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David DeCastro can ‘feel’ changes in Steelers’ locker-room atmosphereVideo
After missing three weeks of voluntary organized team activities due to the birth of his second child, Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro guard David DeCastro arrived for minicamp and noticed an immediate difference in the locker-room atmosphere. “You can feel it,” DeCastro said. Gone was the drama that permeated over the franchise...
Steelers new running backs coach Eddie Faulkner settles into 1st NFL coaching job
After almost two decades as a college assistant coach, Eddie Faulkner is embarking on his first NFL gig this summer. In his Pittsburgh Steelers position room, at least the faces Faulkner encounters are just about as green as his. The seven running backs on the Steelers roster combine for four...
7 weeks into NFL career, Steelers’ Devin Bush adjusting to life as a pro
Devin Bush had an NFL player in his home as a youngster, and he spent plenty of time around a former longtime NFL player and coach while in college. That’s just part of the reason that, seven weeks into his own NFL career, Bush feels as if he’s been adjusting...
For Artie Burns, it’s ‘get right or get going’ as Steelers minicamp beginsVideo
In early May, when the Pittsburgh Steelers declined to exercise the fifth-year option on Artie Burns’ contract, the fourth-year cornerback figured he had two options. “Get right or get going,” Burns said Tuesday. “It’s that simple.” Not much has gone right in recent years for the former first-round draft pick,...
Archie Manning better than Terry Bradshaw? Broncos coach Vic Fangio says so
Vic Fangio was in all likelihood merely politely talking up a friend who was his guest that day. But when the Denver Broncos first-year head coach discussed Archie Manning he made a comparison that Pittsburgh Steelers fans might not appreciate. Fangio indicated that he believed that 1970s NFL star Archie...
First Call: Antonio Brown is a singer now; enough Drake in the NBA Finals, already!
In Tuesday’s “First Call,” Antonio Brown dabbles in Le’Veon Bell territory. Emotional reaction to Kevin Durant’s injury. Kyle Rudolph is staying with the Vikings. And, please, enough Drake! Move over Le’V Mr. Big Chest is Mr. Big Voice now. Yup. A.B. is trying his hand at singing now. View this...
Former Steelers LB Arthur Moats announces retirement
Seventeen months after playing in his final game as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Arthur Moats announced his retirement Monday. Moats, who started 25 of the 62 games he played for the Steelers from 2014-17, posted a video to his verified Twitter and Instagram accounts. The montage of highlights...
Steelers finally could have perfect attendance for minicamp
Before the Pittsburgh Steelers can enjoy an extended break before training camp, one more piece of business remains. Minicamp, the final portion of the NFL’s offseason workout program, takes place this week. It starts with physicals Monday and practices Tuesday through Thursday. Like the organized team activities that preceded it,...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden discuss Mario Lemieux memories, Pirates problems, state of Steelers
Well, what do you know? It’s a “Madden Monday” podcast … on a Monday! Will wonders never cease? Between holidays, vacation days and our mutually busy concert schedule, Mark Madden and I haven’t been able to connect on a Monday for the past few weeks, pushing our usual post back...
Tim Benz: This decade of Steelers football isn’t what numbers suggest
This was an interesting find by TribLive’s Chris Adamski. He came across this table compiled by German stats guy René Bugner. No commentary from Bugner. Just the numbers. It’s a list of the best decades ever compiled by NFL teams. His numbers outline the best combined regular-season and playoff win-loss...
Steelers safety Jordan Dangerfield follows the rules in trying to find a roleVideo
Jordan Dangerfield has spent his football career trying to find a balance between breaking barriers and following the rules. That’s typical life for an undrafted free agent in the NFL. Even when Dangerfield was playing with the first-team defense during organized team activities this spring, the Pittsburgh Steelers safety always...
Steelers expect Stephon Tuitt to provide bigger splash in 2019
It was in his third season after signing a $59 million second contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers that defensive end Cameron Heyward enjoyed a breakthrough in terms of pursuing the quarterback. In 2017, Heyward totaled 12 sacks, marking the third time in franchise history that a defensive lineman reached double...
GM changes underscore Kevin Colbert’s longevity with Steelers
On an otherwise slow NFL news day Friday, the Houston Texans made the surprising decision to fire general manager Brian Gaine, and the New York Jets concluded their GM search by hiring Joe Douglas. These personnel decisions illustrate the stability the Pittsburgh Steelers have enjoyed with Kevin Colbert calling the...
T.J. Watt settles into role as a focal point on Steelers defense
Only 17 months ago, T.J. Watt still was, by definition, a rookie. Nowadays, he’s an accomplished veteran who is among the established leaders of the Pittsburgh Steelers defense. Life comes at you fast in the NFL. “It’s just a gradual kind of feeling-out process of where you are in your...
Unlike 2018, Steelers escape OTAs with healthy rosterVideo
Five things we learned about the three-week organized team activities that the Pittsburgh Steelers wrapped up Thursday: 1. Good health Ask any coach, and he or she likely will tell you the most important thing about OTAs is getting through it without incurring any significant injuries. Unlike last season, the...
Former Steelers backup QB Landry Jones among the names the XFL is promoting for its combine
Last June, Landry Jones was in his sixth minicamp with the Pittsburgh Steelers, his fourth as the top backup to franchise quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. This June, he will be taking part in what is effectively a scouting combine for the XFL. The XFL returns in 2020, and the cities for...
Believe it: Steelers are in midst of one of best decades in NFL history
It seems as if many Pittsburgh Steelers fans feel somewhere on a spectrum of unfulfilled to disappointed to frustrated with how their team has played over the past nine seasons. Turns out, the Steelers have been borderline-historically good. Data compiled by German reporter René Bugner evaluates every NFL team’s record...
Benny Snell out to show Steelers he can do everything
There is little questioning Benny Snell’s résumé as a runner. The production the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie fourth-round pick had in college at Kentucky proves as much: sixth in rushing yards (1,449) among all of the FBS and tied for fourth in rushing touchdowns (16) among Power 5 conference running backs...
Tim Benz: NFL playoff expansion actually makes some sense
In a perfect world, the National Football League would trim its preseason by at least two games, keep its regular season at 16 games and leave the playoff bracket alone. But it’s far from a perfect world, even in the NFL. The collective bargaining agreement expires after the 2020 season....
After ‘valuable’ OTAs, Steelers QB Mason Rudolph looking ahead to more on-job training
Ben Roethlisberger’s regular presence at organized team activities this spring typically would portend less work with the first-team offense for the Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterbacks. Mason Rudolph, however, said the opposite was true this year. The second-year passer from Oklahoma State said he got more work with the “ones” than...
Rookie Ian Berryman latest to take on Jordan Berry in quest to be Steelers punter
When the draft ended early in the evening April 27, Ian Berryman nervously sat through some excruciating moments. “It felt like an eternity,” said Berryman, then a recent graduate of Western Carolina, “but it was probably like 5 minutes after the draft they called.” The “they” was the Pittsburgh Steelers....
Bud Dupree unaware Steelers could have pulled 5th-year option
When the Pittsburgh Steelers picked up the fifth-year option on linebacker Bud Dupree’s contract in April 2018, they had 11 months to change their mind. The $9.232 million value of that option represented life-changing money for Dupree, essentially doubling his career earnings as long as he remained on the roster...
Former Vanderbilt RB Ralph Webb looks to impress in 2nd chance with Steelers
One of the dark horse candidates for a Pittsburgh Steelers roster spot at the back end of the running back depth chart was a highly productive rusher at a lower-profile SEC East school. And there’s Benny Snell, too. Snell, a rookie fourth-round pick, had a school-record 3,873 rushing yards at...
Steelers’ Chuks Okorafor slims down in pursuit of starting gig
Seeing Chuks Okorafor for the first time in almost five months, it stands out almost immediately. And not necessarily just because Okorafor has a new, tighter haircut that makes him appear more streamlined. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ second-year offensive tackle has slimmed down. “I’m down a little bit,” Okorafor said of...
U mad, bro? Raging Reds fans, puking Pirates fans, Le’Veon Bell defenders
There is a disturbing lack of “Phil DePhense Phoundation” emails in “U mad, bro?” this week. Don’t they know “the media is trying to run Phil out of town” again? But their absence has been filled by angry Pirates fans, raging Reds fans and NFL fans who want to call...
