The Pittsburgh Steelers are hosting a joint practice with the Buffalo Bills on Aug. 15 at Acrisure Stadium, the club announced on Monday. The joint practice, which is closed to the public, will run from 2-4 p.m.
The Steelers face the Bills in a preseason game in Pittsburgh two days later on Saturday, Aug. 17.
The last time the Steelers had a joint practice was against the Detroit Lions in 2016. In addition, the Steelers hosted a joint practice against Buffalo in 2014.
General manager Omar Khan said on the Pat McAfee Show last year that the team is always open for joint practices, but it’s all about the logistics.
“We always entertain a couple of them,” he said. “It’s just, logistically, several reasons don’t work out. Who it is, maybe, it just doesn’t work out.”
The Steelers will report to training camp on July 24. It will be the team’s 57th summer of training camp at St. Vincent College near Latrobe, Pa.
The first practice of the summer will be on Thursday, July 25, and open practices will run through the penultimate session on Wednesday, Aug. 14. The annual Friday Night Lights practice at Latrobe Memorial Stadium will be held on Friday, Aug. 2.
As always, admission to the open practices will be free for fans. Free tickets are required, and are available through Ticketmaster for the practices at St. Vincent College. In total, 16 practice sessions will be open to the public.
The Steelers have been camping at St. Vincent since 1966, with a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19. Though the team’s camp regimen is steeped in tradition, there are some new wrinkles. This year, the team will be primarily practicing in the morning for the first time since the NFL went exclusively to one-a-day practices.