🏈 Former Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison thinks T.J. Watt will get the Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2026.

“Right now with T.J., 7.5 sacks, one interception, defensive touchdown, forced fumble, fumble recovery. My man’s going to get that defensive player of the year award that they stole from him the other time,” Harrison said on the Deebo & Joe podcast.

🏈 Former Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin revealed on Cam Heyward’s Not Just Football podcast that he is still using the motivation tactics he used when he was coaching.

🏈 Steelers All-Pro defensive tackle Cam Heyward admits Mike Tomlin has been texting him all season.

“He’s been texting me all season long, week in and week out, about different defensive linemen. Who we about to play. It’s me and T.J. together. There’s a crazy group chat going on right now. Because our relationships are real,” Heyward said. “It doesn’t have anything to do with the jobs that we hold. I love these dudes, man. I care about these dudes, and I wanna see them successful. And so sometimes wanting to see them successful and saying some things that aren’t necessarily nice, but I’m hoping they get it from somewhere else. But just in case they aren’t.”

🏈 Mike Tomlin revealed the moment that Le’Veon Bell started to shine.

“Man, I think Le’Veon was like 242 pounds or something at his Pro Day for Michigan State. And, he and I had a conversation at his Pro Day. I said, ‘Hey man, like, I got a vision of your professional weight being a lot lighter than this. Like, I’m just telling you.’ In his rookie year, he probably was in the 230s, but his second year, man, he showed up about 225 and that’s when he became L-Bell,” Tomlin told Heyward.

🏈 Bradley Locker of Pro Football Focus says Jaylen Warren has been unleashed under Mike McCarthy:

“Multiple Steelers rank near the top of their positional groups, but the headliner of the year has been Warren. His 91.1 PFF rushing grade is the best for any back, leading the way with 4.14 yards after contact per attempt while adding 11 runs of 15 or more yards,” Locker wrote. “On top of that, Warren has thrived in the passing game with 1.70 yards per route run and a staggering 14.2 yards after the catch per reception. The former undrafted free agent has finally been let loose in Mike McCarthy’s offense and has played like one of the game’s better all-around offensive players.”

🏈 The Cincinanti Bengals have the easiest remaining NFL strength of schedule from Weeks 10-18.

🏈 The stock is up on former Steelers running back Kaleb Johnson in Green Bay.

Johnson had a breakout performance for the Packers in their 45-27 win over the New England Patriots on Sunday. Johnson led the Packers with 68 yards rushing on 14 carries (4.9 yards per carry) and one touchdown, which was his first career TD.

Johnson received the game ball for the win. Overall, the Packers rushed for 129 yards on 32 carries (4.0 average) and two touchdowns against New England.

🏈 Clete Blakeman will be the head referee for Sunday night’s Steelers-Bengals game.

This will be the second Steelers game this year that Blakeman will officiate. He also officiated the Steelers’ Week 4 loss to the Cleveland Browns.

🏈 Steelers came in at No. 7 on Pro Football Talk’s Week 10 Power Rankings.

🏈 Steelers legend Jack Ham is doing “much, much better” after experiencing a medical emergency before the Penn State-Washington football game, Penn State broadcaster Steve Jones said on his radio show Monday morning, via Sports Illustrated’s Mark Wogenrich.

Jones, who has partnered with Ham on Penn State football radio broadcasts since 2000, said the legendary linebacker is “doing well” and “sounds great.” Ham called Jones on Monday morning prior to Jones’ show.

Ham remained at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle on Monday, two days after being hospitalized.

🏈 Pass Rush Diary on X posted highlights of Keeanu Benton through eight games.

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🏈 Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy opened up on why he gave the team the entire week off during the bye.

“It was important for the players to get away, both personally and professionally. I’m hoping they had a good break,” McCarthy said Monday in his weekly press conference. “But getting them activated to the schedule, getting everybody back in-tune with moving forward, you have to be careful coming off a bye week. We’ll do that tomorrow and Wednesday, and then we’ll get into a full week of prep for Cincinnati.”

🏈 Mike McCarthy thinks the Week 9 bye came at the right time.

“I don’t think there’s ever a bad time for a bye week,” McCarthy said. “I just think this game is so tough on the players, so tough for their bodies, and this past week reflected that. So, I think this was a good time for our team to be on a bye week.”

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