Steelers Confirm One Joint Practice With The Bucs
June 4th, 2025
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin.
It’s official. The Bucs will have one joint practice with the Steelers on Thursday, Aug. 14, at what used to be called Heinz Field.
The 2 p.m. session won’t be open the public, and it won’t be the traditional joint practice.
Joe says it won’t be traditional because typically these sessions are on multiple practice fields (hey, there’s two, 90-man rosters.) with simultaneous action and plenty of room for teams to do their drills and then join in work against each other.
That can’t happen on one stadium field.
Regardless, good job Bucs getting this done. It’s valuable work against an unknown commodity. No Bucs cornerbacks cheating on receivers whose tendencies they know. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is known as a guy who does not like joint practices.
The Bucs play the Steelers two days later on the same field, the preseason Week 2 matchup.
June 4th, 2025 at 12:23 pm
180 players plus all the coaches…
Let’s call it the sardine bowl.
June 4th, 2025 at 12:53 pm
Will Aaron Rodgers sign with him and get some reps against the Bucs secondary?
June 4th, 2025 at 1:10 pm
You can do PLENTY of work with two halves of a real field.
June 4th, 2025 at 2:04 pm
You can do PLENTY of work with two halves of a real field.
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Kind of thinking the same thing. Work inside the 40 yard line on each end of the field. Regardless, coaches and players seem to agree that joint practices are more productive than the pre-season games that generally follow. We are getting closer to football, again. WoW! For me the fun begins around July 4th w/ the start of The Tour de France. Which ends around the time Bucs training camp starts. That routine carries me all way through to end of the season. Good times, fellas.
June 4th, 2025 at 2:18 pm
With 180 players on the field?
When the Bucs used to have night practices at the stadium, the coaches hated it because there wasn’t enough room. That’s with 90 guys, not 180.
It’s not uncommon at all for the Bucs to use three practice fields in underwear football. They did just that some on Tuesday.
June 4th, 2025 at 2:45 pm
It will be physical, much needed especially for every receiver not named Evans, Godwin, and Shepherd. JMac showed in the playoffs he can go “deer in headlights” and Eggie is a rookie.
Tezzy has a chance to show he can play after getting his snot knocked.
Jarrett, Palmer and the Kamster have already shown their flag footballers at most.
June 4th, 2025 at 3:12 pm
Anyone that watches at the stadium the warm up work that is being done by the 48 active players on half the field knows how little top shelf work gets done.
At best you get about 20 seven on seven drills.
I wonder if teams have agreed to rest starters and play more the periphery type of players.
June 4th, 2025 at 4:13 pm
Palmer comes into the scrimmage as a Buc and goes back with the Steelers
June 4th, 2025 at 4:17 pm
Well they all have to fit on the same field for the preseason game don’t they? It’s said it’s not going to be a normal joint practice. My guess is they’ll have a few scrimmages with different groups rather than practice.
June 4th, 2025 at 4:37 pm
Perfect time To drop some Trash on the field
June 4th, 2025 at 5:30 pm
Sounds like the usual latest crap out of the NFL ownership. $$Stupid.$$
June 5th, 2025 at 6:22 am
My wife and I already planned our trip to my hometown Pittsburgh for the preseason game. Was hoping to change our itinerary to go to the joint practice, bu it’s not open to the public. The “Yinzers” have always treated us well.