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‘Not a goodbye, just a thank u’ – Antonio Brown sends Instagram message to Steelers fans
During his feud with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Antonio Brown has taken to social media often. His post Saturday night, though, seemed to come from the heart. Brown, the star receiver whose Steelers tenure is in peril, posted a message on Instagram in which he thanked Steelers fans. Accompanying a short...
Safety Morgan Burnett tells NFL Network he wants Steelers to release him
Morgan Burnett was the Pittsburgh Steelers’ biggest free-agent signing last offseason. The union between them doesn’t appear as if it’s going to last too long. The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Burnett told him he “wants to be released from his deal before free agency.” A nine-year NFL veteran who...
Art Rooney ‘feels good’ about Steelers running backs heading into 2019
For the second year in a row, the Pittsburgh Steelers are facing the prospect of playing a season without one of their star playmakers. While it’s too early to know what life will be like without wide receiver Antonio Brown in 2019, team president Art Rooney II liked the way...
Mark Madden: Rooney should make Tomlin feel like he has to earn contract extension
When Steelers owner/president Art Rooney II made his media rounds this week, he seemed noncommittal to the notion of extending the contract of coach Mike Tomlin. “Those are things we’ll get to sort of later in the offseason,” Rooney said. Translation: Tomlin will get extended, but it’s not something Rooney...
Art Rooney II: Steelers tried to extend Mike Munchak before 2018
A conversation Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II had with Mike Munchak in December may have been a clue into his offensive line coach’s future plans. Munchak left the Steelers last week after five seasons to accept the same job with the Denver Broncos. Munchak cited family reasons; his daughter...
Art Rooney II backs up belief that Steelers don’t have a ‘culture problem’
After telling reporters it was “nonsense” that the Pittsburgh Steelers are an organization in disarray, team president Art Rooney II doubled down on his beliefs Friday. Rooney made the morning talk-show rounds, appearing on 102.5 FM and 93.7 FM to discuss the state of the Steelers three weeks after they...
Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt added to Pro Bowl roster
Add outside linebacker T.J. Watt to the list of Pittsburgh Steelers players selected to participate in the Pro Bowl. Watt was added as an injury replacement Thursday. He will take the spot of Houston Texans linebacker Jadeveon Clowney, who withdrew from the game because of injury. In his second NFL...
Steelers sign former Robert Morris safety Marcelis Branch
The Pittsburgh Steelers added a player with local ties to their roster when they signed former Robert Morris safety Marcelis Branch to a reserve/future contract Thursday. A Florida native, Branch was the male athlete of the year at Robert Morris for 2016-17 after a redshirt senior season in which he...
Steelers offseason positional outlook: Specialists
Editor’s note: This is final installment of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. In August, the Pittsburgh Steelers spent a lot of money to solidify their kicking situation into the next decade. By December, that was...
In early oddsmaking for next year’s Super Bowl, Steelers tied for 8th-best chance
The uncertainty and turmoil seemingly surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers right now isn’t affecting their chances to win next year’s Super Bowl. At least, that’s what the bookmakers at BetOnline.ag say. The site released its early odds to win Super Bowl LIV, to be played in February 2020 in South Florida....
Steelers to hire N.C. State’s Eddie Faulkner as RBs coach
The Pittsburgh Steelers are turning to the college ranks for their new running backs coach. Eddie Faulker, who was Steelers rookie Jaylen Samuels’ position coach at N.C. State, will be hired to coach the team’s running backs, the NFL Network reported Wednesday. The position became available when James Saxon’s contract...
Extending Ben Roethlisberger’s contract on Steelers’ offseason agenda
Ben Roethlisberger will celebrate his 37th birthday in March, right about the time he could receive a contract extension from the Pittsburgh Steelers. The 15-year veteran quarterback has one year left on his deal and historically has received an extension before the new NFL calendar begins. This year, the new...
Steelers ‘open to working’ with Ryan Shazier on return for 2019
Ryan Shazier still wants to resume his NFL career, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are trying to figure out how to keep him on their payroll. Shazier will be a free agent in March but isn’t ready to resume football activities after missing the 2018 season with a spinal cord injury....
Art Rooney II: No trade talks yet involving Antonio Brown
Antonio Brown will remain property of the Pittsburgh Steelers for at least the next two months — until the new NFL season begins. Beyond that? Steelers president Art Rooney isn’t optimistic that Brown’s nine-year career with the organization will extend past mid-March. “There aren’t many signs out there that that...
Steelers offseason positional outlook: Cornerbacks
Editor’s note: This is Part 11 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. If it’s the Pittsburgh Steelers, it’s probably an offseason in which they have question marks at cornerback. This year is no different for...
Steelers assistant could help Mike Tomlin with replays, clock management
Art Rooney II is open to the Pittsburgh Steelers delegating an assistant coach to handle replay challenges and clock management issues for coach Mike Tomlin. Tomlin has not won a replay challenge in two seasons and he has come under criticism for use of timeouts and clock strategy in the...
Steelers offseason positional outlook: Safeties
Editor’s note: This is Part 10 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. Last offseason, the Pittsburgh Steelers flooded their roster with new safeties. Now they are tasked with continuing to sort out all of it....
Sportsbook favors Steelers’ Antonio Brown ending up with 49ers
The sportsbook community has spoken. And it believes that Antonio Brown has played his final down for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The odds for where Brown mostly likely will play in 2019 is not a surprising one: the San Francisco 49ers. BetDSI.com released prop-betting lines for Brown’s team in Week 1...
Steelers offseason positional outlook: inside linebackers
Editor’s note: This is Part 9 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. It’s time for Take 2 in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quest to find a replacement for Ryan Shazier. Last year as the offseason began,...
Steelers lose OL coach Mike Munchak to Broncos, replace him with Shaun Sarrett
Many associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers breathed a sigh of relief last week when the Denver Broncos decided to hire Vic Fangio as their coach in lieu of respected Steelers offensive line coach Mike Munchak. Turns out, that was premature. Munchak has agreed to terms with the Broncos to become...
JuJu Smith-Schuster doesn’t want Steelers to trade Antonio Brown
In a new YouTube video, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster says he wants Antonio Brown to stick around. The team’s leading receiver this season posted the Q&A video Sunday, answering about a dozen viewer questions. The topics ranged from video games to travel plans to his relationship status. But...
Steelers offseason positional outlook: Outside linebackers
Editor’s note: This is Part 8 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary cap information courtesy spotrac.com. The subject of the 2019 contract for Bud Dupree was of great interest and debate this time last year. A year later, not...
Snoop Dogg talks Steelers after dropping puck at Penguins – Kings game
Rapper Snoop Dogg talked about Pittsburgh’s other team after the Los Angeles Kings hosted the Penguins at the Staples Center on Saturday night. Dogg took part in the Los Angeles Kings’ “Star Wars Night” event Saturday and after the game he was asked about his favorite NFL team - the...
Steelers offseason positional outlook: Defensive linemen
Editor’s note: This is Part 7 of a 12-part series breaking down the Pittsburgh Steelers at each position in the offseason. All salary-cap information courtesy spotrac.com. The starters for 2019 Pittsburgh Steelers along the defensive line are set in stone. But with rotations so common at the position, who else...
Steelers hire veteran NFL defensive assistant Teryl Austin
Some who follow the Pittsburgh Steelers asked for or predicted change at defensive coordinator and secondary coach. On Friday, the Steelers announced the hiring of Teryl Austin to the coaching staff, with the Pitt graduate taking over a newly created position of “senior defensive assistant/secondary.” A Sharon native, the 53-year-old...
