Coach Mike Tomlin will hold his weekly news conference at noon today, with injury reviews and reflections on Sunday’s loss to the Chargers before he moves on to the important AFC North game this Sunday at Cincinnati.
Meanwhile, the NFL Network says the league is reviewing an incident in the fourth quarter Sunday where it appeared the Steelers defensive lineman Cam Heyward punched Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert in the stomach. Heyward was penalized for unnecessary roughness on the play but he says he was only trying to get up when he accidentally fell back on top of Herbert. He said there was nothing malicious about it and he apologizes, and wishes he had said more to Herbert after the play. The NFL Network reports that Heyward will not be suspended but could be fined. Herbert said he had no problem with the play.
The Pittsburgh Maulers are one of eight teams that were announced yesterday in the re-constituted USFL, the league which disbanded after three seasons in 1985. The Maulers only survived the first of those three years.
The new USFL will play a 10-game schedule from mid-April through mid-May, but even though they are the Pittsburgh franchise, the Maulers will not play in Pittsburgh. All eight teams will operate out of a central location that has not been announced yet. The other franchises are Detroit, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Houston, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, and Birmingham.
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