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Antonio Brown will ‘always be one of us,’ Steelers GM Kevin Colbert says
INDIANAPOLIS — General manager Kevin Colbert is ready to roll out the welcome mat for former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown — but not necessarily as a player. Colbert reiterated Tuesday at the NFL Combine what coach Mike Tomlin told ESPN earlier this month: that Brown always will be...
Could Steelers be scouting Bud Dupree’s successor at NFL Combine?
Keeping Bud Dupree on the payroll — at least for the 2020 season — is a priority for the Pittsburgh Steelers. That’s what coach Mike Tomlin emphatically said the day after the 2019 season ended. His statement was affirmed by team president Art Rooney II and general manager Kevin Colbert...
Steelers will encounter deep wide receiver class at NFL Scouting CombineVideo
After a three-year run of using a high-round pick on a wide receiver, the Pittsburgh Steelers entered another offseason in which a talented pass catcher may be too good to pass up early in the NFL Draft. When general manager Kevin Colbert, coach Mike Tomlin and their staffs head to...
Steelers head to NFL Combine ‘very comfortable’ with no 1st-round pickVideo
For the first time since the NFL Combine took up residence in Indianapolis in 1987, the Pittsburgh Steelers will head to the event without a first-round pick. In fact, you’d have to go back 20 more years — long before NFL execs decided to gather in one location to evaluate...
Ben Roethlisberger throws football in video posted by Steelers
Big Ben has taken a big step forward in his rehabilitation from right elbow surgery. The Pittsburgh Steelers posted a five-second video clip on their web site Saturday that shows quarterback Ben Roethlisberger throwing a football. It’s the first time Roethlisberger has thrown since September when he left at halftime...
Former Steelers assistant Dan Radakovich dies at 84
Dan Radakovich, a Duquesne native and Penn State linebacker who was an assistant coach on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first two Super Bowl championship teams, died Thursday. He was 84. Radakovich’s death was announced by Robert Morris, where he spent 13 seasons as defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. Radakovich retired...
Expanded NFL playoffs would have benefited Steelers over past decade
Despite losing their final three games of the season to finish with an 8-8 record, the Pittsburgh Steelers earned the AFC’s No. 7 playoff seed and faced the second-seeded Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in the wild-card round. Imagine the quarterback matchup: Duck Hodges against Patrick Mahomes with a...
Pro Football Focus projects Steelers losing Javon Hargrave to Baltimore Ravens
Javon Hargrave is expected to test free agency and get a contract that will end his tenure with the Pittsburgh Steelers after four seasons. Not only would the Steelers be without the 27-year-old nose tackle, they could lose him to their biggest rival in the AFC North — at least...
Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree seeks new agent as free agency looms
As Bud Dupree prepares for a possible foray into free agency, he’s also preparing for new representation. The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker, who can become a free agent March 18 unless the team uses the franchise tag on him, has left CAA Sports, according to Sports Business Journal’s Liz Mullen. Dupree...
Steelers tab Ike Hilliard as wide receivers coach
Experience got the nod Tuesday when the Pittsburgh Steelers hired their wide receivers coach. Former New York Giants wide receiver Ike Hilliard, who spent the past six seasons as an assistant with the Washington Redskins, was the latest addition to coach Mike Tomlin’s staff. Hilliard replaces Ray Sherman, who came...
Return to health by 3 skill players could benefit Steelers in 2020
The Pittsburgh Steelers expect a healthy Ben Roethlisberger to cure many – but not all — of the offensive problems that plagued the team in 2019. The NFL Draft can address other weaknesses, and general manager Kevin Colbert isn’t discounting a return to health by three of the Steelers’ top...
Steelers’ Mason Rudolph, Mike Tomlin fire back at Myles Garrett
Myles Garrett’s renewed accusation that Mason Rudolph used a racial slur during a game last November was met by strong rebuttals Saturday from the quarterback, his representative and Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. Garrett initially made the allegations in November — a week after the incident took place — while...
Steelers keeping tabs on XFL players to potentially fill out offseason roster
As the XFL enters its second week of play since the spring league’s return from a 19-year hiatus, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be one of the NFL teams paying attention. When it comes time to filling out the 90-man offseason roster after the NFL Draft, general manager Kevin Colbert will...
Steelers want injured LB Ryan Shazier to return while dealing with ‘unique situation’
Ryan Shazier has not played in the NFL for two seasons as he rehabilitates from spinal stabilization surgery, and there is no indication the Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker is ready to come back to the field in 2020. Still, the Steelers continue to support Shazier’s comeback as they try to...
Steelers GM Kevin Colbert affirms commitment to finish his career with team
Kevin Colbert has spent the past 20 seasons employed by the Pittsburgh Steelers. If he has his way, he’ll never collect a paycheck from another NFL organization. The Steelers general manager, who signed a one-year contract extension last week, wants to retire with the team even though he has no...
Kevin Colbert, Steelers expecting Ben Roethlisberger to make ‘complete recovery’ in 2020
Forget about the Pittsburgh Steelers pursuing a backup quarterback in free agency next month. General manager Kevin Colbert became the latest team official to squash talk of the team adding a veteran to dress behind starter Ben Roethlisberger. Colbert said Thursday the Steelers are “hopeful” Roethlisberger will make a “complete...
GM Kevin Colbert feels ‘better’ about Steelers than at this time last offseason
For the second year in a row, the Pittsburgh Steelers are coming off a non-playoff season. And for the second year in a row, the win total has dropped — from 13 to nine to eight. While acknowledging the team’s .500 record was “below the standards that are expected here,”...
Steelers passers take low road in NFL.com year-end quarterback index rankings
Not surprising for a team that missed the playoffs with an 8-8 record, the Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t get any love from the NFL’s website in its year-end quarterback rankings compilation. Four editors at NFL.com examined all 57 quarterbacks who started at least one game in the league during the 2019...
Browns’ Myles Garrett reinstated 3 months after helmet-swinging incident
Myles Garrett’s suspension for swinging a helmet at Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph is over. The NFL reinstated the Cleveland Browns defensive end Wednesday, two days after Garrett met with commissioner Roger Goodell. The reinstatement allows Garrett to be around the team and participate in offseason workouts when the program...
Antonio Brown pens apology to Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger
Antonio Brown is reversing field in his views of Ben Roethlisberger. Critical of his former teammate in the past, Brown apologized for his behavior toward the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Wednesday on his verified Instagram account. Under a picture showing Roethlisberger patting Brown on the head, he wrote: “I never realized...
Report: Steelers to hire South Carolina’s Bryan McClendon as WR coach
The search for the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers coach appears to have taken coach Mike Tomlin back to the college ranks. Bryan McClendon, formerly the offensive coordinator at South Carolina, will fill the position vacancy on the Steelers, according to Mike Gillespie, sports director at the ABC affiliate in Columbia,...
XFL loaded with former Steelers, players from region as league debuts this weekend
Landry Jones is considered the face of the upstart XFL, but the former Pittsburgh Steelers backup apparently won’t be under center when his team, the Dallas Renegades, make their debut this weekend. Jones, 29, is dealing with a knee injury that reportedly will keep him from playing in the opener....
Dane Jackson lone Pitt player invited to NFL Combine; PSU has 5 players picked
For the second year in a row, the Pitt football team will have just one representative this month at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Cornerback Dane Jackson, who was invited to the Senior Bowl in January, will be the Panthers’ lone player attending the annual scouting event in Indianapolis from...
Steelers’ Art Rooney II on Ben Roethlisberger’s progress: ‘So far, so good’
Art Rooney II is optimistic about a healthy Ben Roethlisberger returning to form in 2020, and he is hoping the Pittsburgh Steelers will complement their franchise quarterback with a strong running game next season. The Steelers president addressed Roethlisberger, the running game and other topics during a 20-minute conference call...
GM Kevin Colbert signs extension with Steelers through 2021 NFL Draft
When Kevin Colbert joined the Pittsburgh Steelers in February 2000, they were coming off 6-10 and 7-9 records, the first two losing seasons under coach Bill Cowher. Over the next 20 years, from Cowher to Mike Tomlin and through a title change for Colbert, the Steelers have had just one...
