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Getty Images The NFL will hold league meetings next week that are expected to include a vote on expanding the regular season schedule to 17 games. PFT reported last week that the measure is expected to pass and comments from Steelers president Art Rooney II on Thursday show that’s the way...

Getty Images Steelers president Art Rooney II told reporters after the season that the team obviously would do what it takes to assure T.J. Watt remains in the black and gold long term. Rooney was not quite as adamant during a fan chat Thursday. Watt is set to make $10.089 million on the...

Getty Images The Steelers tendered linebacker Robert Spillane as an exclusive rights free agent earlier this month and that didn’t leave Spillane with too many options about how to proceed this offseason. Spillane had the choice of signing the tender and playing for the Steelers in 2021 or...

Getty Images Defensive end Cassius Marsh only played in one game for the Steelers in 2020, but he’ll have a chance to add to that total this year. The Steelers announced that they have re-signed Marsh on Wednesday. It’s a one-year deal and the team also formally announced their agreements with...

Getty Images Steelers receiver Chase Claypool, one of the best rookies of 2020, recently was involved in a bar fight in California. TMZ.com has video of Claypool and others brawling outside the Wild Goose Tavern in Costa Mesa on March 13. Per the report, the dispute started inside, and the...

Getty Images The Steelers gave cornerback Steven Nelson permission to seek a trade, but Nelson appears to just want out, now. Nelson took to Twitter to suggest that the Steelers should just let him go. “Making a public announcement is a little out of my character, but you guys made your...

Getty Images Steven Nelson got his wish. Just moments after Nelson tweeted that he wanted the Steelers to stop holding him hostage, Nelson was released. The Steelers will clear $8.25 million off their salary cap by cutting Nelson, and it was unlikely any team wanted to trade for his contract...

Getty Images Free-agent receiver Antonio Brown continues to face a civil claim of sexual assault and rape. As that case moves toward a trial set for December 2021, the lawyers representing the lawyers representing the plaintiff are looking for evidence to support the claims. As part of the...

Getty Images Pittsburgh has added another wide receiver. The Steelers announced they’ve signed Tyler Simmons to a one-year contract on Monday. Simmons spent time with the Texans last year, signing with the club as an undrafted free agent. But Houston cut him from its practice squad early on in...

Getty Images Ola Adeniyi wasn’t tendered a contract as a restricted free agent by the Steelers and the linebacker has found a new home for the 2021 season. Adeniyi’s agent Erik Burkhardt said that his client has agreed to a contract with the Titans. It’s a one-year deal for Adeniyi in...

USA TODAY Sports The Steelers brought defensive tackle Chris Wormley into the organization last year and they didn’t want him to head anywhere else in 2021. The team announced on Monday that Wormley has re-signed with the team. It is a two-year deal for Wormley. Wormley was a 2017 third-round...

Getty Images Receiver Kenny Golladay wanted $18.5 million per year. He got $18 million per year from the Giants, with incentives that could push the deal to $19 million per year. So here’s the question: In paying Golladay $18 million per year, which team(s) were the Giants competing against...

Getty Images The Steelers re-signed wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster late last week and they spent the weekend bringing in a couple of players from outside the organization. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported that the team is signing defensive back Miles Killebrew to a one-year deal. They...

Getty Images The Buccaneers have kept most of the Super Bowl band together, but offensive lineman Joe Haeg will be moving on. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that Haeg has agreed to sign with the Steelers. Haeg appeared in 12 regular season games and all four postseason contests last year...

Getty Images Free agency only officially began Wednesday, but most of the top free agents already know where they are playing next season. The top 37 players on PFT’s top 100 were franchised and/or have signed a new deal. Only 26 of the top 100 remain without a contract for 2021, and many of...

Getty Images The Titans signed Bud Dupree to a five-year, $82 million deal this week — despite tearing his ACL late in the 2020 season. During an introductory press conference with Tennessee media on Friday, Dupree said he expects to be healthy well before Week 1. “I am going to be full speed...

Getty Images Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster‘s return to Pittsburgh is now official. The Steelers announced that Smith-Schuster has agreed to a contract to return for a fifth season with the team. That was a reversal from where the wideout thought things were going early in the week, but he...

Getty Images The cap-strapped Steelers have found a way to pay receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster $8 million without paying him $8 million. Per a source with knowledge of the deal, Smith-Schuster’s new contract has a signing bonus of $7 million and a base salary of $1 million. With four voidable...

Getty Images Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster will be back for another season in Pittsburgh. Smith-Schuster agreed to a one-year deal with the Steelers today, according to multiple reports. Although Smith-Schuster reportedly had interest from some other teams, the wide receiver...

Getty Images Plenty of players and their agents can claim this time of year, regardless of factual accuracy, that a player took less to stay with his current team. In the case of Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, it’s true. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, receiver JuJu...