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New Steelers coach McCarthy hoping to land ‘AFC North style’ QB as draft approaches

Spring might be a time for hope and renewal, and even in Pittsburgh the grass has greened and leaves have returned to the trees as the NFL Draft commences in late April. But when new Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike McCarthy evaluates football’s most important position while his team is on...
Steelers host 3 draft prospects, including 6-foot-9 tackle Travis Burke

Of all the draft prospects to earn invites to UPMC Rooney Sports Complex this spring, none is bigger than one who was hosted Friday. That’s because no draft-eligible player is taller than Memphis offensive tackle Travis Burke, who was one of three guests of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Burke,who measures 6-foot-9,...
1st-round prospects at safety, wide receiver among those hosted as Steelers draft visitorsVideo

The Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday hosted a pair of NFL Draft prospects who have been widely considered as possibilities to be their first-round pick. Toledo safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren and USC wide receiver Makai Lemon were joined by late-round prospect Marlin Klein — a tight end from Michigan — as those...
No #1 in Pittsburgh: Fernando Mendoza will reportedly skip draft to spend day with family

The show will go on in Pittsburgh later this month. But its marquee star won’t be there. According to a report from ESPN, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza informed the NFL he is not planning to attend the NFL Draft. The Heisman Trophy winner who led Indiana to the national championship,...
Steelers’ offseason workout program begins with top stars in attendanceVideo

T.J. Watt was there. Cameron Heyward, too. Also spotted were Jalen Ramsey, Patrick Queen, Joey Porter Jr., DK Metcalf, Pat Freiermuth and many others. A Pittsburgh Steelers offseason program unlike any in almost two decades is underway. And attendance, as judged by the big names, is strong. Voluntary workouts began...
Steelers’ Mike McCarthy, Patrick Graham have options deploying Jalen Ramsey this season

PHOENIX — In looking for clues to how the Pittsburgh Steelers plan deploy their defensive backs under a new coaching staff this season, consider how coach Mike McCarthy answered the first question he was asked about free-agent signing Jaquan Brisker. The first player he mentioned wasn’t Brisker. It was Jalen...
A revamping of the Steelers WR corps is underway under Mike McCarthy

PHOENIX — The Pittsburgh Steelers are going big when it comes to reshaping their wide receivers corps. Literally and figuratively. Two-plus months into the tenure of new coach Mike McCarthy and with four weeks of free agency behind them, the Steelers have moved on from three of the top four...
McCarthy has heavy hand in offense but still values offensive coordinator, QB coach

PHOENIX — He’s a head coach who calls his own plays, and he has acknowledged he “has to be in that quarterbacks (position meeting) room.” In that sense, from the outside, it would seem that new Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike McCarthy, in theory, wouldn’t even need an offensive coordinator or...
Mike McCarthy excited for Warren/Dowdle Steelers RB tandem, but Kaleb Johnson in limbo

PHOENIX — Pittsburgh Steelers running back Kaleb Johnson went to the public high school in Hamilton, Ohio. There’s no indication whether, like new Steelers coach and Bishop Boyle alumnus Mike McCarthy, he was raised Catholic. But that doesn’t mean McCarthy’s message delivered by way of a colorful Catholic analogy won’t...
New grass playing surface for Acrisure Stadium to be laid in August

PHOENIX — The “borderline unplayable” natural grass field at Acrisure Stadium is soon to be replaced. Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II confirmed that a sod farm utilizing a different breed of grass is growing what will be laid at the Steelers home stadium this summer. The playing surface earned...
Steelers’ Rooney doesn’t expect changes to Rooney Rule in response to Fla. attorney general

PHOENIX — Art Rooney II stands by the policy that bears his family name, and the NFL at large does as well. Four days after Florida attorney general James Uthmeier sent an open letter to league commissioner Roger Goodell that termed the Rooney Rule “illegal in Florida,” current Steelers president...
Mike McCarthy takes hands-on approach to draft, and Steelers are willing to take his input

PHOENIX — Though they are in their first offseason together as the primary power brokers for the football operations of one of the NFL’s higher-profile franchises, this is not the first spring that Omar Khan and Mike McCarthy have been involved in the process of an NFL team’s draft. Now...
NFL owners meeting notebook: Art Rooney II expects answer from Aaron Rodgers by the draftVideo

PHOENIX — Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II believes it won’t be much longer before the world knows if Aaron Rodgers will return to his team for the coming season. “I would say by the draft,” Rooney said Tuesday, “I expect an answer.” Rodgers, a four-time NFL MVP quarterback, has...
DK Metcalf’s non-ejection, Danny Smith’s loophole mark Steelers’ ties to new NFL rules

PHOENIX — The NFL on Tuesday officially announced the approval of five new playing rules and four other modified procedural bylaws. Two of the rules changes trace back to incidents involving last season’s Pittsburgh Steelers. As part of business taking place at the owners meetings at the Arizona Biltmore resort,...
Steelers’ Mike McCarthy: Will Howard ‘definitely a real prospect as a starting QB’Video

PHOENIX — Mike McCarthy enjoyed his year off away from coaching and being more involved with his family in 2025. For only the second time in more than a quarter century, he had no role in the draft. But if McCarthy had carried influence in a draft “war room” last...
After decades of all gold seats, Art Rooney II says Acrisure Stadium’s touch of black add subtle new look

PHOENIX — No, that’s not your eyes playing tricks on you. There are, indeed, new seats getting installed at Acrisure Stadium. And among them are, indeed, specks of black. After a quarter century of a “sea of gold,” the stadium’s newest seating facelift has added some color diversity to its...

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