Joe Rutter stories, Page 43
Joe Rutter’s Steelers mock draft: Search for left tackle leads to Georgia’s Broderick Jones
A year after finding their quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers would like to find someone to protect Kenny Pickett’s blind side. Of course, they’d also like to get an all-purpose cornerback to seal the secondary and a defensive end to eventually replace Cameron...
Work done in free agency has allowed Steelers to approach NFL Draft with ‘clean slate’
Calls were incoming as of Monday afternoon when he met with the media, and they are expected to continue into Thursday night to gauge whether Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan is willing to trade the No. 17 overall pick. “Are we interested in moving up, down,” Khan said of...
NFL Draft primer: New Steelers regime charged with finding right fit from deep cornerback class
The change in personnel under general manager Omar Khan brings hope for Pittsburgh Steelers fans that a change in the evaluation of college cornerbacks will follow suit. Along with assistant general manager Andy Weidl, Khan has new evaluators in director of pro scouting Sheldon White and director of player scouting...
Steelers brass Mike Tomlin, Omar Khan prepared, ready to tackle deep NFL Draft class
Since the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season ended Jan. 8, Omar Khan has plotted his first offseason as general manager with an eye toward the NFL Draft, the lifeblood of the organization’s team-building process. He attended the Hula Bowl, Senior Bowl, the HBCU and NFL combines. He hit the road for more...
NFL Draft primer: With plenty of vets on board, Steelers could wait to add safety depth
As certain as a broken clock tells the correct time twice a day, the Steelers could count on Terrell Edmunds lining up at strong safety each Sunday over the past five football seasons. The 2018 first-round pick missed just three of a possible 82 regular-season games, and he made 75...
NFL Draft primer: With weak ILB group on horizon, Steelers took care of business in free agency
When the Pittsburgh Steelers embarked on making over their inside linebacker room in March, perhaps they knew what awaited — or, more appropriately, didn’t await — in the NFL Draft this month. Elite-level prospects are missing from this year’s group of inside linebacker prospects. In other words, this wouldn’t be...
NFL Draft primer: Steelers thin at outside linebacker, but ‘zillion’ prospects await
One of the few position groups the Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t reinforce in the offseason was outside linebacker. They brought in or retained players on the offensive line, wide receiver, tight end, defensive line, inside linebacker, safety and cornerback. Heck, they even claimed a punter off waivers. Nary a pass rusher...
NFL Draft primer: Could Steelers make move for embattled but talented Jalen Carter?
The Jalen Carter saga is the biggest subplot weighing on the first day of the NFL Draft, and its reach has extended all the way to the middle of the opening round and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers were brought into the conversation this week by noted NBC columnist Peter...
NFL Draft primer: Analyst lobbies for Steelers to address tackle with No. 17 overall pick
It’s a foregone conclusion that the Pittsburgh Steelers will take an offensive tackle sometime during the first two days of the NFL Draft. It’s a matter of when. Could be in the first round with the No. 17 overall pick. Could be at No. 32, the opening pick of the...
NFL draft primer: Homework could pay off for Steelers with interior offensive line prospects
Considering the actions taken by the Pittsburgh Steelers in free agency, they believed one of the positions that needed upgraded from last season was on the interior of the offensive line. Although the Steelers return the same five offensive linemen who started all 17 regular-season games last season, that didn’t...
NFL Draft primer: Despite being set at tight end, Steelers could be swayed by deep class
It took until the final day of pre-draft visits for the Pittsburgh Steelers to bring a tight end prospect – Georgia’s Darnell Washington — to UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. The delay wasn’t surprising considering the Steelers return all three tight ends from the 2021 season and have no player at...
Reports: Steelers working on trade for Rams WR Allen Robinson, pending physicalVideo
After not signing a wide receiver in free agency, the Pittsburgh Steelers instead are on the verge of trading for one. According to national reports, the Steelers are in negotiations with the Los Angeles Rams on a trade for veteran receiver Allen Robinson. A trade is contingent on Robinson passing...
NFL Draft primer: With needs elsewhere, Steelers may wait to take wide receiver in later rounds
With the number of positions that could be used as reinforcements for the Pittsburgh Steelers early in the NFL Draft — tackle, defensive line and cornerback spring to mind — their traditional acquisition of a wide receiver on the second day may be tested. Five times in the past six...
Georgia tackle, Clemson defensive lineman latest top prospects to meet with Steelers
With the top-30 visits winding down this week for NFL teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers saved some of the biggest players for the final stages of the process. The Steelers on Monday had visits with Georgia tackle Broderick Jones and Clemson defensive linemen Bryan Bresee. Not only are Jones and Bresee...
NFL Draft primer: Texas running back trying to bring first-round value back to position
The latest barometer for how much — or how little — teams covet top running back prospects will be presented in the first round of the NFL Draft. Texas junior Bijan Robinson tallied the highest production score and the second-best athleticism rating at the NFL Combine. Draft analysts have Robinson...
NFL Draft primer: Flawed, yet talented QB group can be found at head of class
After a one-year hiatus, quarterbacks will be back in demand early in the NFL Draft. Passers could be taken in four of the first five selections, a contrast to the 2022 class when no quarterbacks were taken until the Pittsburgh Steelers grabbed Pitt’s Kenny Pickett with the No. 20 overall...
Steelers add punter Braden Mann on waivers claim from Jets
The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to have some competition at punter in training camp. Braden Mann, who spent his first three NFL seasons with the New York Jets, was awarded to the Steelers on a waivers claim Friday. He was cut by the Jets after they signed veteran Thomas Morstead....
Kansas State pass rusher, Tennessee wide receiver meet with Steelers
Edge rusher and wide receiver — positions the Pittsburgh Steelers have not addressed yet in free agency — remain places of emphasis in the pre-draft scouting process. The Steelers rounded out the week by conducting top-30 visits Friday with Kansas State outside linebacker Felix Anudike-Uzomah and Tennessee wide receiver Cedric...
Despite visit with Steelers, OLB Bud Dupree agrees to contract with Falcons
Bud Dupree won’t be reuniting with the Pittsburgh Steelers this season. Although the former Steelers outside linebacker met with the organization April 1 about a possible return, he decided Friday to sign a contract with the Atlanta Falcons, according to WSB-TV in Atlanta. The decision sends Dupree back to his...
Report: Steelers to sign special teams player, former Clemson LB/S Tanner Muse
Tanner Muse, a core special teams player who spent the past two seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, is negotiating with the Steelers on a contract, NFL Network reported Friday. Muse, 26, became a free agent in March when the Seahawks declined to tender him a contract as a restricted free...
With new coach, colors, location, Maulers return for 2nd USFL season
Like the league that brings a spring alternative for football-starved fans, the Pittsburgh Maulers return for a second season this weekend. The team wouldn’t mind all similarities to 2022 ending there, however. The Maulers are coming off a season that was the worst in the eight-team USFL, a 1-9 finish...
WVU receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton among 2 prospects to meet with Steelers
Among the two players to visit the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday was a wide receiver who had to make the short commute up Interstate 79 from Morgantown, W.Va. Bryce Ford-Wheaton, a 6-foot-4, 221-pound receiving threat, and Bowling Green defensive end Karl Brooks conducted top-30 visits at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex....
Steelers meet with BYU quarterback Jaren Hall, 2 others, release linebacker Jamir Jones
With two quarterbacks on the offseason roster, the Pittsburgh Steelers met with another Wednesday who could fit in as a third-day draft pick. BYU passer Jaren Hall was one of three players the Steelers invited to UPMC Rooney Sports Complex for an official top-30 visit. The others were Michigan State...
Georgia edge rusher Robert Beal Jr. latest draft prospect to meet with Steelers
With the Pittsburgh Steelers in the market for depth at outside linebacker, they visited with Georgia’s Robert Beal Jr. on Tuesday at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Beal is a 6-foot-4, 247-pound edge rusher who started a combined 10 games over the past two seasons for Georgia. He is the...
Agent: Steelers sign free agent defensive lineman Armon Watts
In a move that continues to build depth on the defensive line, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed free agent Armon Watts, according to his agent, David Canter. Watts earned $2.54 million last year, his lone season with the Chicago Bears. Watts, 26, is the third defensive lineman the Steelers have signed...
