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Getty Images The Steelers took a walk down memory lane when it came to making a waiver claim following Saturday’s cut to 53 players around the league. They claimed quarterback Josh Dobbs off of waivers from the Jaguars. They traded Dobbs to the Jags last September after Nick Foles broke his...

Getty Images Quack, quack. Smack. The career of quarterback Devlin “Duck” Hodges has flown into a window. The man who started six games as an undrafted rookie in 2019 has been released by the Steelers, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com. The release of Hodges follows the return of Joshua...

Getty Images Safety Sean Davis is headed back to Pittsburgh. Davis failed to make Washington’s 53-man roster despite landing a $2 million signing bonus from the team as a free agent this offseason. Davis left the Steelers to sign with Washington and now he’s headed back to his former team...

Getty Images The Steelers are finalizing a four-year extension with defensive captain Cam Heyward, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. The deal is worth $65.6 million in new money, and it keeps Heyward under contract with the Steelers through the 2024 season. Heyward confirmed a new deal, tweeting...

Getty Images It’s Labor Day, the unofficial end of a summer that began unofficially on Memorial Day. On Memorial Day, George Floyd was murdered. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, a sense emerged that Colin Kaepernick was right all along, and that the process of moving forward would...

Getty Images These moves are definitely not proof that the Jaguars are tanking. Jacksonville has released quarterback Mike Glennon and quarterback Joshua Dobbs, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. Glennon signed with the Jaguars in the offseason. The team traded for Dobbs with the...

Getty Images Surprise releases are only surprises for those not making the decisions. The coaches know who deserves a roster spot and who doesn’t. The Steelers surprisingly (to those not making the decision) have decided that receiver Ryan Switzer does not deserve one, at least not for now...

USA TODAY Sports Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert said before the 2019 season that he was more comfortable signing one-year deals than a long-term extension in Pittsburgh. His contract runs through 2021, per Ed Bouchette of TheAthletic.com. Coach Mike Tomlin is under contract through...

Getty Images In 2018, running back Adrian Peterson didn’t sign with Washington until late August. He still had more than 1,000 rushing yards that season. In 2020, Washington has sent Peterson packing the day before the mandatory reduction of the roster to 53. It will make it harder for...

Getty Images [Editor’s note: We’re keeping track of the moves as AFC teams make them this weekend, as they have to get to their 53-man roster limit by Saturday at 4 p.m. Check back throughout the weekend, as we’ll update throughout.] Buffalo Miami Released wide receivers Ricardo Louis and...

Getty Images It’s always better to be the Super Bowl MVP than the regular-season MVP. But the latter prize doesn’t suck, especially as it relates to getting compensated for a player’s future services. Four of the last five MVPs won the award for the first time — Cam Newton in 2015, Matt Ryan...

USA TODAY Sports Ben Roethlisberger‘s contract goes through the 2021 season. He turns 40 in March 2022. But the Steelers are open to committing to Roethlisberger as their quarterback beyond 2021 if he’s healthy and willing. “Obviously after the season we’ll evaluate his contract situation...

Getty Images Pittsburgh Steelers radio play-by-play voice Bill Hillgrove has been suspended for the first two games of the 2020 season following a June arrest for a DUI. According to Joe Rutter of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Hillgrove registered a blood alcohol level of 0.16 percent after...

Getty Images Steelers defensive end Cam Heyward said recently that he wants a contract extension before noting that it takes two to tango when it comes to negotiations. The team’s president indicated on Wednesday that the Steelers want to dance, but Art Rooney II also added a caveat that makes...

Getty Images Fullback Roosevelt Nix, a Pro Bowler with the Steelers in 2017, has been released by the Colts. The team announced the move on Monday. Nix, who was limited to three games in 2019, played defensive line at Kent State, where he won the MAC defensive player of the year award. He...

Getty Images The Steelers made sure linebacker Bud Dupree would return for the 2020 season by using the franchise tag this offseason, but they didn’t sign him to a long-term deal and that leaves things uncertain for the future. Dupree entered last season with similar uncertainty and turned in...

Getty Images Until 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, a team that would like to claim the balance of running back Leonard Fournette‘s contract can do so. So will anyone do it? Per a league source, multiple teams are doing research on Fournette, who had 1,152 rushing yards another 522 receiving yards on...

Getty Images Every year, plenty of non-playoff teams from the prior year crash the postseason party. This year, with a pair of additional playoff sports, there could be even more teams that didn’t make it last year. So which teams that didn’t make it last year are most likely to make it this...

Getty Images Until 4:00 p.m. ET on Monday, he can be traded. After that, he can be claimed on waivers for 24 hours. After that, he becomes a free agent. Regardless of when or how running back Leonard Fournette lands with a new team, he’s destined to see his NFL career continue, somewhere. So...

Getty Images The Jaguars have tried and tried and tried some more to trade running back Leonard Fournette. And they still have more time to try to trade him. Even though the Jaguars have announced that Fournette, the fourth overall pick in the 2017 draft, has been waived, the move doesn’t...