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Getty Images Nick Bosa was the first defensive player off the board in last April’s draft and he never made the 49ers think twice about their decision to take him with the second overall pick. Bosa missed the preseason because of an ankle injury, but recovered in time to open the year with a...

Getty Images As they began a rebuild on defense, the Buccaneers had some degree of hope that Shaquil Barrett could help them. They could have never imagined to what degree. Barrett broke Hall-of-Famer Warren Sapp’s franchise record, and led the NFL with 19.5 sacks this year. He also had six...

Getty Images Mason Rudolph thought he dislocated his left shoulder in the Dec. 22 game against the Jets. The Steelers quarterback later discovered that he had a more serious posterior sternoclavicular dislocation, an injury that can threaten several vital structures near the medial clavicle...

Getty Images The Steelers announced they signed outside linebacker Tuzar Skipper to a two-year contract on Monday. Skipper was scheduled to become an exclusive rights free agent. He signed with the Steelers as an undrafted free agent out of Toledo. He initially made the team’s roster out of...

Getty Images When Sunday opened, the Steelers had hopes of making it to the playoffs but those hopes were contingent on beating the Ravens while the Titans lost to the Texans. The Steelers went 0-for-2 on Sunday. The Titans thrashed the Texans while the Ravens were moving past the Steelers...

Getty Images Only 12 teams are still in business this morning, which means 20 of them are in full offseason mode. At least one of them’s on the clock, but perhaps two as the Bengals’ expected selection of Heisman-winning quarterback Joe Burrow from LSU will clear the way for Washington to pick...

Getty Images When Texans coach Bill O’Brien was asked earlier this week about resting starters, he said, “Anytime we take the field, based on what we’re all about, we’re about trying to win.” While the Texans will try to win Sunday, they will try to win with several backups on the field...

Getty Images We’ve known for some time that Lamar Jackson would sit out Sunday’s game against the Steelers and now we have a fuller picture of how many Ravens starters won’t bother dressing for the Week 17 game. Tight end Mark Andrews, safety Earl Thomas, left tackle Ronnie Stanley, defensive...

Getty Images The Steelers offense didn’t do much on its first possession, but they finally got rolling against the Ravens in the second quarter. A trio of rookies helped spark their success. Quarterback Devlin Hodges and wide receiver Diontae Johnson hooked up on two passes that picked up 32...

Getty Images The 2019 season started with major questions about what the Ravens offense would look like and one of the answers is that it has a rushing offense that’s surpassed every other in team history. A nine-yard run by Gus Edwards in the second quarter of Sunday’s game put the Ravens at...

Getty Images Turnovers have been a problem for Steelers quarterback Devlin Hodges the last few weeks and his first of Sunday’s game helped send the Steelers to halftime in a 16-7 hole. Matthew Judon stripped Hodges on a sack with less than two minutes to play in the first half and Michael...

Getty Images The Steelers won’t have center Maurkice Pouncey or running back James Conner for their Week 17 game against the Ravens. Neither practiced this week, and the team ruled out both. Conner, who has a quadriceps bruise, played only nine snaps last week. He will finish the season...

Getty Images Steelers backup quarterback Paxton Lynch has moved up on the depth chart this week with the injury suffered by Mason Rudolph, and if Devlin Hodges gets hurt or gets benched, Lynch will be the next man up. He says he’s ready for that. “It’s an exciting opportunity, especially the...

Getty Images All 32 teams will be playing their final regular season game on Sunday. They have handed in their final injury reports of the week and all injury designations for those games are below. Dolphins at Patriots The Dolphins ruled out CB Jomal Wiltz (shoulder). LB Vince Biegel...

Getty Images Some would say the decade doesn’t end until December 31, 2020. To those we say, “We don’t care what you say.” Most say it ends next Tuesday. So, like pretty much everyone else, we’re creating Top 10 lists for the last 10 years. Now, the receivers. 1. Julio Jones. He entered the...

Getty Images Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster returned to the lineup last week after missing four games with a knee injury and caught two passes for 22 yards in a 16-10 loss to the Jets. Smith-Schuster had a shot at a third catch on the team’s final offensive play of the game. He got...

Getty Images The league apparently had hoped to kick the can all the way through the postseason regarding the status of receiver Antonio Brown. The Saints apparently may keep that from happening. If the Saints sign Brown, who is working out for the team today, the league will have to place...

Getty Images There’s been plenty of talk lately about the Top 10 quarterbacks of all time. But who are the Top 10 quarterbacks of the last 10 years? That’s the subject of the latest installment of the best players at each position from 2010 to 2019. 1. Tom Brady. The best quarterback over the...

Getty Images Devlin Hodges will be playing quarterback for the Steelers in their final game of 2019 and the team is hopeful that they’ll get a chance to play a postseason game in 2020. Whether they advance to the playoffs or not, another quarterback has designs on making starts for them next...

Getty Images Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said on Tuesday that running back James Conner‘s status for Sunday is “very much in question” as a result of the thigh injury that knocked him out of last Sunday’s loss to the Jets. The Steelers held their first practice of the week on Wednesday and...