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The start was awful. Then things got worse. All too soon they were staring down the barrel of a 17-0 deficit, and by then they realized that it was their own finger on the trigger. Boom. Just like that, the Steelers 3-0 start to this season was blown up by a 27-24 loss to the Colts at Lucas Oil Field. And while the “win as a team, and lose as a team” has been ingrained in them since pee-wee ball, there had to be a sense after this one that the defense had let them down. The defense that was supposed to be their strength, the unit most responsible for them arriving in Indianapolis undefeated, and the rock upon which all of their success this season was to be built.…

Patrick Queen Steelers.com When the going gets tough on the football field, Steelers linebacker Patrick Queen likely hears the voice of his father, Dwyane, in his head to keep pushing, keep working. The youngest of Dwayne and Mary Sue Queen’s four children and the only boy, Patrick Queen got every ounce of pent-up energy from his father, himself a former defensive back at Nicholls State. Dwayne had wanted a boy to follow in his footsteps as a football player. But after several years, Dwayne and Mary Sue had given up hope of that happening. Then Patrick, more than a decade younger than his youngest sister, came along. From an early age, Dwayne would put Patrick through 2-3 hours of strenuous training on a daily basis with the idea that his…

Q. I’m curious with Cordarrelle Patterson and his history with you in Atlanta. Do you remember when you first noticed him and thought he could be a versatile piece who could help you? How have you tried to highlight his versatility? ARTHUR SMITH: Yeah, that one came to life when I got to Atlanta. A strategy was made to clear the cap, and you’re looking for anybody to help. We were in total roster transition. He was out there. We had a couple of coaches who worked with him in Chicago (in 2019-2020). They knew his skill-set. I watched him from afar. You know, I had done different things with position-flexibility of a player before with Jonnu Smith (in Tennessee). We had put him in the backfield as an H-back,…

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Assistant Editor There are NFL players who like football. And then, there are players like tight end Pat Freiermuth. Players who absolutely love football. It’s a love that can be seen in the little things he does on a daily basis to be ready for games. It’s a love that can be seen in the offseason, when he pushes himself to be ready when nobody is watching. It’s a love, that no matter how private he is at times, he just can’t hide. “Pat loves football. He’s a football guy,” said tight ends coach Alfredo Roberts. “He wakes up and talks ball. He comes in and talks ball. He’s in love with football for sure. And it shows in his study habits. It shows as he tries to bring guys…

If anyone still wonders how good the Steelers’ 2024 defense can be, an answer can be found in the video of the team’s 18-10 victory over the Falcons in Atlanta on Sept. 8. And you really should watch the whole video, because it’s possible to find special moments throughout an afternoon where the Steelers were either behind or ahead by less than a touchdown for all but 28 seconds of a 60-minute game. The thing about any discussion of great Steelers’ defense is there’s more than one right answer. There’s an easy case to be made for the 1976 version, because that unit finished first in the NFL in both yards allowed and points allowed; it finished with 46 takeaways and was credited with 41 unofficial sacks; and during a…

Editor Arthur Smith originally came to Pittsburgh because he was offered a job he wanted, with a franchise he respected, and for a head coach who was like-minded. Through the first two weeks of the regular season, he was part of a team that opened with back-to-back road games and emerged from them at 2-0. But the offense, his offense, had scored just 1 touchdown in 21 possessions, and numbers like that look bad. The field goal kicker had gone 8-for-8 so the offense had provided the excellent defense with enough of a cushion, but the results weren’t matching the work being done on a daily basis since training camp opened on July 23. But as the final preparations were being made for their home opener – on Sept. 22…

Editor They have the best individual defensive player in the NFL, but it’s becoming more than one episode after another of the T.J. Watt Show. The 2024 Steelers defense is talented, and it is the primary reason the team is off to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2020. It also looks to be evolving into more than a one-man gang. “They have to be a catalyst for us,” Coach Mike Tomlin said about his defense, “and they know that.” The defense could be viewed as the catalyst for the 13-6 victory over the Broncos in Denver on Sept. 15, one week after it was the same in the 18-10 victory over the Falcons in Atlanta. Or perhaps the more accurate perspective might be to view that unit…