20:04 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The Steelers’ star doesn’t want to leave. The Pittsburgh Steelers had a disappointing end to their season, once again going 10-7 and once again getting humiliated in the wild card round of the playoffs. Players spoke with media for the final time this season, and T.J. Watt was asked about his future, to which he said he doesn’t plan on going anywhere.
  “I don’t want to leave this place,” Watt said. “I want to be part of
  
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• 2025 NFL Mock Draft: Round 1 projections, including Steelers pick at No. 21

  13-01-2025 12:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Brett Davis-Imagn Images Who will be available when Pittsburgh is on the clock? As the college football season comes to a close, the top prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft have become unclouded. With their loss in the Wild Card, the Pittsburgh Steelers have locked in the 21st overall pick. A few notes about this draft — this is a STRONG class in the trenches, which bodes well for teams looking to bolster their units up front. There is also a lot of unknown in regard to team’s opinions o
  
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• Steelers lock in No. 21 pick in 2025 NFL Draft

  13-01-2025 05:42 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Pittsburgh’s draft slot is now official With the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2024 NFL season officially having come to a close, their spot in the 2025 NFL Draft is officially locked in. The Steelers will be picking 21st in the draft order after their 10-7 finish and first-round exit in the playoffs.
  Though compensatory picks have yet to be awarded, here’s a look at the Steelers’ projected picks by round as it stands to close out the Wild Card r
  
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• Commanders vs. Buccaneers: Sunday Night Football Open Thread

  13-01-2025 02:01 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Let’s chat The Washington Commanders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will close out the Sunday slate of Wild Card games. The Bucs are three point favorites, but I’m going with the Commanders.
  Both teams have tremendous quarterbacks, with Baker Mayfield launching over 40 touchdowns this season and Jayden Daniels leading Washington to the playoffs as a rookie. However, I trust the Commanders defense more than the Bucs.
  Final Prediction: Commanders 30, Buccaneer
  
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• Report: Steelers don’t plan to move on from Mike Tomlin after playoff loss

  13-01-2025 01:18 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images The standard is the standard... After the Pittsburgh Steelers yet again failed to advance past the Wild Card round in the 2024 NFL with Saturday’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens, the critics of HC Mike Tomlin have been as loud as ever. Most, in fact, have called for his job, failing to mark a playoff win since the 2016 season, with what feels like constant late-season shortcomings and disappointments.
  It doesn’t look like a change is coming, however.
  
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