Friday, December 6

A tough task ahead: There is no question linebacker Patrick Queen is familiar with what the Cleveland Browns can do, playing against them throughout his NFL career, first with the Baltimore Ravens for four seasons, and now the Steelers.

Sunday will be the second time in three games the Steelers and Browns will meet up this season, and Queen doesn't mind that the two games are so close together on the schedule.

"I think it's easier," said Queen. "Not in the sense of playing them is easier, but just understanding concepts and stuff. When you've got a game this close to each other, they know us, we know them already being in the same division. But when you play them this close together, I think that impacts the game that much more.

"It's best against best. Who will last the longest. Who will be smarter. Who is going to execute the best. Who won't execute. It's going to be that much more detailed."

Queen knows one of the main points of emphasis this week is containing Browns quarterback Jameis Winston, who has been referred to as a gunslinger by many over the last few weeks.

It's not an easy task, though.

"He is doing a great job," said Queen. "He is a real throwback like quarterback, anticipating throws, getting it to guys easily, letting guys do what they do.

"When you have a quarterback like that, it makes your job as a defense harder in zones and stuff. We have to go out there and play our game, be closer in zones, be able to match the coverages. We have to be able to do the right things at the right time, don't give him too much. Don't give him a lane to escape in and make throws down the field.

"If he does escape, that is when we have to do our job to let the front get a chance to get back at him. Match the coverages and plaster him when we need to."

The offense isn't just Winston and the passing game, though. Like the Steelers with Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren, the Browns have a two-headed monster in running backs Nick Chubb and Jerome Ford.

"They have two good backs over there who can do a lot of damage," said Queen. "Both of them have good vision, great speed. It's a tough job.

"That is why we are one of the best defenses in the NFL, for games like this. This is when big-time players show up and dominate."

It's the culture: There is a culture the Steelers defense has adopted, one that has always been in them, but grown even more this year.

It's the takeaway culture.

A culture that has grown by the addition of something extremely simple and commonplace.

A t-shirt.

The idea was started by secondary coach Grady Brown, and outside linebackers coach Denzel Martin has been the 'keeper' of it.

You get a takeaway, you earn a t-shirt. And it's not just any t-shirt. On the front, it reads, 'The Culture,' and the color is based on how many turnovers you have.

And they are t-shirts players want to earn more than you can even imagine.

Defensive tackle Cameron Heyward lamented earlier this week that he hasn't gotten one yet.

"I'm still looking for my first one," said Heyward. "There is a lot of jealousy out there, but I have to pick my play up."

Donte Jackson keeps racking them up, with five interceptions this season.

"We practice it. We practice that way," said Jackson. "You get a big play on defense out there at practice, you know you're going to score with it. You're getting hyped up by your teammates because of it. It's just always a big thing. So, it makes guys want to go out and get those type of plays in the game.

"It's just the culture that's built here. We expect to do it week in and week out. We're not a happy bunch when we don't get a chance to do it. That's just the expectation. That's the standard and just the takeaway culture. That's what it is."

Jackson knows setting that standard is something everyone on defense is committed to, and it doesn't surprise him that he leads the team in interceptions, with five being a career-high for him, because he has high expectations for himself.

"I always knew what type of player I was," said Jackson. "Just always grateful for this opportunity. I worked on myself a lot this offseason, so I expected to come here and ball out.

"I'm just grateful that I am doing that and just going to keep on stacking. It's not about me. It's about the unit that most of my plays have been a reflection of other guys doing their job at a high level. I'm just blessed to be here and I'm just going to keep stacking. This is what it is."

When Jackson talks about working on himself this offseason, a lot of it was due in part to him missing time in 2022 with an Achilles injury, and then just getting his feet back under him in 2023 while he was with the Carolina Panthers.

After being traded from the Panthers to the Steelers in the offseason, he wanted to be sure he was ready to hit the ground running.

"Just my mental is what I worked on," said Jackson. "I always knew what type of player I was. So just getting back that confidence standpoint. Last year I was coming off an Achilles injury, a torn Achilles. So, just coming back last year, I just felt grateful to be on the field.

"This year I just took a more aggressive approach and not just want to be on the field, but make an impact. And just being around these guys and being around other impactful players week in and week out brings it out of you more. It's been a testament to the guys around me, picking me up and all going in the same direction."

Same old story: Mike Tomlin was at it again this week, taking a subtle but unquestionably intentional jab at Cam Heyward's age.
The question to Tomlin on Tuesday had involved how Tomlin, in his 18th season as the Steelers' head coach, prevents his message to the players from becoming stale.

"There are outliers, like Cam, that's been in there for 25 years listening to me, but I care less about how he receives the message, and more about developing guys like (Keeanu) Benton, who's a year and a half into receiving these messages," Tomlin maintained.

It wasn't the first time Tomlin has indirectly acknowledged he has a defensive tackle and a defensive captain who is 35 and in his 14th season. He's been offering up similar comments to Heyward, in hallways, on the practice field, in the locker room, wherever, for about three years now, perhaps longer.

"Probably," Heyward acknowledged. "It's a fact, I am older. He knows what motivates me. I tend to know what motivates him, too. That's why he's one of the older-tenured coaches in the league. So we go back and forth."

When it comes to such comments and observations, Heyward doesn't have a personal favorite. They all resonate.

"It's all of them, just a collection of them, they just keep poking and prodding," he continued. "He keeps poking the bear and then I gotta answer for it."

The relationship the two share isn't unique to Tomlin's Steelers' tenure. But as one of the Steelers' highest-profile elder statesmen, it's Heyward's turn.

"He did it with 'Big A' (Aaron Smith), he did it with 'Keise' (Brett Keisel)," Heyward remembered. "I don't know if it's just the social media era, he's having more fun doing it to me. But 'Old Man,' yeah, he loves doing that now. He's always told me, 'If you can't do this anymore we're gonna put you out to pasture like 'Old Yeller.' I'm not giving him a chance to do that.

"He knows players, and he knows I'm one of those people that wants to play with a chip on his shoulder. I don't run away from it. I look forward to shutting it up every time."

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Thursday, December 5

Locked in: The Steelers defense has watched their share of game film of the Cleveland Browns over the last few weeks, playing them twice in three games.

And there is no doubt, when watching the film of the Browns Monday night loss to the Denver Broncos that they took note of what quarterback Jameis Winston did.

Winston completed 34 passes for 497 yards and four touchdowns, but also threw three interceptions, including two that were returned for touchdowns.

The defense knows they have to be on point this week to keep Winston in check as much as they possibly can.

"Definitely got to be locked in as a unit in the back seven and from a pass rush standpoint, from a secondary standpoint," said cornerback Donte Jackson. "He can make every throw, crazy arm talent.

"You just got to be detailed and definitely got to be up on your technique, and can't have any mental lapses, because he is known for playing a full 60-minute game."

Winston's style is one that can create havoc for a defense as he is thoughtful in everything he does.

"I think most of the things he does from an IQ standpoint are very, very well calculated," said Jackson. "He's a gunslinger. He has a ton of confidence in his arm. That's what it is. I love the way he gets out there.

"And he competes, and he gives his guys a chance to go and make plays on the ball. That's really what you see from him. Just giving his guys a chance to make big plays on the ball, and the skilled players using those opportunities to make plays. It's been very explosive."

Having the Browns so fresh in their minds can help from a preparation standpoint, but the one thing it won't do, is change the preparation. The focus and attention to detail will be the same, if not even more this time around with more time to prepare.

"It doesn't take away from our preparation," said Jackson. "We still want to go into this game prepared. We've got more days to prepare this time around. It's good that we played them a few weeks ago. But that's not our main focus. Our main focus is to get better every day and take these practice days to continue to detail and keep getting better as a unit."

It's all about execution: The last time the Steelers played the Browns, a 24-19 loss on Thursday Night Football, defensive end Myles Garrett came out firing.

Garrett sacked quarterback Russell Wilson three times, for a loss of 20 yards, had a forced fumble and five total tackles.

This week, the offense knows they have to do their best to minimize Garrett's impact, something that isn't an easy task.

"Obviously, he's a really good player," said rookie guard Mason McCormick. "We've just got to go out there and execute. There are some things that we want to get cleaned up and we're working and growing and just looking to continually get better."

McCormick didn't specify on what the offense wanted to clean up following the loss to the Browns, but said it wasn't anything major.

"It's just small things, small execution things, the details," said McCormick. "So, that was good. It's a new week, every week. We've got to keep building and keep growing on that.

"There's obviously a familiarity with us now. It's still fresh and there's some things that we've got to work to clean up. And we will do that this week."

Against the Bengals the Steelers offense came out swinging, putting up their highest scoring output of the season in a 44-38 win, looking like they cleaned up whatever was ailing them.

"It was fun," said McCormick. "Going out there and scoring that many points is awesome. That's something we want to do every week.

"We're building, we're growing. We're getting better. And that's the goal come this time of year."

It only takes one: He might only show up with one catch in the final stats for the win over the Bengals last week, but that catch was a big one for receiver Van Jefferson.

With the Steelers leading 41-31, after a Bengals touchdown, and facing a third-and-nine, Jefferson pulled in a 43-yard reception to the Bengals 15-yard line. The drive ended with a Chris Boswell field goal in the 44-38 win, with Jefferson making the key play on the drive.

"It was a good play call by Art and a good adjustment by Russ," said Jefferson. "I just ran my route and Russ put it on me, and it was a great play."

Jefferson was one of 10 receivers Wilson connected with in the game, and he knew he had to make the most of his opportunity.

"It's great," said Jefferson of the way Wilson spreads the ball around. "I think everyone wants to get involved. Obviously, there is only one ball that can go around, but when you spread it around to 10 different guys throughout the game, it's a plus for everyone. You know the offense is cookin."

Jefferson has only 17 receptions for 221 yards and one touchdown, after signing as a free agent this offseason. He said making a play like that builds confidence for him as part of an offense that has plenty of weapons.

"It does a lot for my confidence obviously," said Jefferson. "It is one play, and you want to do it again and keep doing it. It's something I think if I would have kept running straight, I would have scored.

"But it was a good play. I'm not taking anything from it, but I'm always just so grateful and thankful for those plays. They don't come often, so I'm excited. It builds my confidence up high."

Air Russ: Quarterback Russell Wilson was named the FedEx Air Player of the Week for his performance against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 13. This is the eighth time Wilson has won the award in his career, and he is the first Steelers quarterback to win it since Ben Roethlisberger did so in Week 10 of the 2020 season. Wilson also became the oldest player at any position to win the award.

Wilson completed 29 of 38 pass attempts (76.3 percent) for 414 yards and three touchdowns, with a passer rating of 126.4, for his best day in black and gold.

After getting off to a rough start when he threw a pick-six to Cam Britt-Taylor for the Bengals first score, Wilson took control and led the offense to a 44-38 victory.

The key was, the Steelers responded to the adversity.

"They did a good job of making that play," said Wilson of the interception. "More than anything else, I just think our response was great. I thought that we did a really good job of staying confident and not letting one play faze us.

"I thought the best thing we did today was respond in the midst of adversity. I thought that we did a great job of scoring touchdowns, making plays, and we felt like there were more plays out there that we could have had.

"That is a testament to our coaching staff, it's a testament to our players, our work ethic and the discipline that we put into the week. We knew that this was going to be a heavyweight fight, and we had to respond and keep swinging."

Wilson responded by connected with 10 different receivers, with Najee Harris pulling in six receptions for 54 yards and 16 carries for 75 yards and a touchdown. Tight end Pat Freiermuth also had six receptions for 68 yards and a touchdown, while George Pickens had three receptions for 74 yards and a touchdown.

"I thought we had a great day," said Wilson. "It all starts off with the line. I thought they did a tremendous job. Multiple looks up front and all the things they do, and the multiplicity of their defense. The O-line handled it in a great way.

"I just think guys did a great job making plays. I thought George made a great catch on the sideline. I thought Pat's plays on his scrambles, and also how he was painting clear pictures. I always say the best receivers are always painting a clear picture. Those guys were painting great pictures today.

"I thought the guys made a lot of plays. I thought Najee ran the ball extremely well. That was huge for us and our run game. He just had a great day.

"It's a great team effort. And then we see the defense just respond, make plays for us. After we had some great responses, they made a huge play. (Nick) Herbig had a great game rushing off the edge. T.J. (Watt) obviously is the best in the world. Cam Heyward, our leaders really stepped up in a huge way today. I think that was really critical.

"So, it was just fun. We just had a great time. We knew it was going to be a heavyweight fight. I told the guys it's going to be a heavyweight fight, and we've got to win it."

For winning the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Player of the Week Award, FedEx will make a $2,000 donation in Wilson's name through the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to a Historically Black College or University of his choice, which will be applied towards needs-based scholarships to deserving HBCU students.

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Wednesday, December 4

Knowing what to expect: Watching film is always a major part of Cameron Heyward's week, studying the upcoming opponent inside and out from pretty much every game they have played this season.

This week, it's a little different.

Yes, Heyward will be studying film big time, it will just be a little bit more concise.

Knowing what to expect: The Steelers are playing the Browns for the second time in a three-week span, so it will be more of a refresher course and spending time on the last two games the Browns have played, which includes the Thursday night contest against the Steelers.

"Personally, I feel like I don't have to go back and watch X amount of games," said Heyward. "We are pretty familiar with them being a division opponent, playing so close (together). You know what to expect.

"But you definitely have to watch the last game we played to understand where we came up short and approach it where we've got to get better."

The Browns offense has been putting up some big numbers with quarterback Jameis Winston under center, and Heyward knows they have to be on the lookout for what he does, and a whole lot more.

"They put up over 500 yards last week, just a couple of days ago," said Heyward of the Browns loss to the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football. "So, they're definitely humming.

"They have playmakers on every level, (David) Njoku, Jerry Jeudy, (Nick) Chubb, and you can't forget about (Jerome) Ford. They can definitely get the ball forward.

"We have to be on our Ps and Qs. They've just grown a lot with having Jameis at the helm and he is slicing and dicing."

Heyward, who is having one of his best seasons and is among the top vote getters for the Pro Bowl, said it's a combination of things that have him playing at the level he is.

First on that list, though, is his health.

"Being healthy, technique, film study," said Heyward. "I think that's all included

"And the desire to just keep trying to get better."

Another opportunity: If there is one thing you must have in the NFL, it's a short memory.

But short memory or not, those in the Steelers locker room want to make amends for the loss against the Cleveland Browns just two weeks ago, a 24-19 defeat on Thursday Night Football.

The Steelers have the opportunity to turn things around this week when they host the Browns at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday, and the key for them is treating this game like every other one.

"We're just happy that we're getting another opportunity," said linebacker Elandon Roberts. "Hats off to them. They played a good game. We get another opportunity to see them at Acrisure this Sunday."

The Steelers are coming off a 44-38 win over the Bengals this past week, while the Browns lost to the Denver Broncos, 41-32, despite an offensive explosion.

Quarterback Jameis Winston completed 34 passes for 497 yards and four touchdowns, but also threw three interceptions, including two that were returned for touchdowns.

"If you saw the game (Monday night, you saw what they're capable of with [Ken] Dorsey as a play caller and Winston as a quarterback," said Coach Mike Tomlin. "There was some explosive play making, they went up and down the field. [Jerry] Jeudy had a big night.

"That's what I meant when I described him as a gunslinger a couple of weeks ago when we played him. He's got unbelievable arm talent. He was the first pick in the draft, and you're not the first pick in the draft for no reason. He's got arm strength, he's got accuracy, he's got trajectory. He can place the ball just about anywhere on the field.

"He's a big-time competitor to boot. He never turns down competition. He's going to fight to win possession downs and things of that nature, man. We've got to do a really good job of matching that competitive spirit, making our plays, knowing that there's a potential that you could give some up when a guy comes at you the way he does, and with the with the amount of weaponry that he has at his disposal."

Roberts is right in tune with what Tomlin says, knowing what Winston is capable of, but he also knows the ground game can kill you too.

"They're still running the ball well, and they're still running the ball a lot," said Roberts. "Jameis, when you say gunslinger, he knowns when to sling it and when and not to. He's doing a great job over there complementing that offense and whatnot. He's been like that his whole career, since coming out of Florida State. It's not surprising how he's displaying the ball in the air and stuff like that.

"But I think from a complementary side, their offense has been doing a great job of mixing in runs and getting explosive runs. I think their running back by committee is doing a great job. At the same time, when your quarterback catches hot like Jameis did in this past game, you've got to keep feeding them."

This will be the fourth straight AFC North game the Steelers will play, and Roberts said it's not something they think about. They just go out and play.

"We didn't really put our focus around it," said Roberts. "We want to handle what was in front of us. Whatever game that week was, that's all we could control. That's why this week with the Browns, it's all we can control."

A killer approach: Cornerback Joey Porter Jr. had six penalties called against him in Sunday's game against the Bengals, four of which were accepted.

Coach Mike Tomlin said part of it was due to going against Bengals receiver Tee Higgins, but Tomlin knows Porter has to keep bringing that physical style, and he has the mentality to do it.

"He's got a serial killer's mentality, but if you're going to be a top-flight corner, you better," said Tomlin. "And that's probably one of the things that I knew about him because of our personal relationship that really made me comfortable drafting him.

"It's not fake, it's real. He's not running from the fight. He's running to the fight. You better have a short memory at that position, and he's always had it. He was probably nine or 10 when I met him, and he had it."

Porter said Tomlin never said that to him, but he understands where he is coming from.

"He just knows that I don't really get knocked off my pivot, knocked off my game too much," said Porter. "Things happen. He knows I like to bounce back, prove myself again. So that's what I've got to do this upcoming Sunday."

Porter said he watched the tape in reference to the penalties, and knows there is some work he has to do.

"I still feel confident how I'm playing," said Porter. "I watched the tape. There's not really guys that are beating, that's getting a lot of separation.

"They're just calls that I need to work on myself and know that I just got to get better. At the end of the day, I'm trying to be great. And I know to do that, I've got to clean up with the stuff I've been doing. I've just got to keep working."

Stepping up for their cause: Steelers players can often be seen wearing custom cleats during pregame warmups, but this week against the Cleveland Browns, custom cleats will be the norm during the game.

For the ninth straight year the NFL is allowing players to represent a charity that touches them deeply in a unique manner with the league's player cause initiative, My Cause My Cleats.

The initiative was created for NFL players to showcase a charitable cause in order to bring attention to it, and the players take part in helping with the design of their cleats.

After the players wear the cleats, they have the option to auction them off to raise money for their cause on NFL Auction, with 100% of the funds raised given to the charity. Fans may bid on player cleats at NFL.com/Auction.

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Responding as required: Defensive back Cam Sutton knows the promotion he got in Cincinnati may be temporary, but whether it proves to be or not he's willing to accept whatever role comes next.

"I'm just doing what's needed and what's required," he said. "I don't know what the plan is each and every week. I'm just doing my job."

Sutton played 45 defensive snaps in Sunday's 44-38 win over the Bengals, one more than he had played in his first three games this season combined (19 on Nov. 10 at Washington, 15 on Nov. 17 against Baltimore and 10 on Nov. 21 at Cleveland).

This time, Sutton was predominantly deployed in the five-defensive backs "nickel" sub-package, a role that had previously been handled by rookie cornerback Beanie Bishop and may yet be again.

"Just the complexities of what they do offensively, the fact that we were facing (quarterback) Joe Burrow," head coach Mike Tomlin explained regarding the altered division of labor in the secondary. "Some of the challenges in terms of how they move people around, I thought it would benefit us to have a more veteran guy in the interior of our sub-package, and it would aid us, not only in terms of concept recognition but communication.

"Beanie still played in the game, and he's going to be a big-time component of what we do, and we're pleased with his contributions thus far. But week in and week out, we divide the labor up in the effort to win that game, and that's why we were so excited about getting Cam back. He's a Swiss Army Knife, he's an awesome communicator. He's a high-level professional, and if you have an opportunity to utilize those talents in a game like that, it's helpful.

"There's some things that Beanie does better than him, and so it's just really cool to have viable, capable guys for circumstances. We're going to divide the labor up as we see fit in an effort to position ourselves to win football games, and in that case, play good defense."

Sutton, an eighth-year pro, spent his first six seasons with the Steelers and the 2023 campaign with Detroit.

He made his debut this season when the Steelers visited the Commanders after serving an eight-game NFL suspension.

"This is like Week Five for me, you know what I mean?" he said. "I'm just flowin' with it, man, and just ready to roll and keep playing for the guys. It's not about me, it's about these guys. I'm just playing and just here for them."

The defense allowed a season-high 31 points at Cincinnati (seven resulted from a pick-six against the offense) but also turned the Bengals' high-octane, combustible offense over three times, including a fumble return for a touchdown by rookie inside linebacker Payton Wilson. So from a defensive perspective, enough boxes got checked.

"In a sense," Sutton allowed. "Obviously, our job at the end of the day is limiting points. You feel good about winning but at the end of the day it's all about getting back to our basics, the foundations of what makes us what we want to be as a great defense.

"Obviously, you do have those outlier games, the opportunity for the offense to back us up this past week and they played very well just kinda playing complementary ball around the board. But we know just as a defense we just have to limit points.

"It's great for (the offense). I love that for them, obviously, just the energy and the enthusiasm for the game, enthusiasm just for your brothers. But just as a responsibility for the game, we only worry about what we can do as a defense. We just try to get the ball back for those guys."

-- Blog entry by Mike Prisuta

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Leading into the game there will be fun-filled and unique skill competitions, giving fans a different look at all of the league's top players.

Fans can vote for their favorite Steelers players now through Dec. 23. A social aspect of voting will be available on "X" beginning on Dec. 9. Fans can vote directly on "X" (formerly Twitter) by posting the first and last name of the player, tagging the player's official "X" handle or creating a hashtag including the player's first and last name. All three of these methods must include the hashtag: #ProBowlVote. During the final two days (Dec. 22 – Dec. 23), social votes will count as double.

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