Steelers Practice Tracker: Tracking the news from the joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are back in Pittsburgh following training camp and are at Acrisure Stadium for a joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Although the practice was closed to the public, it was open to media and it was expected there would be reports as to what was going on just like last season…
But that ended up not being the case.
Steelers' joint practice with the Bucs will get underway momentarily.
Updates from the practice will be sparing because we're under regular-season reporting guidelines, which means no observations from practice unless confirmed by coach or player afterward.
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) August 14, 2025
For that reason, all we can do this time is compile all the information that comes out after practice has concluded.
Enjoy the news coming from practice, and be sure to stay tuned to Steel Curtain Network as we deliver the best, in-depth news surrounding the black-and-gold as the team prepares for the 2025 regular season.
Note: Newer tweets will be added at the bottom to give a better timeline for when viewing at a later date.
HERE WE GO STEELERS!
Special visitor at joint practice Thursday.
No. 7 brings his boys to Acrisure. pic.twitter.com/oDavLAOEp9— Joe Rutter (@tribjoerutter) August 14, 2025
Joint practice @AcrisureStadium between Steelers and Bucs. Just wrapped up. pic.twitter.com/6fwNVerr5v
— Chris Adamski (@C_AdamskiTrib) August 14, 2025
Mike Evans beats Jalen Ramsey for a “TD” from Baker Mayfield in “Seven shots” 2-pt conversion simulation at Steelers-Bucs joint practice @AcrisureStadium pic.twitter.com/1CcpPoLwom
— Chris Adamski (@C_AdamskiTrib) August 14, 2025
Working from home today 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Qh5MBAg9D8
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) August 14, 2025
Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger: Two 40-something Super Bowl-winning QBs chatting it up at joint practice pic.twitter.com/IEuY6FcZ5j
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) August 14, 2025
No Cam Heyward for today’s practice. Couple old friends in the house, including Joey Porter Sr., Ben Roethlisberger and Ryan Shazier. pic.twitter.com/Am3JLKdBqZ
— Alan Saunders (@ASaunders_PGH) August 14, 2025
#Steelers OL Ryan McCollum limited today per Mike Tomlin. Spencer Anderson and Aidan Williams not dressed. pic.twitter.com/SLqyfnv8mz
— Alan Saunders (@ASaunders_PGH) August 14, 2025
A couple #Pitt alums in familiar stomping grounds today. pic.twitter.com/Ky3oyczijN
— Alan Saunders (@ASaunders_PGH) August 14, 2025
Mike Tomlin and Ben Roethlisberger at joint practice pic.twitter.com/CFSLzr37sS
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) August 14, 2025
Big man running pic.twitter.com/L5NSmUUqBz
— Nick Farabaugh (@FarabaughFB) August 14, 2025
Steelers-Bucs joint practice is a wrap. What happened here stays here. pic.twitter.com/JgWSQK6lNL
— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) August 14, 2025
Perfect timing 🤣 @KENNETHGAINWEL pic.twitter.com/KhXEw6IMcV
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) August 14, 2025
RBs 😤 pic.twitter.com/N2jvUZ858v
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) August 14, 2025
👍 @Patrickqueen_ 👍 pic.twitter.com/9yUidKtCUO
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) August 14, 2025
Steelers and Bucs joint practice finished off with a two-minute drill where the Steelers offense didn’t pick up a first down, Pat Freiermuth confirmed. DK Metcalf dropped a pass on second down, but the overall sentiment was they needed to clean a bunch of stuff up.
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) August 14, 2025
Pat Freiermuth said the offense dominated Seven Shots, 6-1. But in the two-minute drill, they failed to record a first down. Mixed bag for the first-team offense.
— Mike DeFabo (@MikeDeFabo) August 14, 2025
DeShon Elliott on Mike Tomlin's decision to sit out most of the starters again in Preseason Week 2: “We definitely want to play. But shit, he has a (plan) for us. We gonna do our job and he’s gonna do his job.’
— Chris Adamski (@C_AdamskiTrib) August 14, 2025
Steelers OL and RBs after practice commonly said they would like to have seen the run game have more success.
Frazier said the Bucs sent lots of blitzes and that threw a wrench in some things there.
— Nick Farabaugh (@FarabaughFB) August 14, 2025
#Steelers CB Joey Porter Jr. was limited in practice today. They moved Jalen Ramsey outside and played Brandin Echols in the slot, Echols said. Got lots of run in that alignment in a very competitive (and talky) 2-min drill that Tampa won.
"We'll see them Saturday."
— Alan Saunders (@ASaunders_PGH) August 14, 2025
Two fun matchups here:
Steelers CB Joey Porter Jr. vs. Bucs WR Mike Evans
Steelers CB Beanie Bishop vs. Bucs WR Garrett Greene, Beanie’s college quarterback his last year at WVU pic.twitter.com/PnUnNeGpKq
— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) August 14, 2025
One player who multiple players named that stood out today — WR Scotty Miller.
He’s someone who Andy Weidl praised in his pre-practice presser as well. Feels like miller has done enough to earn himself a roster spot at the moment.
— Nick Farabaugh (@FarabaughFB) August 14, 2025
Christian Kuntz very happy jumping in the fight on special teams. But P Cam Johnston had to be pulled off a guy by fellow punter Corliss Waitman
— Mark Kaboly (@MarkKaboly) August 14, 2025
The one big dust-up at practice today was started by … Steelers punter Cam Johnston.
He’s a punter. But he also an Aussie first and foremost.
He took exception to someone crashing too close to his plant leg.
Connor Heyward then clobbered someone and things escalated.
— Alan Saunders (@ASaunders_PGH) August 14, 2025
Choose your Steelers duo:
• Ben Roethlisberger and Mike Tomlin
• Joey Porter Sr. and Cam Heyward
• Chris Boswell and Ben Sauls
• Kaleb Johnson and Roman Wilson pic.twitter.com/yUOQSpDTiS— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) August 14, 2025
Bucs WR Emeka Egbuka said the Steelers ran a lot of zone coverage today against them, not as much man to man.
Called facing Jalen Ramsey ‘surreal.’
Egbuka confirmed the Bucs offense were successful on their two minute drive, with Baker Mayfield finding Evans against Ramsey.
— Nick Farabaugh (@FarabaughFB) August 14, 2025
9️⃣0️⃣ @_TJWatt pic.twitter.com/bDiRswewDC
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) August 14, 2025
Still no Calvin Austin, Jonnu Smith, Alex Highsmith or Yahya Black for the Steelers today on the injury front. pic.twitter.com/vMt8YeH6sA
— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) August 14, 2025
The seven shots periods today went as follows:
Steelers offense over Bucs defense 6-1 (via Pat Freiermuth)
Bucs offense over Steelers defense 4-3 (via Emeka Egbuka)
— Nick Farabaugh (@FarabaughFB) August 14, 2025
One quote that stood out to me was this from Brandin Echols, and I think it describes a good bit of what I saw out there today.
"We came out a little flat. Flatter than usual."
— Nick Farabaugh (@FarabaughFB) August 14, 2025
See yinz on Saturday 🙌 @pat_fry5
Get your tickets 🎟️ https://t.co/DR7ub5KvyJ pic.twitter.com/gp6GlHM2Ge
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) August 14, 2025
Kaleb Johnson, Patrick Queen, Pat Freiermuth, and Zach Frazier spoke to the media following joint practice with the Buccaneers. @PondLehocky pic.twitter.com/Rdj3VlTuss
— Steelers Live (@SteelersLive) August 14, 2025
