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Aaron Curry is the new inside linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team announced Wednesday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Curry is the new inside linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team announced Wednesday. Curry spent the last four years working in various roles for the Seattle Seahawks, including assistant defensive line/defensive ends coach in 2022. Curry replaces Jerry Olsavsky, who had been Pittsburgh's inside linebackers coach since 2015. Olsavsky spent more than 20 years with the organization as a player and coach but was not retained for the 2023 season.

Aaron Curry comes to Pittsburgh after four years with the Seattle Seahawks. He replaces Jerry Olsavsky, who was the inside linebackers coach since 2015.

The Cleveland Browns fired defensive coordinator Joe Woods after his third season ended way short of expectations or the playoffs.

Pittsburgh won seven of its last nine games, and rookie QB Kenny Pickett showed flashes of being a star down the stretch.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sixteen years in, Mike Tomlin still hasn't endured a losing season in Pittsburgh. As much as the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers coach appreciates the way his team rallied down the stretch to end up 9-8, he also couldn't care less that his record streak — the most consecutive seasons of finishing .500 or better to start a head coaching career in NFL history — remains intact.

The Ravens ran the ball when they wanted, where they wanted and as often as they wanted in a game that all but ended any shot Pittsburgh had at the playoffs.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers knew what was coming. So did the 66,326 fans bundled in the mid-December chill. And everyone watching at home. Probably the pigeons that have been known to lunch in various parts of the field during sunnier late fall days too.

The budding chemistry between Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett and wide receiver George Pickens is paying off

No other skill position player on the Steelers — not 2021 Pro Bowl wide receiver Diontae Johnson, not tight end Pat Freiermuth, not running back Najee Harris — seems to engender as much trust in Pickett as the 6-foot-3 Pickens.