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Veteran RB, special-teamer Jonathan Ward impressing in tryout with Steelers
Because he entered the league during a 2020 calendar year that should be forgettable for us all, Jonathan Ward was robbed of the experience of attending an NFL rookie minicamp. Until now. Ward, now a 26-year-old, four-year veteran running back, is at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex this week on...
Veteran CB Anthony Averett healthy, seeks to make Steelers off tryout at rookie campVideo
Ryan Watts is the youngest player at Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp. Born more than seven years prior to him is a player — on some basic level at face value — against whom he’s competing for a roster spot. Cornerback Anthony Averett will turn 30 this fall. He’s part of...
Steelers sign draft picks Mason McCormick, Logan Lee to rookie contracts
Fourth-round selection Mason McCormick and Logan Lee, one of two sixth-round selections, became the first two draft picks to sign rookie contracts with the Pittsburgh Steelers. McCormick, a guard from South Dakota State, and Lee, a defensive end from Iowa, signed their four-year deals on Friday, the first day of...
Steelers rookie minicamp notes: Pitt’s Marquis Williams leaving nothing to chanceVideo
As one of the players attending on a tryout basis and without a contract, Marquis Williams had no guarantee he will be back with the Pittsburgh Steelers after the conclusion of rookie minicamp Sunday. Williams, apparently, wants to make the most of the time he has available. And he might...
Former WVU CB Beanie Bishop feels at home in slot — and with SteelersVideo
Barely recruited out of high school, not invited to the NFL Combine and not selected with any of the 257 picks in the recent NFL Draft, Beanie Bishop knows about overcoming underwhelming expectations. Setting out to make the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted rookie defensive back is just the next...
Troy Fautanu unfazed by switch to right tackle on 1st day of Steelers rookie minicamp
Troy Fautanu wasn’t sure if he was breaking protocol by revealing the gaffe he made Friday on the first snap of rookie minicamp. Lined up at right tackle, a noteworthy achievement in itself, Fautanu marked his indoctrination to an NFL workout by committing a false start. Nerves admittedly got the...
Steelers’ Cameron Heyward appears on Seth Meyers’ show, jokes about his brother Connor
Steelers veteran Cameron Heyward got in some good-natured, national television-sized digs Thursday against his little brother and teammate Connor Heyward during an appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” While the elder Heyward and Meyers discussed their families getting dinner together, Meyers said about Connor Heyward: “He also seems, I...
First Call: Steelers may consider reunion with Bud Dupree; Allen Robinson signs elsewhere; Jake Guentzel scores again
Friday’s “First Call” discusses a potential reunion for the Pittsburgh Steelers with a former first-round pick. An ex-Steeler is heading to New York. Jake Guentzel keeps doing what he always does in the playoffs. And a pair of former Pirates pitchers are taking to the mound with some wind in...
Tim Benz: Steelers’ WR depth issues can’t be rationalized away
Do you know how I can tell that the Pittsburgh Steelers’ precarious wide receiver depth is starting to become a big concern? Because Steelers fans keep trying to tell me I shouldn’t be concerned. That’s how. That’s usually the telltale sign. The harder the Steelers’ fan base pushes back against...
5 things to watch for at Steelers rookie minicamp
Friday, for the first time for the 2024 league year, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice fields will bustle with the activity of an official workout. A three-day rookie minicamp begins with 75-minute walkthrough-style practice at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Though perhaps only about a half dozen will make any sort of...
Darrelle Revis, DeJuan Blair join 8 others in Pitt’s 2024 Hall of Fame class
The University of Pittsburgh on Thursday unveiled its 10-member 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame class, a group headlined by the legendary broadcast team of Bill Hillgrove and Dick Groat, plus star athletes Darrelle Revis and Al Romano (football) and DeJuan Blair (basketball). The sixth class of honorees will receive induction...
U mad, bro?: Pirates fans tired of empty at-bats; impatience for Paul Skenes; Steelers fans sound off about Najee Harris
The Pittsburgh Pirates can’t hit. Some feel like it took too long to promote Paul Skenes. The Penguins fired an assistant coach. And the Steelers essentially admitted they shouldn’t have drafted a running back in the first round three years ago. There is plenty of room for grumbling in Pittsburgh...
First Call: What it may have cost the Steelers to land Brandon Aiyuk; Martavis Bryant released again
Thursday’s “First Call” takes a look behind the curtain as to what it may have cost the Pittsburgh Steelers to land Brandon Aiyuk in a trade with San Francisco. A former Steelers pass-catcher is back on the open market. A second former Steelers front office alum is in the hunt...
Steelers add former Tampa Bay, Atlanta WR Scotty Miller to crowded position group
Adding a potential option to play in the slot this season, the Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to a one-year contract Wednesday with wide receiver Scotty Miller, a league source confirmed to TribLive. Miller, 26, is the fifth player from the Atlanta Falcons to follow new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith to the...
Undrafted, but not unwanted, ex-Pitt players eager for NFL opportunities
Jake Kradel could have spent the final day of the NFL Draft staring at his TV, cell phone by his side, hoping for the vibration that could change his life. Instead, he went golfing. “It was a nice wind-down, a celebration of my college career,” said Kradel, the Butler graduate...
First Call: Steelers welcome RB on tryout; Patriots may want ex-Steeler as GM; Jake Guentzel scores twice for Hurricanes
Wednesday’s “First Call” features a former Pittsburgh Steeler up for an important post in New England. The Steelers are welcoming a new running back. A local product plays a big role in New York’s win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Stanley Cup playoff action. And a former WPIAL star looks...
Stormy Daniels evokes Ben Roethlisberger during Trump trial
Former Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was mentioned Tuesday during Stormy Daniels’ testimony in former President Donald Trump’s election interference trial. Daniels testified under oath about the sexual encounter she says she had with Trump in 2006 and the alleged $130,000 deal to keep it a secret, made just days before...
First Call: Najee Harris trade talk dismissed; Duquesne WR gets Steelers’ look; Antonio Brown jab makes Tom Brady roast
Tuesday’s “First Call” finds a dismissal of some Najee Harris trade talk. A Duquesne wide receiver is getting a shot with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Joey Porter Jr.’s cousin won’t be joining him in the Steelers’ defensive backfield after all. And we give you the Antonio Brown joke that made it...
Tim Benz: Blaming assistant coaches won’t fix Pittsburgh’s plodding sports teams
During a recent episode of “The Carton Show” on FS1, retired Pittsburgh Steeler Willie Colon said his former coach Mike Tomlin is in hot water. “I love Mike Tomlin. But I have to officially say he is on the hot seat,” Colon said. “When you talk about his overall record,...
Roman Wilson’s college stats were limited, but Steelers believe they have draft steal
He was the leading receiver for undefeated national champion Michigan, he proved clutch on the biggest of college stages and he ran the 40-yard dash in less than 4.4 seconds at the NFL combine. So how did Roman Wilson last until the 14th wide receiver selected in the draft, and...
Family values helped mold Steelers first-round draft pick Troy Fautanu
The importance of family was underscored when Troy Fautanu decided where he would celebrate his selection in the NFL Draft. The league invited all potential first-round prospects to attend the draft in Detroit. That included Fautanu, the 23-year-old fifth-year senior from Washington who was projected to be among the tackle-heavy...
Mark Madden: Steelers have bigger issues than Najee Harris’ 5th-year option
The Najee Harris situation is being blown out of proportion. Like all situations involving the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not picking up Harris’ fifth-year option wasn’t a good decision or a bad one. It was a meh decision involving a meh player. Harris still will be a Steeler this coming season. He’s playing...
First Call: Veteran WR market gets thin for Steelers; was Danny Smith teasing about Justin Fields returning kicks?
In Friday’s “First Call,” are the Pittsburgh Steelers really planning to have Justin Fields return kicks? The pickings are getting slim at wide receiver if general manager Omar Khan is planning to make a move. A former Pitt Panther is getting a look from the Steelers. And No. 66 is...
Tim Benz: Steelers’ call on Najee Harris’ option says more about the past than it does the future
There’s no glaring criticism of the future to be made about Thursday’s decision by the Pittsburgh Steelers to decline Najee Harris’ fifth-year option. In either direction. By rejecting the option, if Harris gets hurt or underperforms in 2024, his contract will expire, and they can let him walk and get...
Steelers decline 5th-year options for RB Najee Harris, QB Justin Fields
The Pittsburgh Steelers declined the fifth-year options for running back Najee Harris and quarterback Justin Fields, making them eligible for free agency after the 2024 season. Harris was scheduled to earn $6.97 million in 2025 had the Steelers exercised his option. Fields, who was acquired from the Chicago Bears in...
