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Kevin Colbert: Steelers ‘intent is to try to get Bud (Dupree) signed to a long-term deal’
Thursday, an outside linebacker committed to the Pittsburgh Steelers for one year. Friday, the Steelers took an outside linebacker with their second pick of the draft. That doesn’t necessarily mean the organization is assuming the latter is going to replace the former. Minutes after the Steelers selected Charlotte edge rusher...
3rd-round pick Alex Highsmith to fit into Steelers’ depth chart at outside linebacker
Alex Highsmith redshirted in college. But even if conventional wisdom might suggest circumstances result in a similar apprenticeship in the pros, the Pittsburgh Steelers insist that isn’t necessarily the plan. “He’s not going to get a redshirt year,” general manager Kevin Colbert said not long after the Steelers took outside...
Steelers NFL Draft bio in brief: Chase ClaypoolVideo
Chase Claypool Second-round pick, No. 49 overall Wide receiver, Notre Dame 6-foot-4, 238 pounds Stats: 66 catches, 1,037 yards (15.7 average), 13 touchdowns as a senior (tie-seventh nationally) Hometown: Abbotsford, B.C., Canada Tidbits: Claypool would become the first Canadian to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers since kicker Shaun Suisham (2010-14)....
Steelers select Notre Dame WR Chase Claypool with 2nd-round pickVideo
Adding to their arsenal of young wide receivers, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Notre Dame’s Chase Claypool with their second-round draft pick Friday night. Claypool was taken No. 49 overall. The Steelers didn’t have a first-round pick after trading it to Miami last year to acquire safety Minkah Fitzpatrick. Claypool was...
Last time Steelers didn’t have 1st round pick, they had dud of a draft
Since they traded for safety Minkah Fitzpatrick in September, the Pittsburgh Steelers knew they were bucking history by entering the 2020 NFL Draft without a first-round draft pick. It has been 53 years, to be exact, since the Steelers didn’t have a first-rounder. And the organization can only hope that...
U mad, bro? Steelers fans vent about JuJu Smith-Schuster, Antonio Brown, Leonard Fournette
In the week leading up to the NFL Draft, it was clear Steelers fans were feeling particularly on edge. Hey, no first-round pick for the first time since 1967 will do that to you. So, instead of fretting over what was going to happen in the first round, Black and...
Jalen Reagor, a wideout associated with Steelers, goes to Eagles in 1st round of NFL Draft
If it’s any consolation to Pittsburgh Steelers fans, at least speedy TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor will begin his NFL career in Pennsylvania. It just will take place on the eastern part of the state, not the western. Reagor, a 5-foot-11, 206-pound deep threat and presumed second-round pick, didn’t make...
David ‘Rooster’ Fleming: Hazelwood legend, CFL star signed with Steelers out of high school
Rooster Fleming would have been a Hazelwood legend — if not for his cocksure nickname then for signing straight out of Gladstone High School to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rooster befriended Paul Martha and roomed with Joe Namath, scored on a record 108-yard touchdown and won weightlifting competitions into...
Draft day memory: How McKeesport’s Mike Logan ended up in JacksonvilleVideo
Mike Logan thought the day of the NFL Draft was a good time to have a party. Especially in 1997 when Canute Curtis, who was Logan’s friend, roommate and teammate, was projected to be a first-round choice after an All-American season as a West Virginia linebacker. Logan, a McKeesport graduate,...
Second to none? Steelers’ top pick is from round in which they’ve had mixed results
There is little reward for being second-best, and no one wants to be anyone’s second choice. But for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2020, the second-round pick is second to none. For the first time since 1967, the Steelers are without first-round pick, having traded it to the Miami Dolphins in...
Bud Dupree signs Steelers’ franchise tender, will make $15.8 million in 2020
Unlike the summers of 2017 and 2018, there will be no drama regarding the Pittsburgh Steelers and a player to which they applied the franchise tag. Outside linebacker Bud Dupree signed his franchise tender, the team announced Thursday. He will make $15.8 million in 2020, a figure arrived at by...
NFL Draft HQ: Who Steelers might pick, position breakdowns, mock drafts
The 2020 NFL Draft will be very different from year’s past. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the seven-round event will proceed as scheduled starting Thursday night and continuing through Saturday. But it will not be held in Las Vegas and will be missing any of the circus-like atmosphere it had garnered...
NFL Draft analyst: Perfect sleeper replacement for Javon Hargrave, OLB options for Steelers
In the first part of our pre-draft podcast with Draft Wire’s Luke Easterling, he outlined how he thought the draft laid out nicely for the Steelers to meet their offensive needs. Even though they won’t be making a first-round selection. In part two, we look at the prospects the Steelers...
Tim Benz: That JuJu Smith-Schuster trade idea? Not gonna happen. But worth a look.
A chin-scratching Steelers trade rumor bubbled to the surface Wednesday. JuJu Smith-Schuster to the San Francisco 49ers for a first-round pick. Rumor has it? #49ers called and checked on the availability of #Steelers WR JuJu Smith-Schuster. #NFL #NFLDraft2020 Some things to note #PittsburghSteelers have no number one pick and this...
North Hills’ Zach Sammartino hopes to make a name for himself in the NFL
Nothing against wrestling or his great uncle Bruno’s legacy, but Zach Sammartino never was a grappler. “I always focused my offseason on training for football. Football was always my dream,” Sammartino said. ? @zsammartino1 ➡️ @NFL #TheWoods pic.twitter.com/HYi9B2xopB— Dartmouth Football (@DartFootball) April 22, 2020 But he’s proud to share a...
Rooney family, Steelers ownership make donations to United Way, Salvation Army
Members of the Rooney family and others involved in ownership of the Pittsburgh Steelers made donations to the Salvation Army and United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the team announced Wednesday. Led by team president Art Rooney II and his wife, Greta, the Rooneys contributed $250,000 to the large charitable organizations....
Chris Adamski’s mock NFL Draft: Unique circumstances don’t unsettle Steelers’ plans
This is a unique draft for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And not just because of the virtual nature of it. The Steelers lack a first-round pick for the first time in more than a half-century. They also enter the draft with the fewest picks they have had in decades (six). In...
Virus shutdowns will likely make NFL draft most bet on ever
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — For those who haven’t mastered the odds of Belarussian soccer or Russian table tennis, this week’s NFL draft gives U.S. gamblers their first opportunity in weeks to bet on an event about which they actually know something. With major sports shut down for more than a...
Mark Madden: Lamar Jackson should be careful what he’s wishing for with Antonio BrownVideo
I didn’t think the Pittsburgh Steelers had a chance to win the AFC North until Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (the reigning NFL MVP) said, “I’d be happy if we signed him.” “Him” is wayward wide receiver Antonio Brown, ex of this parish. That puts the Steelers right back in...
Joe Rutter’s mock NFL Draft: Steelers to target playmakers early
Mock drafts are like noses in that everyone has one. And many folks treat such endeavors like that certain popular brand of potato chip — you can’t have just one. Not here. This mock for the Pittsburgh Steelers is the first and only one I have produced this year. It...
Unlike last year, Steelers could go in several directions with top draft pick
When the Pittsburgh Steelers traded up 10 spots and selected linebacker Devin Bush with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, it hardly constituted as a surprise. Team president Art Rooney II admitted as much, calling the Bush selection “maybe the worst-kept secret of the draft.” The...
First Call: Unflattering review of Leonard Fournette, former WPIAL star getting NFL trade interest, Gronk trade impacts gambling
In Wednesday’s “First Call,” a less than stellar review of Leonard Fournette. A former Western Pa. football star may be on the move. And the Rob Gronkowski trade is shifting gambling lines. No fan of Fournette Former Pittsburgh sportswriter Vito Stellino is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He...
Ravens’ Lamar Jackson wants Antonio Brown. Is he crazy? Or onto something?
I’ve been quite happy with how the NFL has managed to socially distance itself from former Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown. The league has been much farther than six feet away from A.B. since September. Now NFL MVP Lamar Jackson wants Brown to return. And he’d like to see Mr....
NFL Draft analyst: Draft ‘sets up really nicely’ for Steelers’ offensive needs
The Steelers haven’t been without a first-round draft pick since 1967. But with the way things are lining up for this week’s NFL Draft, 2020 may not be a bad year for that to be the case. That seems to be the assessment of at least one draft analyst I...
NFL Draft CB breakdown: Ohio State’s Jeff Okudah has top spot locked downVideo
1. Jeff Okudah Ohio State, 6-1, 205 Okudah will be the first cornerback taken, and that could happen within the top five picks. His NFL comparable is Patrick Peterson. As a junior, Okudah was a first-team All-American and a Jim Thorpe finalist as the nation’s top defensive back. Okudah led...
