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Getty Images Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert did little to suggest that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger‘s return to the team is a sure thing when he spoke to reporters earlier this week. If the Steelers do part ways with Roethlisberger, attention will shift to what they do to replace him...

Getty Images The Steelers, fully aware that they may not have enough around quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to justify bringing him back for another year, suddenly seem to be ambivalent about an ongoing relationship. So if (and it’s still a fairly big if) the Steelers decide to sever ties with...

Getty Images Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert has plenty of concerns on the contract front right now, but his own pact isn’t high on the list. Colbert has been working on a year-to-year basis the last few years and his current deal will expire after this year’s draft. He told reporters...

Getty Images When running back Jerome Bettis returned for one more year with the Steelers, it made sense. They had a team that was close to winning a Super Bowl and, in that one more year, they did. As the Steelers and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger continue to contemplate the possibility of...

Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic forced changes to the Steelers’ schedule in 2020. Now, it has forced the closure of the team facility. The Steelers sent head coach Mike Tomlin, assistant coaches and the scouting staff home Wednesday, Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The...

Getty Images On Friday, J.J. Watt became a free agent. Five days later, he has made an observation on Twitter: “free agency is wild.” He didn’t elaborate. So it’s anyone’s guess as to what’s “wild” about it. Is it wild because teams are throwing offers at him? Is it wild because he’s not...

Getty Images Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert is not committing to bringing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger back to Pittsburgh for the 2021 season. The Steelers have previously made clear that Roethlisberger won’t be back without a restructured contract. Roethlisberger has said he’s...

Getty Images Since the Texans released J.J. Watt, the prevailing assumption has been that he’ll sign with the Steelers to play with his brothers, T.J. and Derek. That may have even been a reason why word leaked on Tuesday that J.J. Watt is “seriously considering” signing with the Browns...

Getty Images Last year the Steelers put the franchise tag on linebacker Bud Dupree, and he played out the season on his $15.828 million franchise tag salary. This year will be different. Citing a lack of salary cap space, Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert said he doesn’t expect to use the...

Getty Images The Hall of Fame Game between the Cowboys and Steelers set for last August quickly sold out. A full house was expected before the Pro Football Hall of Fame called off the entire weekend because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hall of Fame now is planning for the same thing this Aug...

Getty Images Tuesday’s PFT Live included an experimental exercise that could have been good, or it could have been bad. It ended up being more good than bad. Or, more accurately, it was fun for us to do. Whether it was good or bad is for you to decide. We played a word association game, based...

Getty Images The Browns were one of the first teams to show interest in signing defensive end J.J. Watt after he was released by the Texans last Friday and it appears the interest is mutual. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reports that Watt is “seriously considering” making his way to...

Getty Images Zach Banner is slated to become an unrestricted free agent next month. The former fourth-round pick out of USC is on his third team after the Colts drafted him and the Browns cut him. But he found a home in Pittsburgh, beginning the 2020 season as the team’s starting right tackle...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced last June 25 that it was postponing the 2020 enshrinement weekend. They pushed everything to 2021. That creates an unprecedented enshrinement weekend for this summer. The Hall of Fame Game between the Cowboys and Steelers will kick off...

Getty Images Pittsburgh has found a new secondary coach, plucking him from the college ranks. Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the Steelers have hired Grady Brown for the position. Brown had just accepted a job as the University of Houston’s cornerbacks coach on Feb. 8, but...

Getty Images Plenty of teams reportedly are interested in free-agent defensive lineman J.J. Watt. But it’s one thing to be interested and it’s quite another to start putting firm financial offers on the table. With so much uncertainty surrounding the 2021 salary cap, the question becomes...

Getty Images The Steelers are strong favorites to land J.J. Watt, according to PointsBet. The Steelers make sense, given both of Watt’s brothers, T.J. and Derek, already play in Pittsburgh. The Steelers, though, would have to create cap space to add a third Watt. Even though teams don’t yet...

Getty Images They entered the world together. They’re leaving the football world together, too. Long-time NFL centers Maurkice and Mike Pouncey, twin brothers born on July 24, 1989, are retiring from the NFL. Maurkice was a first-round pick of the Steelers in 2010. He’s a three-time...

Getty Images He won’t play for the Texans. So where will J.J. Watt play in 2021? The folks at PointsBet already have compiled odds. The strong favorite, at +140, is Pittsburgh. The Packers and Buccaneers come in next at +400 each, with the Ravens at +600, and the Bears at +700. Four teams...

Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has said he’s ready to restructure his contract to ease the Steelers’ salary cap situation for the 2021 season. But so far they’ve had no talks on the matter. Roethlisberger told Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today that he has...