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Getty Images The Steelers didn’t have a quarterbacks coach last year, or any stability at quarterback. They’re hoping for both in 2020, but they have at least hired a coach. The team announced that Matt Canada has been hired as the new quarterbacks coach. They haven’t had anyone in that role...

Getty Images The Rooney Rule is named after late Steelers owner Dan Rooney. His son, current Steelers owner Art Rooney II, agrees the rule didn’t work as intended this season. “Where we are right now, is not where we want to be, not where we need to be,” Rooney told Steve Wyche of NFL Media on...

Getty Images The Philadelphia Eagles are in search of a new wide receivers coach after releasing Carson Walch and offensive coordinator Mike Groh a week ago after their playoff exit to the Seattle Seahawks. As it turns out, a former Seahawk wide receiver and a Hall of Famer wide out that made...

Getty Images Steelers fans won’t be able to see their team on the field for a while, but it appears they’ll get first dibs on seeing their team in the 2020 preseason. As we learned last weekend, former Steelers coach Bill Cowher will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this summer...

Getty Images It’s entirely possible that Antonio Brown has a health condition that has caused him to consistently act in bizarre and erratic ways over the course of the last year. If so, someone who can influence him to get the help he needs should do everything in his or her power to make that...

Getty Images Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill will be welcomed into an exclusive club on Sunday, a club that Patrick Mahomes became a member of last year, and a club that has had surprisingly few members in recent years. That club is quarterbacks who have started the AFC Championship Game...

Getty Images Yesterday was a crushing loss for the Texans, but at least they can comfort themselves with their future, and how they can use the 26th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft to make a good team better. Oh wait, they already traded that one to the Dolphins. Sorry guys, that was probably too...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame revealed one member of the Class of 2020: Hall of Fame president David Baker surprised Bill Cowher live on CBS’ The NFL Today on Saturday night. Cowher is one of two coaches whom the blue-ribbon panel elected this week as part of the Centennial Slate...

Getty Images The question of whether a team with nothing for which to play should play to win in Week 17 has received another data point for when it inevitably arises again. The Ravens, who secured the No. 1 seed with a Week 16 win over the Browns, rested key starters for the regular-season...

Getty Images David DeCastro won’t be going to the Pro Bowl later this month, but another guard from the AFC North will be there in his place. Browns left guard Joel Bitonio has been named to the team as an injury replacement. Bitonio started every game this season and didn’t miss an offensive...

Getty Images The Colts added another Pro Bowler Thursday. The team announced that center Ryan Kelly was added to the Pro Bowl roster. He replaces Pittsburgh center Maurkice Pouncey, who didn’t play in Week 17 because of a knee injury. This is Kelly’s first Pro Bowl, and he joins teammates...

Getty Images George Perles, a coach who spent a decade with the Steelers and was one of the architects of the Steel Curtain defense, has died at the age of 85. Perles was hired by Chuck Noll as the Steelers’ defensive line coach in 1972, and that season the Steelers made the playoffs for the...

Getty Images Panthers owner David Tepper was willing to change the market for first-time coaches in hiring Matt Rhule, but he thinks he’s getting something for his money. Specifically, a future Hall of Famer who will change the trajectory of a franchise that’s 10 games under .500 for its first...

Getty Images To say that the Rooney Rule isn’t working is to presume that it ever did. It never truly did, at least not in the way it was intended. Ideally, the rule requiring at least one minority candidate to be interviewed for every head-coaching vacancy will prompt owners to engage in a...

Getty Images The Patriots not being involved in the divisional round of the playoffs is unusual enough. Having them involved so early in next year’s annual selection meeting will be peculiar as well. With the results of the wild card weekend in the books, four more slots in the 2020 NFL Draft...

Getty Images The Associated Press has announced the results of this year’s All-Pro voting and two players were selected as first-team choices by all 50 voters. Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas got the unanimous nod after setting a new record for receptions during the 2019 season. Patriots...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the modern-era finalists for the Class of 2020 on Thursday night. Seven of the 15 finalists made the list for the first time. The inclusion of first-year eligible players Troy Polamalu and Reggie Wayne was expected. They were joined by five...

Getty Images The top draft pick of the Steelers in 2016 is eager to find a new opportunity after four seasons in Pittsburgh. According to Jacob Klinger of PennLive.com, cornerback Artie Burns is ready to find a new place to play beginning in 2020. “I gotta get to another team and do what I...

Getty Images When no teams volunteer to appear on Hard Knocks, the NFL forces someone to do it. This year, five teams meet the criteria to be told they’re on the annual HBO documentary show whether they want to be or not. The Cardinals, Lions, Broncos, Jaguars and Steelers all can be required...

Getty Images The biggest thing the Steelers need to fix is their quarterback position. But that won’t be the only looming issue this offseason, as coach Mike Tomlin acknowledged there could be staff changes. “I understand change is part of the business,” Tomlin said, via Joe Rutter of the...