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Getty Images When the Ravens brought in tackle Alejandro Villanueva for a visit last month, word from Baltimore reporters was that the team was not expected to make a move until after the draft. Compensatory draft picks were central to that approach. The Ravens and other teams have prized the...

Getty Images Baltimore has landed a right tackle. According to multiple reports, former Steeler Alejandro Villanueva is signing a two-year, $14 million deal with $8 million guaranteed with the Ravens. The move was expected after Baltimore traded Orlando Brown Jr. to Kansas City last month...

Getty Images The Steelers officially signed defensive back DeMarkus Acy to a one-year contract on Monday, the team announced. Acy initially entered the league as an undrafted free agent, signing with the 49ers after the 2020 draft. He had two stints on the Seahawks’ practice squad. The...

Getty Images The deadline for NFL teams to exercise their fifth-year contract options on 2018 first-round picks passed on Monday afternoon and 21 players had those options picked up. Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold is part of that group. Carolina traded for Darnold last month and announced...

Getty Images The Steelers used their first four picks in this year’s draft on offensive players for the first time since 1984, but their defensive coordinator doesn’t have an issue with that. Keith Butler said he agreed with General Manager Kevin Colbert’s focus on the other side of the ball...

Getty Images Pittsburgh will let Terrell Edmunds hit free agency following the 2021 season. Per NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero, the Steelers are declining the safety’s $6.753 million fifth-year option. Edmunds was the 28th overall pick in the 2018 draft. He’s played 47 games for Pittsburgh over...

Getty Images The Steelers were quick to announce a set of undrafted free agent signings after the seventh round of the draft concluded on Saturday. Cornerback Shakur Brown is part of the group. Brown left Michigan State after being named All-Big Ten during the 2020 season with the expectation...

Getty Images The first overall pick is the first favorite to win the rookie of the year award. But the 24th pick could be the one to watch. Via PointsBet, Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence has +250 odds to win the prize the night before Super Bowl LVI. That part was predictable. After that...

Getty Images Najee Harris is never going to forget where he came from to get here, a national champion and the 24th overall choice in Thursday’s NFL draft. The new Steelers running back lived in a small room at a Bay Area homeless shelter with his parents and four siblings some eight to 10...

Getty Images Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said last week that the team’s path to a better running game went beyond adding personnel, but the team showed that personnel is part of the puzzle on Thursday night. As many predicted in the weeks leading up to the draft, the Steelers used the 24th...

Getty Images Nearly 50 years after taking running back Franco Harris in round one, the Steelers have added another tailback named Harris in the first round of the draft. At No. 24, the Steelers have selected Alabama running back Najee Harris. It was a clear need for the Steelers, a need they...

Getty Images The Steelers are “absolutely” open to drafting a quarterback with starter Ben Roethlisberger possibly entering his last season. But they also apparently want to assure Mason Rudolph returns next season. The Steelers are nearing a one-year extension with Rudolph, Ian Rapoport of...

Getty Images A report earlier Thursday indicated the Steelers were close to an agreement on an extension with Mason Rudolph. The sides now have completed the deal. Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Rudolph has agreed to a one-year extension with the Steelers through 2022...

Getty Images If you’re an NFL team that wants either running back Najee Harris or linebacker Zaven Collins on Thursday night and you pick below No. 24 in round one, you may need to trade up. A source with knowledge of the dynamics driving the 2021 draft tells PFT that the Steelers are expected...

Getty Images After trading for Minkah Fitzpatrick, the Steelers are in no hurry to see him leave. Pittsburgh exercised the safety’s fifth-year option on Tuesday, per NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport. The Steelers acquired the 2018 No. 11 overall pick early in the 2019 season for three draft...

Getty Images After starting the 2020 season 11-0, the Steelers fizzled in December, losing four of their final five games, including a 24-22 loss to the Browns in Week 17. At 12-4, Pittsburgh still won the division, but faced Cleveland again in the Wild Card round for the Browns’ first playoff...

Getty Images NFL teams will be adding first-round picks to their roster this week and some of them will then turn their attention to first-round picks from 2018. Fifth-year contract options for players selected in the first round that year need to be exercised by May 3 and some teams have...

Getty Images Asked about who has the final say in the Steelers’ draft room, coach Mike Tomlin said it’s owner Art Rooney II. “Mr. Rooney’s the boss,” Tomlin said. “Kevin and I have worked so well and so long together that we can kind of communicate nonverbally in those moments. But at the end...

Getty Images When the Steelers released linebacker Vince Williams early in the offseason to create cap room, it appeared Williams’ time with the franchise was coming to an end. But after about a month on the open market, Williams elected to return to the only team for which he’s played in his...

Getty Images One common theme shared by General Managers at this year’s pre-draft press conferences has been the difficulties in preparing for the draft given the lack of a Combine and in-person meetings with prospects. Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert shared those thoughts on Monday and...