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Steelers Quarterback Situation Yet Again: A Guessing Game The Pittsburgh Steelers have done their homework on the 2026 quarterback class, and one name stands out above the rest as a potential mid-round target: Miami’s Carson Beck. That’s according to Mike DeFabo of The Athletic, who reports that Beck took a pre-draft visit with the Steelers, [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers need to do it again. After an emphatic Game 1 win over the Penguins, they return to the ice to try and leave Pittsburgh with an improbable 2-0 series lead. Imagine going back to the good city up 2-0 in this series? It’s what dreams are made of. Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP/ESPN+ 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading Travis Sanheim was a workhorse in Game 1. On every side of the puck, the Flyers veteran blueliner was putting in the w...
With a huge win collected in Saturday’s Game 1 in Pittsburgh — and an even bigger first blow dealt in this already spirited series — the Flyers have a chance to put the Penguins completely on the ropes before the series shifts back home to Philadelphia, if they can keep the ball rolling and replicate some of the good work they put in throughout that first matchup. That task, though, will be easier said than done. For this experienced Penguins team, this would have been a difficult lo...
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward isn’t just a great player on the field and a humanitarian off it, he also has his own podcast! Like Behind The Steel Curtain, Heyward’s podcast is part of the Vox Media company. As part of that corporate synergy, we’ve got a special offer for BTSC readers to go […]
The long slog of the NFL Draft cycle is near an end. On Thursday night, we will finally put an end to all the speculation as Pittsburgh hosts one of the most televised and picked-over hiring events known to man. We’ve posted many a mock draft here on BTSC, but it’s been a few weeks […]
Travis Sanheim played an outstanding Game 1 leading to a suffocating victory over the rival Pittsburgh Penguins. They’ve laid out the blueprint to win the series as underdogs. The question now is if the veteran defenseman and the Flyers can play a near-perfect defensive game three more times. Sidney Crosby won’t go down without swinging, as Philadelphia is all too familiar with, and it starts on the back end with their number one defenseman. Getting physical with Crosby Sanheim doesn...
The Philadelphia Flyers will need to adjust since the Pittsburgh Penguins are guaranteed to adjust their tactics for Game 2.
Less than a week remains until the NFL Draft. At this rate, the 2026 season will be here before we realize it. Earlier this month, Ryan and I at Read & React asked for all of your Steelers questions to do a mailbag edition of the column. You guys responded with so many that we […]
It would be an understatement to say that things did not go well for the Pittsburgh Penguins in their Game 1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. Despite the close 3-2 final score, as well as the fact they had a prime scoring chance to potentially tie the game in the closing seconds, […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ worse case scenario is becoming reality in front of our eyes. After confidently telling fans that the team won’t be on Aaron Rodgers watch for the entirety of the offseason, as they were in 2025, the four-time MVP won’t be at voluntary mini-camp, and the Steelers won’t know his decision before the […]
All offseason long, Pittsburgh Steelers fans were promised that the Aaron Rodgers saga won’t drag on deep into the summer as it did last year. Team president Art Rooney said he expects a decision before the NFL Draft while at the owner’s meetings last month. However, that will not be happening. According to Ian Rapoport, […]
The excitement building in Pittsburgh ahead of the NFL Draft took an unexpected hit Monday, as the Steelers were met with concerning news regarding one of their cornerstone young players. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, offensive tackle Broderick Jones has suffered a setback in his recovery from the neck injury that cut short his 2025 […]
The NFL Draft is set for this week, beginning on Thursday April 23rd at 8 PM, and running through Saturday, April 25th. The beautiful city of Pittsburgh is hosting this year, and as a local I can tell you people are abuzz with the event’s arrival (mostly having to do with the jacked up AirBnB […]
Who: Philadelphia Flyers (1-0) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (0-1) in Game 2 of the best of seven series When: 7:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and NBC Sports Philadelphia, national on ESPN, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: Game 3 will be on Wednesday night in Philadelphia, then the series takes an extra day’s […]
*This weekend saw the Flyers open up their first round series against the Penguins, and while a playoff situation is a whole other beast, there are some key lessons that they could take into it from the regular season series. [ BSH ] *And also, looking back further, from the last time these two teams met in the postseason. [ BSH ] *Heading into this matchup, too, all eyes are on Dan Vladar, who’s been making quite a statement throughout this season. [ PHLY ] *The Flyers have no ...
With a depleted group of relievers, the Pittsburgh Pirates promoted one of their top prospects ahead of their Sunday contest against the Tampa Bay Rays. 23-year-old Wilber Dotel got the call to pitch for Pittsburgh while on a road trip with Triple-A Indianapolis. Originally slated to start for the Indians on Saturday evening, Dotel instead […]
The Philadelphia Flyers went into Pittsburgh and got a 3-2 upset win over the Penguins in Game 1 on Saturday night. Philadelphia never trailed in the game, as a strong defensive effort limited the Penguins’ chances, and the Flyers were able to capitalize on a few of theirs. Let’s take a deeper look at all five goals in the Flyers’ 3-2 win using NHL.com’s EDGE Goal Visualizer. Flyers’ cycle leads to Jamie Drysdale’s opening goal The Flyers capitalized on a long shift in the ...
Despite taking the loss in the series finale against the first place Pirates, Shane McClanahan should be leaving Pittsburgh feeing really good about where he is at. Yes, he surrendered four runs over four and a third innings, allowing eight hits in the process. However, that was the sharpest the southpaw has looked in three […]
Heading into Game 1 of a series in which 10 of your players are playing their first career postseason game, the physical battle is not necessarily something you would expect to win. That should only be amplified when you consider that players like Denver Barkey, Matvei Michkov, and Trevor Zegras aren’t exactly players who look to set the tone with their physical play. But despite a gap in experience and even physical stature, The Flyers came out hitting anything that moved. In the first p...
The NFL Draft will begin this Thursday, and the Pittsburgh Steelers will be one of the must-watch franchises throughout the course of the weekend. With a staggering 12 picks and needs at quarterback, wide receiver, and offensive line, among others, the Steelers will have several consequential picks to make. However, they could be set to […]
Will Howard got to live the dream of every college prospect last April when he heard his name called by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2025 NFL Draft. What likely wasn’t in his dream, though, was making less money than he did in college. In a recent piece for The Athletic, Howard told David Ubben […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins played a disjointed opening game against the Flyers and ended up falling 3-2 to their instate rivals to kick off their 2026 playoff series. Where’d it all go wrong (aside from just about everything in the first 20-55 minutes?) Let’s take a look. They weren’t alone in it, but the Sam Girard […]
The Philadelphia Flyers were able to walk away from Game 1 of the first round against the Pittsburgh Penguins — the team’s first playoff game since 2020 and the first ever for so many players on this team — with a very impressive 3-2 win. But it made a larger impact than just putting them up 1-0 in the series, several players were raving about the win and how impressive some individual performances were. Denver Barkey battles the big guy Flyers winger Denver Barkey isn’t a big g...
They didn’t take the easy route, nearly coughing up a two-goal lead with just over a minute to go but in the end, the Philadelphia Flyers took Game 1 with an impressive 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins to take the series lead one game to none. Winger Porter Martone played his first playoff game, and got his first goal. To put icing on the already lovely cake thus far, it was the game-winner. Martone told ESPN’s Emily Kaplan immediately after the game he wanted to have an impact wi...
There was a fun nugget in Elliotte Friedman’s recent 32 Thoughts The Penguins are one of the league’s great stories and they are fun to watch. One scout said Anthony Mantha may be the most-watched player by other teams in Round 1 Mantha had a career-best season, exploding for 33 goals and 64 points, while […]