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Getty Images The Steelers signed former Penn State and XFL wide receiver Saeed Blacknall last week and they added another player with that background to the roster on Sunday. DeAndre Thompkins is the new member of their receiving corps. Cornerback Alexander Myles was cut in a corresponding...

Getty Images The 49ers claimed undrafted rookie James Lockhart off waivers Saturday. Lockhart, though, has informed the team he has retired, Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Pittsburgh cut Lockhart on Friday. Lockhart, 23, went undrafted out of Baylor in April. He signed...

Getty Images Jets coach Adam Gase and running back Le'Veon Bell are back on the same page. Or at least they’re back in the same book. Gase removed Bell from a recent scrimmage, explaining that Bell had hamstring tightness. Bell took to Twitter to say there’s nothing wrong with his hamstrings...

Getty Images The 49ers claimed defensive end James Lockhart off waivers from the Steelers on Saturday, according to the NFL’s transactions. Pittsburgh cut Lockhart on Friday. Lockhart, 23, went undrafted out of Baylor in April. He signed with the Steelers as a college free agent. He spent...

USA TODAY Sports The Steelers practiced Thursday, deciding not to join the nine teams that didn’t. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin explained it, saying, “We desire to have an impact, more so than statements.” Still, a day later, Tomlin and the Steelers made a big statement they hope will make an...

Getty Images Wide receiver Saeed Blacknall is back with the Steelers. Blacknall was cut by the team a week ago, but they announced his return to the active roster on Friday. Linebacker James Lockhart was waived to make room for Blacknall. Blacknall originally signed with the Steelers in April...

Getty Images The Bills signed cornerback Brian Allen on Friday, the team announced. Allen, 26, became a free agent after the Seahawks cut him Aug. 11. He spent most of last season on Seattle’s practice squad after signing with the team in October. The Steelers made Allen a fifth-round choice...

Getty Images When the Eagles announced on Thursday that they won’t have fans at Lincoln Financial Field until further notice, they noted that guidelines from Pennsylvania state government did not allow for them to open the gates. Given that the Steelers also play in Pennsylvania, it wasn’t a...

Getty Images The NFL has only four minority coaches. Two of those — Anthony Lynn of the Chargers and Ron Rivera of Washington — canceled practice Thursday in light of the police shooting of Jacob Blake and the outcry that has followed. The Dolphins, who have Brian Flores as their head coach...

Getty Images Defensive end Cam Heyward has been outspoken about his desire to sign a new contract with the Steelers before the season starts, but he indicated that there hasn’t been much of a push from the team’s side to get something done at this point. Heyward isn’t the only player entering...

Getty Images The Steelers added some experience at linebacker, and some needed help at long snapper. The team announced the addition of veteran linebacker Jayrone Elliott and long snapper Liam McCullough. Elliott was in camp with the Steelers last year, and bounced on and off the active...

USA TODAY Sports Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said recently that he keeps waiting to feel pain in his surgically repaired right elbow, but that he remains pleasantly surprised that throwing at training camp hasn’t led to a reminder of his injury. Roethlisberger reiterated that all...

Getty Images The trade that sent Minkah Fitzpatrick from Miami to Pittsburgh last season worked out well for the Steelers as Fitzpatrick played free safety at an elite level over the course of the year. Fitzpatrick had not been tethered to that spot with the Dolphins, which led to some...

USA TODAY Sports Ten receivers were drafted before him. Ten of them. But the eleventh receiver, and 49th player, taken in the 2020 draft is generating as much buzz as any of the rest. Steelers receiver Chase Claypool has constantly turned heads in Pittsburgh throughout training camp. Veteran...

USA TODAY Sports Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger‘s return after missing the final 14 games of last season has led to optimism in Pittsburgh, but there’s been another thought rolling through the quarterback’s head. Roethlisberger said that he has felt pain in his right elbow while...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame contributor committee selected former Steelers super scout Bill Nunn as a finalist for the Class of 2021. Nunn worked as a sportswriter at the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the most influential publications serving predominantly Black communities in the...

Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers were one of the few teams to have no confirmed positive COVID-19 tests. They surely were surprised when they learned on Saturday that they suddenly have six. “On Saturday, we had six players absent from practice due to our adherence to COVID-19 protocol,”...

Getty Images From time to time on PFT Live, the control room torments me with one specific highlight from December 28, 1975, the day the Cowboys ended Minnesota’s season with the NFL’s first-ever Hail Mary play. The play had a controversial ending, given that Vikings cornerback Nate Wright...

Getty Images With Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa the highest-paid defensive player in football and Chargers defensive end Melvin Ingram not practicing as he tries to get more money from the team, Simms and I recently looked at the best pass-rushing duos in all of football. It unfolded in the...

Getty Images The Steelers are adding some receiver depth and a return option. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Steelers are signing wideout Ray-Ray McCloud. McCloud has spent most of the two seasons with the Bills. He did have a brief stint last year with the Panthers, who...