Harris Addresses Steelers Facilities Following Poor 2025 NFLPA Report Card
Why is all of this important? Well, Harris’ NFL facilities remarks came a few weeks after the Steelers again scored poor grades in the annual NFLPA report card.
Overall, the Steelers finished 28th out of 32 teams in the report card, which is based on answers from a player survey. Pittsburgh received a C-plus grade in training room, C-plus in weight room and a D grade in locker room.
The Steelers also had a C-minus grade in strength coaches, which was ranked last in the league.
The Steelers improved in some areas of the report card, including treatment of families. The improvement in that grade came from the team beginning to offer game-day daycare services.
Still, the Steelers only scored a C-minus grade in treatment of families, up from an F in 2024.
Harris’ comments will only add fuel to the narrative that the Steelers aren’t investing in their player’s needs. Steelers ownership received a D grade in the 2025 report card.
On Jan. 28, former Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger didn’t specifically address the team’s weight room on his podcast. But he talked about the organization’s smaller than average coaching staff.
“Expand the strength and conditioning staff; expand the training staff. Expand equipment staff, all that stuff. But that’s money,” Roethlisberger said. “And we all know that the Rooneys aren’t putting a lot of extra into that stuff.
“That’s just, they’ve never done it that way. So, we don’t expect that to change.”
Part of the issue with the Steelers’ facilities could be that they share it with the Pitt Panthers football team. Acrisure Stadium is one of the few places which is home to a college and NFL team.
Still, that doesn’t change the fact the 2025 NFLPA report card concluded the Steelers need renovations and significant upgrades to many of their facilities.