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How many tight ends does it take to fill out the Pittsburgh Steelers roster? The organization may add another big-bodied player to the position group if reported trade discussions with the Miami Dolphins lead to a deal taking place. ESPN reported Thursday that the Steelers are talking to the Dolphins...

Cameron Johnston is back booting punts at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. “Yeah,” he said after Thursday’s Pittsburgh Steelers organized team activities session, “and it feels really, really good.” Johnston was a marquee free-agent signee for the Steelers in spring 2024, and during training camp and the preseason showed why. After...

Wanting to take on a bigger role in the Pittsburgh Steelers defense, inside linebacker Payton Wilson used his offseason time in the weight room to get bigger physically. Wilson said he reported to organized team activities this week weighing 243 pounds, saying it is the “heaviest I have ever been.”...

The Pittsburgh Steelers have returned to practice. The weather somehow feels like fall in May. And readers are flooding my mentions and my inbox with Steelers-related outrage. The 2025 season must be closer than I thought! Here’s this week’s “U mad, bro?” Let’s start with a message I got from...

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback position has been talked to death. Don’t expect that to stop anytime soon. Also, as you may have heard, the Steelers are yet again in search of a No. 2 wide receiver. And the running back duel between Jaylen Warren and Kaleb Johnson will no doubt...

After missing the first day of organized team activities, cornerback Darius Slay roamed the practice field Wednesday for the Pittsburgh Steelers, using his time on a rainy day to get to know his new teammates. Playing for just his third NFL team in 13 seasons, Slay said it was important...

Part of a three-man position group, he still is considered by most to be No. 4 on the depth chart. But don’t tell that to Skylar Thompson. He’s enjoying life with the Pittsburgh Steelers. “I’ve loved it,” Thompson, a fourth-year quarterback, said after Wednesday’s organized team activities session. “It’s been...

OTAs are underway at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ South Side complex. On the offensive side of the ball, they don’t matter. Little can be accomplished. The first-string quarterback isn’t there. The backup quarterbacks are getting the reps. Top wideout DK Metcalf didn’t bother attending the first day. Perhaps because the QB expected...

When it comes to attendance at organized team activities, it seems like Pittsburgh Steelers players assign a level of importance based on how the question is asked. And who the subject of the question may be. In general, tight end Pat Freiermuth placed a high value on spring practices. “Being...

Terry Bradshaw hates the thought of the Pittsburgh Steelers signing Aaron Rodgers. The Steelers won’t be practicing against the Carolina Panthers this summer. An ex-Penguin continues to help the cause of the Edmonton Oilers. And a Pitt hoops alum is hoping to increase his NBA draft stock. All that and...

After the first day of organized team activities at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice facility, quarterback Mason Rudolph was asked about “the noise” surrounding the prospect of Aaron Rodgers joining the team. “That’s nothing new to me. There’s been constant noise,” Rudolph replied. “That’s the nature of the NFL. I’ve been...

By all indications and like most of his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates, Patrick Queen likes Mason Rudolph. Surely, Queen likewise respects Skylar Thompson and rookie Will Howard. Queen believes the Steelers can win with Rudolph (or one of the others) as the team’s starting quarterback, too. But as a 25-year-old lifelong...

Broderick Jones was whisked away from the practice field after his participation in the first day of Pittsburgh Steelers organized team activities Tuesday. Turns out, it was his appointment time for the baseline testing for concussion protocol. Jones promised he would speak to the media after the next OTAs session....

It’s not lost on Mason Rudolph that he’s no longer an afterthought to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Two years ago, Rudolph was a free agent for two months without any job offers before he accepted a one-year deal to be the team’s third-string quarterback. Last year, despite Rudolph winning the final...

As organized team activities are set to begin Tuesday, Aaron Rodgers still hasn’t signed a contract to become a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. You might have heard something about that. But while we obsess over that ongoing situation, there will be a few other storylines to monitor this week....

Tuesday’s “First Call” features different opinions on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ fallback plans if Aaron Rodgers flakes. We also spread the word on Duquesne’s newest basketball recruit and how a former Penguin helped the Carolina Hurricanes finally get it in gear against Florida in the Eastern Conference finals. Best they can...

Since making another all-too-familiar early playoff exit, the Pittsburgh Steelers have waited for a chance to get back on the field and turn the page toward a new season. That wait ends on Tuesday with the start of organized team activities. Offseason conditioning began last month, but this part of...

Sports don’t always offer instant validation (or rebuke) of decision-making. But the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Week 1 game will provide exactly that. It’s more than three months away, but the Steelers’ Sept. 7 visit to the New York Jets looms extremely large. It’s a proving ground. It will set a tone...

Friday’s “First Call” has an Aaron Rodgers prediction from Adam Schefter as the Pittsburgh Steelers wait for his arrival. We are looking at Friday’s start for Paul Skenes against the Brewers. There’s a twist to the Chris Olave trade conversation. And a member of Duquesne’s basketball team has decided to...

I want to thank ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio. He sat through an entire three-hour appearance by Aaron Rodgers on Joe Rogan’s podcast and took notes. So we don’t have to. I don’t always agree with Florio’s opinions or presentation. But that’s doing God’s work, my friends. Thanks, Mike. Furthermore, Florio endured...

The tush push is one play. It’s basically run by one team. (A few others dabble.) But it certainly gets people talking. At this week’s NFL owners meeting in Minnesota, Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie lobbied for an hour on behalf of the tush push, his team’s ballyhooed goal-line go-to....

Thursday’s “First Call” has quotes from Steelers owner Art Rooney II about how things went down in a prickly meeting surrounding the idea of eliminating the tush push. We also have a new award in NFL circles, recruiting information from Pitt and Duquesne and a look at the Pirates’ next...