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Feeling down? Here’s a way to make yourself laugh at the Antonio Brown trade
If you don’t laugh, you are going to cry. I prefer to do that first thing. There is no way for Pittsburgh to put a happy face on how the Antonio Brown situation ended. They will get only third- and fifth-round draft choices from the Oakland Raiders. Brown will get...
Tim Benz, Mark Madden discuss Antonio Brown trade, Penguins’ split weekend
This week’s edition of Madden Monday comes to you from the catacombs of PPG Paints Arena. Mark Madden of 105.9 the X joins me as we exhale after that Penguins win against the Bruins on Sunday night. Man, was that huge for the Penguins after the loss in Columbus Saturday....
National media give plenty of opinions on Antonio Brown’s tradeVideo
There was no shortage of thoughts from the national sports media Sunday from the Antonio Brown trade to the Oakland Raiders. From ESPN to the NFL Network and with the numerous social media posts, everyone had an opinion. The Raiders traded a third- and fifth-round pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers...
Tim Benz: Antonio Brown, Le’Veon Bell cases prove NFL needs CBA changes
If the Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell situations have illuminated one thing, it’s this: It’s time for the NFL to change its salary cap system. Because right now, in a collective bargaining agreement set up to give the players no power, the players are starting to realize they do have...
Kevin Gorman: Antonio Brown deal a disaster for Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers allowed Antonio Brown to abandon his team, talk his way out of town, sabotage his trade value and still end up with a new contract that makes him the NFL’s highest-paid wide receiver with $30 million guaranteed. For their troubles, the Steelers got the equivalent of Martavis...
John Steigerwald: Antonio Brown made a fool of the Steelers
He played the Steelers like a fiddle. Then he beat them like a drum. What was the deciding factor? Was it the blue hair and the blond mustache? Or was it the videos he appeared in with the blue hair and the ‘stache, speaking semi-coherently and looking like he was...
Challenge for Steelers is figuring out how to replace Antonio Brown’s productionVideo
How do you replace a perennial All-Pro who accounted for 28.5 percent of a team’s receptions, 32.4 percent of receiving yardage and 36.4 percent of touchdown catches over a record-setting six-year stretch? That’s the question the Pittsburgh Steelers are left to ponder now that they have a deal in place...
Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Steelers are done with Antonio Brown, for better or worse
Antonio Brown got what he wanted – a new team and a new contract – and the Pittsburgh Steelers got rid of a headache that had become a migraine for one of the NFL’s flagship franchises. The Steelers will trade the four-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver to...
Antonio Brown will be traded to Oakland Raiders, gets new contract
Antonio Brown will be trading the black and gold for the black and silver in 2019. The 30-year-old wide receiver, who requested the Pittsburgh Steelers to trade him last month, unveiled a Twitter post Sunday morning showing him photoshopped in an Oakland Raiders uniform. He also posted a video on...
With Antonio Brown headed out, Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster tweets he’s ready
Are you ready for a Pittsburgh Steelers team without Antonio Brown? Apparently No.2-in-line-to-be-No.1 wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is. On Sunday, just hours after news broke that Brown is headed to the Oakland Raiders in a trade for draft picks with the Steelers, the exuberant Smith-Schuster tweeted, “I’m Ready” with a...
Antonio Brown indicates that trade coming in ‘less than 24 hours’
Antonio Brown predicts he will be employed by a new NFL team within “24 hours.” Brown, who reportedly scuttled a possible trade to the Buffalo Bills, posted a live Instagram video Friday afternoon in which he indicated that his nine-year tenure with the Pittsburgh Steelers is about to come to...
Report: Steelers will trade RT Marcus Gilbert for 6th-round draft pick
One day after signing two of their offensive linemen to contracts, the Pittsburgh Steelers are cutting ties with another. ESPN reported Friday afternoon the Steelers will trade oft-injured right tackle Marcus Gilbert to the Arizona Cardinals for a sixth-round draft choice. Steelers are shopping starting RT Marcus Gilbert for a...
First call: Todd Haley said what about Antonio Brown?
Friday’s “First Call” features some unbelievable quotes about Antonio Brown from Todd Haley. Ramon Foster channels his inner Will Ferrell. And Marc-Andre Fleury continues to climb the ladder of all-time wins. Todd Haley said what? Todd Haley spent six years as the Steelers offensive coordinator from 2012-2017. All of them...
Football footnotes: Eric Weddle to Steelers sounds better than it really is
Sports Illustrated mentioned the Steelers as a potential destination for free agent safety Eric Weddle. We did the same thing here at “Breakfast With Benz” two days ago when word came out that Weddle was going to be released by Baltimore. Weddle is a Mike Tomlin favorite, and the Steelers...
Tim Benz: Lamenting the death of the Antonio Brown-to-Bills deal
How many times have you heard this phrase from disgruntled Steelers fans in the weeks since Antonio Brown demanded a trade? “Pfft! They should screw him over and just send him to the Bills.” Well, early Friday morning, NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport, tweeted that was actually going to happen....
Steelers’ reported talks to send Antonio Brown to Bills don’t pan out
The Pittsburgh Steelers won’t be shuffling wide receiver Antonio Brown off to Buffalo after all . After the NFL Network reported late Thursday night that the Steelers were “closing in” on a deal that would send Brown to the Buffalo Bills, talks were broken off Friday when the 30-year-old receiver...
Steelers sign offensive linemen Maurkice Pouncey, Ramon Foster to contracts
Ensuring the core of their offensive line will remain intact a little while longer, the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday signed center Maurkice Pouncey to a three-year contract and guard Ramon Foster to a two-year deal. Pouncey had one year left on his contract, and Foster was set to become an...
U mad, bro? The all-Antonio Brown edition
In this week’s “U mad, bro?”, it’s all Antonio angst! Well, except for the weekly mandatory swat at Mike Tomlin, of course. Gerry in Florida sent me an email responding to our poll about whether people in Pittsburgh hated Le’Veon Bell or Antonio Brown more. For the record, Brown won...
First call: Le’Veon Bell to Kansas City? Duquesne player scores 40 … and loses?
Kansas City, here he comes! Le’Veon Bell to the Chiefs? That’s how we start Thursday’s “First Call.” It also features a fantastic Duquesne game, major Metropolitan Division machinations and how Kyler Murray may have faked his height measurement at the combine. How do you do that exactly? Asking for a...
Tim Benz: Build a Kevin Colbert statue if he gets a 1st-rounder for Antonio Brown
If Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert really ends up with a first-round draft choice for disgruntled wide receiver Antonio Brown, that will make me sad. I’ve always liked Colbert. So I’d hate to see him wind up in prison on a grand-larceny charge. That’s what would be warranted if Colbert...
Michigan’s Bush, LSU’s Williams the latest mock picks for Steelers
With the NFL Combine in the rearview mirror, some national draft analysts have revamped their mock drafts for the Pittsburgh Steelers. NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah has the Steelers losing out on the top two inside linebackers available in the draft, and he predicts they will take LSU cornerback Greedy Williams...
Report: Steelers could have deal to trade Antonio Brown by Friday
The Pittsburgh Steelers could have a deal in place to trade All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown by Friday, according to a report by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Teams that have spoken to the Steelers about a potential Antonio Brown trade have been told that a deal is expected to be in...
First call: Ravens cut Mike Tomlin-favorite Eric Weddle; Bruins help Penguins
A Mike Tomlin favorite from Baltimore is hitting free agency. The Bruins helped the Penguins…a little bit. And Bryce Harper is so rich he may think that he can buy the definition of “tampering” out of the Oxford dictionary. We want Weddle? The Ravens released Eric Weddle. The Steelers could...
Restricted free agents Finney, Grimble reportedly receive contract tenders
The Pittsburgh Steelers took steps toward retaining restricted free agents B.J. Finney and Xavier Grimble when they reportedly made tenders to each player Wednesday. According to separate NFL Network reports, the Steelers offered Finney, a 27-year-old guard/center, a $3.095 million second-round tender. Any team can try to sign Finney but...
Tag deadline passes, Steelers’ Le’Veon Bell officially becomes free agent
Le’Veon Bell officially became a free agent Tuesday when, as promised, the Pittsburgh Steelers did not apply the transition tag to the 27-year-old running back. Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert said Feb. 20 that the organization would not apply the transition or more costly franchise tag to Bell, who held...
