Depot After Darkish: Hilton Indicators With Colts, Starks In Eire, Steelers Guess Irish Locations

A Steelers Depot day by day section. A fast hit of some Pittsburgh Steelers-related tales that won’t require a whole article, however nuggets value mentioning and passing on to you guys.

Your Depot After Darkish for Sept. 22.

HILTON SIGNS WITH COLTS

Mike Hilton was an underrated a part of the Steelers’ protection for a number of years. He was with the workforce from 2016 to 2020 earlier than leaving Pittsburgh for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2021. This offseason, the Bengals parted methods with Hilton. He had a short stint with the Miami Dolphins earlier than they launched him. Now, Hilton has a brand new workforce.

ESPN insider Jeremy Fowler introduced that Hilton has signed with the Indianapolis Colts. The Steelers play the Colts in Week 9, so we’ll see if Hilton continues to be there at that time. If he’s, that would add one other storyline to that matchup. Hilton battled the Steelers a number of occasions throughout his Bengals tenure.

STARKS IN IRELAND

This week, the Steelers will journey to Eire to play in the NFL’s first regular-season sport there. Minnesota, this week’s opponent, is lacking its beginning quarterback. However the Vikings nonetheless received dominantly in Week 3. Subsequently, the Steelers could possibly be in for an even bigger problem than initially anticipated.

Earlier than the workforce travels to Eire, they’ve already despatched a consultant over there. Steelers Eire revealed on Twitter that Max Starks, a former offensive lineman and present commentator for the workforce, is already in Eire. He’s working to advertise the sport and drum up pleasure earlier than the competition. It seems like a pleasant perk to his job.

STEELERS GUESS IRISH PLACES

The Rooney household has owned the Steelers since 1933. Earlier than he handed away, Dan Rooney labored for years to get the NFL to permit the Steelers to play in Eire. He was America’s ambassador to the nation for a number of years, exhibiting the depth of his household’s Irish connection. Now, his dream might be realized, however some present Steelers aren’t updated on their information of Eire.

Steelers Eire posted a humorous video on their Twitter asking a number of gamers to guess which Irish locations had been actual and which weren’t. Suffice it to say, all of them struggled. Nevertheless, it seems like all of them realized details whereas having enjoyable.