The Pittsburgh Steelers, like every team during the NFL Draft process, is focused on not only getting impact players, but utilizing value when drafting them.
Steel City Underground presents our 2023 Steelers Recall: a look back at Pittsburgh Steelers games and storylines from last season. The 2-1 Pittsburgh Steelers rolled into Houston to face the 1-2 Texans in Week 4 of the NFL regular season.
Steel City Underground presents our 2023 Steelers Recall: a look back at Pittsburgh Steelers games and storylines from last season. The Pittsburgh Steelers entered Week 3 of the NFL regular season after a rocky start in their first two games.
The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Connor Heyward, the younger brother of Cam Heyward, with their sixth-round pick (208th overall) in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Steelers tight end Connor Heyward was slammed with a fine from the Ravens for unnecessary roughness. Heyward was fined $5,049, and it occurred in the first quarter in Baltimore.
The Steelers will likely have several positions they need to overturn in the offseason, but one of their former players doesn't believe it's close in terms of which group is the worst.
The Steelers offense looked better against the Cincinnati Bengals. Was it perfect? Far from it, but the team has solid building blocks to work with naturally coming out of that game.
The Pittsburgh Steelers love having brothers on their roster. Over the years, they have had numerous sets and currently have two in Cameron Heyward and Connor Heyward, and Nick Herbig and Nate Herbig.
PITTSBURGH — Two Pittsburgh Steelers players had their injury statuses updated on Monday as the team started the process of moving forward from its Week 10 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday and looking ahead to the Week 11 trip to visit the Cleveland Browns.
With the Steelers sitting at 4-2 in the AFC playoff race and facing a big set of three consecutive home games they have a chance to make a really big move.
Steelers tight end Connor Heyward earned the highest grade for tight ends in Week 5 from Pro Football Focus. Heyward’s 81.4 grade is the best for any tight end, with more than 25 snaps weekly.
Tight end Connor Heyward and wide receiver Allen Robinson II were two of the six Pittsburgh Steelers who did not practice in the first session of the week on Wednesday as the Steelers began their preparations for their Week 4 game against the Houston Texans.
When it rains, it pours. That's certainly how the Steelers felt leaving Acrisure Stadium following their 30-7 loss to the 49ers in Week 1. But there is still hope in the Steel City.
The Pittsburgh Steelers 2023 season did not start as most fans had hoped. They lost their Week 1 game in their first home season opener since 2014 by a score of 30-7 against the San Francisco 49ers.
It's no secret that the Steelers love to invest in NFL family bloodlines and that didn't change Thursday when they created another duo on the team.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have good odds to beat the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night and finish the 2023 NFL preseason with an unbeaten record. The Steelers are 4.5-point favorites over the Falcons on Thursday night.
PITTSBURGH — Connor Heyward joined the Steelers last year expecting to be a pure tight end after converting from running back at Michigan State. But things changed for Heyward quickly when the Steelers saw what his unique skill set and body type could do in Matt Canada’s offense.
In the sixth round of the 2022 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Michigan State standout, Connor Heyward. The younger brother of standout defensive tackle Cameron Heyward, some people thought the Steelers were just doing him a solid by giving him a chance in the NFL.
ESPN has named Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Connor Heyward as the team’s surprise offseason standout for 2023. Heyward came a long way during his rookie season in 2022 after being selected out of Michigan State in the sixth round last April.
The 24-year-old logged an offensive snap share of 15% as a rookie last year, a much lower usage rate than his 65% split on special teams.
When the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Connor Heyward in the sixth-round of the 2022 NFL Draft, there were many who questioned the pick as it was unsure of the role he would play in the team's offense.
The Steelers may quietly have one of the best young group of offensive weapons in the league but one unlikely second-year player believes he is in store for a big season in 2023.
PITTSBURGH — One of the first questions that came to mind for Pittsburgh Steelers fans after the team drafted gigantic Georgia tight end Darnell Washington in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft was what that selection meant for the future of 2022 rookie Connor Heyward.
Heyward has played so well that he earned more playing time, but a six-foot tight end is a novelty, a fullback who is such a good pass catcher he was able to play tight end is a weapon few teams enjoy.
The Steelers were 19-16 winners over the Falcons on Sunday to win their second game in a row.
The pick now gives the Steelers not one, not two, not three, but four sets of brothers on their team.
Connor Heyward finished his career with the Spartans with 825 rushing yards, five rushing touchdowns, 711 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns.
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