Steelers Training Camp Details:

[Ice]

Pretty sure Haley also took a dump in a teammate's helmet.

That's just funny

The pride of James Madison University, folks

[Charles Demarr]

Or, since we've got the roster spot open and a little cash to play with, kick the tires on recently available Christian Wilkins? I'll let others insert the jokes, but the Ravens could kiss having the best DL in the division goodbye if we did.

If you can look past the minor details – like the thumb in the Buckeye player's ass, the locker room displays of affection, or the tickle sessions – then yes, he'd be a huge asset to the defense.

One could describe the defensive performance during last season's playoff loss as a tickle session.

Very true doc.

[bradshaw2ben]

If you can look past the minor details – like the thumb in the Buckeye player's ass, the locker room displays of affection, or the tickle sessions – then yes, he'd be a huge asset to the defense.

One could describe the defensive performance during last season's playoff loss as a tickle session.

Very true doc.

Or the "someone shit in my helmet" season.

[Deebo]

Or, since we've got the roster spot open and a little cash to play with, kick the tires on recently available Christian Wilkins? I'll let others insert the jokes, but the Ravens could kiss having the best DL in the division goodbye if we did.

If you can look past the minor details – like the thumb in the Buckeye player's ass, the locker room displays of affection, or the tickle sessions – then yes, he'd be a huge asset to the defense.

One could describe the defensive performance during last season's playoff loss as a tickle session.

Fairly true.
They probably made D Henry pee his pants a little

[Steelafan77]

Interesting formation: 04 personnel in the huddle (no backs, four TEs). Broke the huddle with Jonnu Smith alongside Rodgers in the backfield.https://x.com/MikeDeFabo/status/1950617189645504770

With the above ‘new ‘wrinkle’ for offense I’m still reading there’s a lot of frustration and struggles on offense.

Pretty much telegraphs what the play will be, makes it easier for the defense to defend.

INJURY UPDATES
DT Esezi Otomewo is being evaluated for a knee injury, Tomlin said.

LT Broderick Jones (groin) participated only in stretching and individual drills.

TE DJ Thomas-Jones was at practice walking around without any large braces or splints on his injured left calf/ankle, but did not participate

https://steelersnow.com/steelers-camp-t ... t-humbled/

[jebrick]

Fautanu had some solid reps vs Watt yesterday. Now if the LT can only play a little

[bradshaw2ben]

Fautanu had some solid reps vs Watt yesterday. Now if the LT can only play a little

I have hopes for Calvin Anderson. Him getting extended time at LT is an opportunity for him.

[Ice]

Fautanu had some solid reps vs Watt yesterday. Now if the LT can only play a little

I have hopes for Calvin Anderson. Him getting extended time at LT is an opportunity for him.

Even given the lack of coaching, just going up against that EDGE group in practice day after day has to be an educational experience.

The thing that sucks for Anderson is there's about a 98% chance that as long as Jones is healthy and under contract, they're going to keep trotting him out there at LT.

[gojira5150]

Or, since we've got the roster spot open and a little cash to play with, kick the tires on recently available Christian Wilkins? I'll let others insert the jokes, but the Ravens could kiss having the best DL in the division goodbye if we did.

If you can look past the minor details – like the thumb in the Buckeye player's ass, the locker room displays of affection, or the tickle sessions – then yes, he'd be a huge asset to the defense.

One could describe the defensive performance during last season's playoff loss as a tickle session.

So So True.

[Steelafan77]

Quick Update from the Post Gazette.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 2507310067

[Thrillsseeker]

Quick Update from the Post Gazette.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 2507310067

Any chance you could copy/paste article?

[Steelafan77]

Steelers training camp observations: From fisticuffs to big plays, offense fought back against defense's dominance

Jonnu Smith and Juan Thornhill got into it, while Jalen Ramsey and Calvin Austin III's feud continued

After a physical first practice in pads Wednesday afternoon, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin tried to ramp it down a bit when he had his players dress in helmets and shorts for Thursday morning’s workout at Saint Vincent College. The light attire didn’t stop the contentious feelings from Wednesday from carrying over in what turned out to be another spirited practice.

After the defense dominated the first day in pads, offensive coordinator Arthur Smith challenged his players to respond. And it was evident from early in practice his players didn’t want to get embarrassed again.

“No one likes to lose like that,” receiver DK Metcalf said. “No one likes to get pushed around on the first day in pads. We took it personal. We cleaned up our technique. We made it an emphasis in our meeting room yesterday that we were going to come out here and ball.”

The fun started early when the receivers were working against the corners in press man coverage. The jawing began, mostly from Jalen Ramsey, and spilled over into the next period when they worked against each other in 1-on-1 routes.

Ramsey and Calvin Austin III’s feud continued, with Ramsey letting Austin know in no uncertain terms Ramsey won the rep. Tight end Jonnu Smith and Juan Thornhill fought after Smith spiked the ball at Thornhill’s feet after he caught a pass over him.

“When you’re a competitor, that competitive spirit comes out in different ways,” Smith said with a smile. “That’s how I was feeling at the time.”

Thornhill followed Smith around the field, challenging him at every turn, and they eventually staged a rematch, with Thornhill forcing an incomplete pass.

“I don’t have a history with him,” Smith said. “It’s training camp. We’re just out here competing and trying to get better.”

Later in practice, in 7-on-7 drills, Metcalf and safety Chuck Clark fought. Clark impeded Metcalf from getting up the field after he caught a pass from Aaron Rodgers. Metcalf took issue with Clark’s aggressiveness and grabbed his facemask. Clark then ripped off Metcalf’s helmet before the two were separated.

“It’s just football,” Metcalf said. “You have to be on the field to know.

“It’s always fun when you have a competitive group on the other side,” Metcalf continued. “When both sides are talking and backing it up, it brings out the best in people. And as you saw today, the offense really kicked ass.”

Wilson displays ‘go get it’ mentality

Receiver Roman Wilson was injured last summer on the third day of training camp and spent most of his rookie season on injured reserve. It took a little while this summer for Wilson to get going, but he had the catch of the day Thursday, when he went up over Joey Porter Jr. to haul in a long touchdown pass from Mason Rudolph.

“It was a great play,” Wilson said. “I just had a ‘go get it’ mentality.”

Steelers coaches are trying to sort out the receiver rotation in camp. While Metcalf is the undisputed No. 1, there is competition among the other receivers for the secondary roles in the rotation.

“I love how competitive it is this year,” Wilson said. “Guys are getting after it. I love to be a part of it.”

Learning together

While it was a much better day for the offense, it’s obvious Rodgers and his receivers are still trying to get their chemistry down. His completion percentage was better, but there were a few misfires when Rodgers and his receivers were not on the same page.

“Everybody knows this is a new group,” Metcalf said. “We have new faces, new people on offense. We’re still plugging pieces in. Nobody is getting frustrated. We’re all trying to learn together, and it’s a steady stream of communication from the meeting room to out here on the field. That’s what I appreciate not only about Aaron but this whole group. Everybody is open to communication and criticism, and I think that’s going to take us far.”

Defense wins seven shots
Darius Slay Jr. had two pass breakups in the “seven shots” drill to help the defense win 4-3. Slay broke up Rodgers’ first attempt for Metcalf and another to Wilson two plays later. In between, Rodgers found Metcalf for a touchdown with Ramsey in coverage.

Robert Woods and Brandon Johnson also had touchdown catches for the offense, but Will Howard overthrew rookie tight end JJ Galbreath in the back of the end zone.

First Published: July 31, 2025, 11:36 a.m.
Updated: July 31, 2025, 7:11 p.m.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 2507310067

[.Kodiak]

Ahhhh, yesssss....."butter softens butter"

[gojira5150]

Ahhhh, yesssss....."butter softens butter"

You guys come up with some really good ones. I post them to r/steelers and I get downvoted quickly. That's a badge of honor there. Keep em coming

[jeemie]

Quick Update from the Post Gazette.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 2507310067

Any chance you could copy/paste article?

Paste the article link into the "my url is alive and I want to archive its content" box at this website:

https://archive.ph/

Works quite a bit, but not always.

Worked for this article.

[Thrillsseeker]

Cool man. It worked.

Thanks!

[anpsteel]

From everything I’m reading, it certainly looks like the team needs a new left tackle


Let’s hope Calvin Anderson is serviceable, or we are going to regret letting Moore walk

[jebrick]

From everything I’m reading, it certainly looks like the team needs a new left tackle


Let’s hope Calvin Anderson is serviceable, or we are going to regret letting Moore walk

Like they are moving the traffic barrel to the left side.

Moore only looked good because Jones was so bad on the other side.

[Steelafan77]

Has there been a time before season start with so many injuries? Concerning.

From Friday night.

“CB Cory Trice suffered a hamstring injury and left practice. He was replaced in the second-team defense by James Pierre.


TE DJ Thomas-Jones (left calf/ankle), DT Dean Lowry (knee) and DT Esezi Otomewo (right knee) all did not practice.


LG Isaac Seumalo took only individual reps as he works back from his undisclosed injury. Spencer Anderson started.


LT Broderick Jones took one period of team reps before giving way to Calvin Anderson and Dylan Cook. Anderson was injured late in practice and is being evaluated.

https://steelersnow.com/steelers-camp-t ... -in-waves/”

[anpsteel]

Looks like Calvin Anderson is out for a bit, and the perpetually injured Cory Trice, as well

Time to finally another OT

[Steeldrama]

Well if Aaron Rodgers has anything to say about it, I’m sure he’s suggested giving his boy Dave Bakhtiari a call.

Super fragile dude in his own right.
Hes only 33 (but his knees are 63).

A Hail Mary signing if there ever was one but at least he’d come (dirt) cheap

[K_C_]

From everything I’m reading, it certainly looks like the team needs a new left tackle


Let’s hope Calvin Anderson is serviceable, or we are going to regret letting Moore walk

Dude, what?

Moore was literally a turnstile last season.

Tennessee signing him to that huge contract was EASILY the dumbest move of the entire free agency period.

Broderick Jones might suck and he could be a massive bust but Moore was absolutely awful in every respect last season.

[tbsteel]

From everything I’m reading, it certainly looks like the team needs a new left tackle


Let’s hope Calvin Anderson is serviceable, or we are going to regret letting Moore walk

Dude, what?

Moore was literally a turnstile last season.

Tennessee signing him to that huge contract was EASILY the dumbest move of the entire free agency period.

Broderick Jones might suck and he could be a massive bust but Moore was absolutely awful in every respect last season.

Moore is twice the tackle Jones is. He sucks but he is NFL quality.

Jones is a complete fraud and not a professional player.

[Ice]

Anderson nursing an injury, per Depot/Kozora. Thomas-Jones close to getting back out there. Jones and Seumalo both worked with the first team O during 7 shots yesterday.

[Steeldrama]

Yeah saying Dan Moore is a better LT than Broderick Jones is like comparing a Pinto to a Vega.

Still, Titans OL coach Bill Callahan one of the best in the business. Must’ve seen SOMETHING in Moore to sign off on that absurd contract.

I won’t be surprised if he fixes what crappy ass Pat Meyer couldn’t.

Left tackle a disaster and your best shot at blowing up NHALS once and for all.

[anpsteel]

From everything I’m reading, it certainly looks like the team needs a new left tackle


Let’s hope Calvin Anderson is serviceable, or we are going to regret letting Moore walk

Dude, what?

Moore was literally a turnstile last season.

Tennessee signing him to that huge contract was EASILY the dumbest move of the entire free agency period.

Broderick Jones might suck and he could be a massive bust but Moore was absolutely awful in every respect last season.

He may be marginal, and he certainly has gaps in his game, but from what we’ve seen from jones this far, Moore is a significant improvement

[K_C_]

From everything I’m reading, it certainly looks like the team needs a new left tackle


Let’s hope Calvin Anderson is serviceable, or we are going to regret letting Moore walk

Dude, what?

Moore was literally a turnstile last season.

Tennessee signing him to that huge contract was EASILY the dumbest move of the entire free agency period.

Broderick Jones might suck and he could be a massive bust but Moore was absolutely awful in every respect last season.

Moore is twice the tackle Jones is. He sucks but he is NFL quality.

Jones is a complete fraud and not a professional player.

Moore showed improvement the previous year, but literally all of that improvement went to shit in 2024.

Heading into last season, I said the Steelers might have to consider franchising Dan Moore. That's how much improvement he showed in 2023 (Moore was far from elite, but he was definitely improving) and by midseason last year, I knew Moore was finished in Pittsburgh.

He absolutely positively sucked in 2024.

Maybe Jones is a bust that will never pan out whatsoever, but I'd rather roll with Jones, Dylan Cook and Anderson than Dan Moore ANY DAY, looking at Moore's contract.

[K_C_]

Yeah saying Dan Moore is a better LT than Broderick Jones is like comparing a Pinto to a Vega.

Still, Titans OL coach Bill Callahan one of the best in the business. Must’ve seen SOMETHING in Moore to sign off on that absurd contract.

I won’t be surprised if he fixes what crappy ass Pat Meyer couldn’t.

Left tackle a disaster and your best shot at blowing up NHALS once and for all.

That's a great point with Callahan.

Moore took about 5 steps back in his play last year, but Callahan might be able to get him back on track.

The same thing will probably happen with Jones once he leaves Pittsburgh.

[955876]

Yeah saying Dan Moore is a better LT than Broderick Jones is like comparing a Pinto to a Vega.

Still, Titans OL coach Bill Callahan one of the best in the business. Must’ve seen SOMETHING in Moore to sign off on that absurd contract.

I won’t be surprised if he fixes what crappy ass Pat Meyer couldn’t.

Left tackle a disaster and your best shot at blowing up NHALS once and for all.

That's a great point with Callahan.

Moore took about 5 steps back in his play last year, but Callahan might be able to get him back on track.

The same thing will probably happen with Jones once he leaves Pittsburgh.

Agree with both post.

[jebrick]

Yeah saying Dan Moore is a better LT than Broderick Jones is like comparing a Pinto to a Vega.

Still, Titans OL coach Bill Callahan one of the best in the business. Must’ve seen SOMETHING in Moore to sign off on that absurd contract.

I won’t be surprised if he fixes what crappy ass Pat Meyer couldn’t.

Left tackle a disaster and your best shot at blowing up NHALS once and for all.

That's a great point with Callahan.

Moore took about 5 steps back in his play last year, but Callahan might be able to get him back on track.

The same thing will probably happen with Jones once he leaves Pittsburgh.

It might. jones was raw coming out and now, in year 3, we are see him struggle with technique because he has to think about it. Should ahve learned all of that in college. He has the athletic build to be a tackle but no technique.