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Getty Images The AAF didn’t make it, but some of their players still did. The failed developmental league has placed 17 alumni onto NFL rosters at the moment. As compiled by NFLDraftDiamonds.com, that includes eight players who are still on active rosters. The list includes a pair of Browns...

Getty Images The 2019 Steelers will play their first game in New England on Sunday night and the hope in Pittsburgh is that it will be the first step toward a better year than they had in 2018. During the offseason, one of the focal points of discussions around the team has been that things...

Getty Images Demaryius Thomas showed flashes of his old form in the Patriots final preseason game against the New York Giants. But as the page turns from the preseason to the regular season, head coach Bill Belichick says the team is still trying to figure out exactly what they have in the...

Getty Images Mike Tomlin hasn’t had to worry about helmets this offseason. But he is going to New England this week, which means headsets are an issue again. The Steelers coach generally tried to downplay the communications issues that plagued him during their opening week loss in 2015 at...

Getty Images Tuesday’s three-man weave edition of PFT Live included a three-man, three-round draft, with Peter King, Chris Simms, and yours truly looking at a very important question. Which transactions will have the most impact on the 2019 NFL season? We excluded the retirement of Andrew...

Getty Images The Jets have a new assistant coach with plenty of playing experience. Hines Ward has been added to the coaching staff on a full-time basis, head coach Adam Gase announced today. Ward worked with the Jets as a coaching intern over the summer, and Gase said he was impressed with...

Getty Images The Steelers don’t re-do contracts once the season starts. This means that the Steelers and cornerback Joe Haden were playing beat the clock to get a new deal in place before next Sunday’s opener against the Patriots. They pulled it off. Per a league source, Haden and the Steelers...

Getty Images The Buccaneers and Steelers hooked up for a trade on Saturday. Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports that the Steelers will send tackle Jerald Hawkins to Tampa. Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com reports that the teams will swap 2021 late-round picks as part of the deal. Hawkins...

Getty Images The Steelers released a pair of this year’s draft picks among their moves to get to the 53-man limit. They released sixth-round linebacker Sutton Smith and seventh-round tackle Derwin Grey, along with veteran wideout Eli Rogers. They also parted ways with quarterback Devlin...

Getty Images Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph said he didn’t read anything into the fact that he followed Ben Roethlisberger into the game during Pittsburgh’s second preseason contest, but it appears there was some writing on the wall. Rudolph also started the second preseason game this...

Getty Images The Ben Roethlisberger radio show is no more. A source with knowledge of the situation tells PFT that the Steelers quarterback will not continue his weekly radio show on 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh. The Tuesday morning staple had become appointment listening, thanks to...

Getty Images Receiver Josh Gordon‘s conditional reinstatement has become an official reinstatement to play in Week One of the 2019 regular season. According to the NFL, Gordon is eligible to play when the Patriots host the Steelers on September 8 in primetime on NBC. Before word came from the...

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 Traded center Russell Bodine to the Patriots for a...

Getty Images Ben Roethlisberger is sorry for publicly calling out teammates. Unless he isn’t. Roethlisberger’s recent mea culpa to Michele Tafoya of NBC carried with it a caveat that makes it seem like Ben isn’t really sorry at all. “I wish I wouldn’t have done it,” Roethlisberger said...

Getty Images The NFL’s most marketable player is old enough to be the father of many of the league’s players. A poll conducted by Sports Business Journal of 40 “marketing/branding execs, sports business professors and both print and on-air football media” resulted in Patriots quarterback Tom...

Getty Images Every year, players with recognizable names become, over the course of the season, household names. This year, which players will make that transformation? That question was the subject of Wednesday’s four-round PFT Live draft. There are many to choose from, as evidence by the...

Getty Images In late July, Steelers cornerback Joe Haden was optimistic about his chances at a contract extension. Now that we’re almost out of August, he’s not as sure. Via Joe Rutter of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the veteran cornerback is aware the Steelers do not negotiate contracts...

Getty Images Antonio Brown replaced barbs directed toward the Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger with frostbitten feet and helmet grievances this summer, but he’s back to playing the hits now that the latter two fronts have quieted down. During an interview with Michele Tafoya for the Sunday...

Getty Images The retirement of Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has exposed a divide between players and fans. It’s a schism that may have been hiding in plain sight for years, but Luck’s decision to pack it in 15 days before his team’s regular-season opener shines a floodlight on that disconnect...

Getty Images Patriots center David Andrews has been released from the hospital, Jim McBride of the Boston Globe reported Monday night. Andrews was treated for blood clots in his lungs. The expectation is Andrews will miss significant time, with his season in jeopardy. Andrews has started 57...