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Getty Images Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has been speaking out publicly this offseason about his belief that there’s been too little progress toward getting more Black head coaches in the NFL. Tomlin said he’s particularly frustrated that Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, who got...

Getty Images The Steelers want Ben. Ben wants the Steelers. The Steelers need to revise Ben’s contract. Ben is willing to do it. But still it hasn’t been done. Although Steelers president Art Rooney II recently told Steelers.com that the deadline for getting a revised deal in place is March...

Getty Images The Steelers have made clear that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will not be back on his current contract, but owner Art Rooney II insists that’s a reflection only of the salary cap, and not of how Roethlisberger is playing. Rooney said the Steelers still believe that...

Getty Images Thirteen days into his 33-day head start on free agency, defensive lineman J.J. Watt continues to look for a new team. Multiple teams reportedly are interested, but no deal has been done, yet. According to Diana Russini of ESPN.com, Watt “has received contract offers from multiple...

Getty Images Art Michalik, an NFL linebacker who also had a noteworthy post-football career as a professional wrestler, has died at the age of 91. The son of a Chicago cop, Michalik grew up in Chicago and then went on to play college football and wrestle at St. Ambrose in Iowa. There he gained...

Getty Images Pittsburgh’s Devin Bush had his second season cut short when he suffered a torn ACL during his team’s Week 5 win over Cleveland. One of the Steelers’ critical defensive pieces, Bush said in a Q&A call with fans set up by the team that his rehab process is going well. “I’m on...

Getty Images Nearly two weeks into this 33-day head start on free agency, J.J. Watt has yet to sign with a new team. No reports have emerged regarding specific offers he has received from the various franchises that have expressed interest. Although the lack of a specific cap number could be a...

Getty Images Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier’s football career came to a sudden end when he suffered a serious spinal cord injury. But rather than viewing himself as unlucky to have encountered such a fate, Shazier thinks he was one of the lucky ones, because he had the best medical treatment...

Getty Images Steelers president Art Rooney II had a meeting with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Tuesday and Roethlisberger’s agent said that it ended with the Steelers saying they “want Ben back and will contact me soon to address his cap situation.” There was no word from the Steelers, but...

Getty Images Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger apparently will remain in Pittsburgh. Receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster hopes that his future there eventually be secured, too. Smith-Schuster recently told TMZ.com that he hopes to stay with the Steelers for the rest of his career. “At the end of the...

Getty Images Steelers president Art Rooney has released a statement about Tuesday’s meeting with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger about Roethlisberger’s return for the 2021 season. Roethlisberger’s agent Ryan Tollner said Tuesday that Rooney expressed a desire to have the quarterback back for an...

Getty Images Steelers team president Art Rooney II met with Ben Roethlisberger on Tuesday. The meeting went well, according to a report afterward. Apparently, the meaning of “the meeting went well” is both sides have agreed to give it another go. Ryan Tollner, the quarterback’s agent, told...

USA TODAY Sports It’s one thing for the Steelers to want to bring quarterback Ben Roethlisberger back for another year. It’s quite another for the Steelers to want to pay him the full $19 million he’s due to make in 2021. It’s currently unclear whether the Steelers will try to get...

Getty Images J.J. Watt‘s tweets are sparking speculation as to his destination in free agency. But around the league, players are still putting their best foot forward to recruit him. During an interview with Sports Radio 810 WHB, Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones said it would be nice to...

Getty Images Whether the Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger can reach an agreement that will result in the team bringing him back this season remains to be seen. But they’re discussing it. Roethlisberger and Steelers President Art Rooney II met today, according to Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh...

Getty Images Soon-to-be-free-agent quarterback Cam Newton recently declared that there aren’t 32 quarterbacks better than him. He’s right. On Tuesday’s PFT Live, Simms and I went through all 32 teams and identified several starting (for now) quarterbacks who aren’t as good, in our view, as...

Getty Images A report emerged earlier on Monday that Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was diagnosed with COVID-19. While the organization did not initially confirm that news, Tomlin did himself in a statement released to social media on Monday afternoon. “I want to thank everyone who reached...

Getty Images The Steelers have been one of the teams working from their facility early in the offseason, but apparently that has been interrupted. NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reports head coach Mike Tomlin was diagnosed with COVID-19 and is now away from the club’s building. Rapoport added that...

Getty Images The Steelers are one of many teams with work to do in order to get under the 2021 salary cap and they’ve gotten some of the work done by restructuring the contract of a defensive star. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team has converted a large portion of his $10.5...

Getty Images The Steelers made Vance McDonald‘s retirement official Friday, placing him on the retired reserve list. McDonald, who spent the past four seasons with the Steelers, announced his retirement last month. “My family and I are so grateful for everything NFL football has provided us...