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Getty Images The Packers didn’t apply the franchise tag to running back Aaron Jones. The Packers still want to sign him, but to do so they’ll have to successfully persuade him to not sign with another team. As usual, money talks. Who will speak the most loudly? The folks at PointsBet have...

Getty Images The Steelers are bringing back their return man. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Pittsburgh has agreed to terms with Ray-Ray McCloud on a one-year deal. McCloud averaged 10.3 yards on 29 punt returns and 23.1 yards on 28 kick returns for Pittsburgh in 2020. He also caught 20...

Getty Images The NFL has set the salary cap at $182.5 million for the 2021 season on Wednesday and they’ve also set the amount that teams will have to pay if they exercise their fifth-year option on 2018 first-round picks. The Collective Bargaining Agreement that the NFL and NFLPA agreed to...

USA TODAY Sports The Steelers moved Marcus Allen from safety to linebacker during the 2020 season and he’ll be back for more work on their defense in 2021. Allen was set to be an exclusive rights free agent, but the Steelers announced on Tuesday that he has re-signed with the team. It is a...

Getty Images No one expected the Steelers to use the franchise tag on Bud Dupree, and they won’t. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports the Steelers informed their star linebacker they will not franchise him a second consecutive year. That means Dupree is headed to free agency next week. General...

Getty Images The Steelers know how to find great receivers. They also seem to know how to handle diva receivers. A recent article on the team’s official website suggests that they perhaps have another one. Consider this excerpt from Bob Labriola of Steelers.com regarding 2020 rookie Chase...

Getty Images Despite whatever disclaimers and caveats that NFL teams may apply to articles written on websites owned and operated by NFL teams, the fact remains that those websites are owned and operated by NFL teams. This necessarily makes observations made by team employees on team-owned...

Getty Images In 2015, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning agreed to reduce his $19 million in total pay to $15 million. The $4 million haircut wasn’t unconditional; Manning had the ability to make every penny back if the Broncos won the Super Bowl. They did, and he did. In 2021, Steelers...

Getty Images With the Steelers and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger finally working out a revised deal that will pay $14 million in what by all appearances will be the player’s last year in Pittsburgh, the question becomes what’s next at the position? The Steelers went 20 years between franchise...

Getty Images Last year, Tom Brady wouldn’t say that he’s better than Joe Montana was. Brady doesn’t need to; Montana has done it for him. “I think Tom has, you know, taken his place on the top up there a long time ago,” Montana said Wednesday on ESPN. “So he’s had a tremendous career, is fun...

Getty Images Ben Roethlisberger will remain in Pittsburgh for the 2021 season. The Steelers announced today that they have signed Roethlisberger to a new contract that will keep him in town this year. There’s no word on the value or structure of the contract. The Steelers had made clear that...

Getty Images The question of Ben Roethlisberger‘s playing future was answered on Thursday. Roethlisberger agreed to a new contract with the Steelers for the 2021 season and the quarterback released a statement about it through the team. The terms of the new deal have not been announced or...

Getty Images Details have emerged about the new deal that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger signed for the 2021 season. According to multiple reports, Roethlisberger’s compensation for the season has gone from $19 million to $14 million and the Steelers have picked up $15 million in cap...

Getty Images Earlier in the day, the Steelers reached a new deal with Ben Roethlisberger to create cap space. They have 19 unrestricted free agents, some of whom they hope to keep. The Steelers have ensured the return of one of their exclusive rights free agents. The team signed center J.C...

Getty Images The story hid in plain sight for 38 years, the last half of which consisted of Tom Brady being a star NFL quarterback. Only today, the anniversary of Terry Bradshaw’s 1983 supposedly minor (but ultimately career ending) elbow surgery, did the nugget emerge that Bradshaw used an...

Getty Images You learn something new every day. Even if it sometimes takes 38 years, to the day. As noted by the @QuirkyResearch account on Twitter, on March 3, 1983, Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw underwent “minor” elbow surgery in his home town of Shreveport, Louisiana to address...

Getty Images After four years in Pittsburgh, running back James Conner appears to be on the way out. Conner becomes a free agent in two weeks and is unlikely to re-sign with the Steelers, according to ESPN. Last year Conner was the Steelers’ leading rusher with 721 yards, but most of his...

Getty Images The Steelers made center Maurkice Pouncey’s retirement official Monday. The team placed Pouncey on the reserve/retired list. Maurkice and his twin brother, Mike Pouncey, announced their retirements from the NFL on Feb. 12. The Steelers made Maurkice a first-round choice in 2010...

USA TODAY Sports Hall of Fame linebacker Jack Lambert is auctioning his personal football collection, Joe Rutter of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. Lot. No. 590 of the Lelands Spring Classic collection includes the container that held Lambert’s false teeth during games. The teeth are...

Getty Images The following are PFT’s top 100 free agents for the start of the 2021 league year. The rankings include prospective unrestricted free agents, as well as released players. The list will be updated as events warrant, with signings, tags and re-signings denoted when announced and/or...