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Getty Images There were questions about Ben Roethlisberger after surgery to reattach three tendons to the bone in his right elbow last fall. The Steelers quarterback is providing the answers this summer. It has the Steelers excited about their offense after what Roethlisberger did in his last...

Getty Images The Steelers don’t negotiate once the season starts, so they are running out of time to get an extension worked out with defensive captain Cam Heyward. Heyward, 31, enters the final year of his deal due to make a $9.5 million base salary. He is in his 10th season since the...

Getty Images JuJu Smith-Schuster isn’t worried about his contract status as he heads into the final year of his rookie deal. That might be a good thing considering the Steelers salary cap situation and the uncertain future of NFL finances in general. The Steelers wide receiver said Monday he...

Getty Images The Vikings announced Saturday they have signed running back Tony Brooks-James. The team waived offensive tackle Brady Aiello in a corresponding move. Brooks-James returns to the Vikings after the team waived him Aug. 8. Brooks-James, who initially entered the league as an...

USA TODAY Sports DeMarcus Lawrence missed the birth of his son, Damari, during his rookie minicamp after the Cowboys made him a second-round choice in 2015. He has vowed not to miss the birth of his daughter in October. With that backdrop, combined with COVID-19 concerns, the defensive end...

Getty Images For now, the Steelers and the rest of the league are in glorified OTAs, having recently added helmets to the mix, as players gradually work their way back to something resembling practice. It seems apparent that Mike Tomlin is ready to proceed, within the limitations. “We are...

Getty Images Another week of PFT Live is in the can. Every day, we had a draft that focused in some way on one of the subjects that was being discussed that day. On Wednesday, the subject was players who need to get off to a hot start during the 2020 season. Check out the video to see our...

Getty Images The Dolphins announced they were awarded cornerback Breon Borders off waivers from Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Borders signed with the Steelers on April 16. Pittsburgh waived him Tuesday. Borders joins the Dolphins after playing 12 games in 2019 — one for Washington and 11, with one...

Getty Images The Steelers put running back Jaylen Samuels back on the active roster on Thursday. Samuels was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on August 2 and the team announced that he has been activated on Thursday morning. The timing of the move means Samuels should be ready to go for the...

Getty Images At a time when the world seemingly can’t get any crazier, a crazy and unexpected feud is unfolding between retired NFL cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones and Steelers cornerback Joe Haden. Someone sent Jones a box of signed Joe Haden jerseys. Jones reasonably assumed it was Haden...

Getty Images Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick made 57 tackles, five interceptions, a forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and earned All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors in his first season with the Steelers. So what is he planning for an encore? Fitzpatrick wants even more takeaways. “I am going to go with...

Getty Images The Steelers activated a player from the reserve/COVID-19 list Tuesday, leaving just one on the list. The team announced that cornerback Justin Layne had been activated, after being placed on the list on July 29. To make room for him on the roster, they released cornerback Breon...

Getty Images The Steelers had no players opt out for the 2020 season. Guard David DeCastro explained to reporters on Monday his decision for opting in. “I’ve always had that mindset of just being all in,” DeCastro said, via Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “Football being No. 1...

Getty Images Steelers wide receiver James Washington‘s stay on the reserve/COVID-19 list has come to an end. Washington was placed on the list last Sunday and the Steelers announced his activation on Friday morning. The list is for players who have tested positive for COVID-19 or have been...

Getty Images The Steelers haven’t had a losing season since drafting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in 2004 and they’ve missed the playoffs six times over that span, including last year when they went 8-8 with Mason Rudolph and Devlin Hodges taking the place of the injured starter...

Getty Images Maryland coach Michael Locksley made it to the top. Now he wants to help others find an easier path, and he’s enlisted some powerful NFL names in his effort. According to Jim Trotter of NFL.com, Locksley formed the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches, which hopes to...

Getty Images The deadline for players to opt out for 2020 passed at 4 p.m. ET Thursday. A total of 67 players took the option to sit out the season. (Offensive lineman Larry Warford is not on the list since he is a free agent.) The 67 players will see their contracts toll, whether the opt out...

Getty Images It’s quiet in Canton, Ohio, tonight. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The Cowboys and Steelers were supposed to kickoff the preseason Thursday in the Hall of Fame Game, the first event in Enshrinement Weekend. While it saves us from watching a glorified scrimmage, the Hall of...

Getty Images The Steelers were one of only three NFL teams not to have a player opt out of the 2020 season. No matter, coach Mike Tomlin acknowledges the NFL faces a challenge to start the 2020 season on time . . . and finish the 2020 season on time. COVID-19 isn’t going away quietly. The...

Getty Images It’s been nearly a week since the NFL gave receiver Antonio Brown (partial) clarity regarding his status, with an eight-game suspension to be served in 2020 and, potentially, further punishment of an unresolved civil lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and rape.. Since then, no...