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Getty Images The Steelers have been holding a competition for their backup quarterback job this summer and Sunday night’s game against the Titans was the latest data point to take into consideration. Mason Rudolph followed Ben Roethlisberger into the game and threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to...

Getty Images Marcus Mariota is either ready for the regular season . . . or he’s not. He didn’t get much playing time Sunday night, and the Titans quarterback didn’t do much with it. Mariota got five snaps in two series, throwing three incompletions, including a drop by Adam Humphries, while...

Getty Images Raiders receiver Antonio Brown has lost again. And he has won. Again. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the “neutral, independent arbitrator” has found that Brown must find a new helmet model, and that he can not wear the Schutt AiR Advantage. It’s the second time...

Getty Images Patriots tight end Lance Kendricks will not be available for the first game of the season. The NFL has suspended Kendricks one game for violating the NFL policy on substance abuse, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. He’ll miss the Sunday night opener against the Steelers in Week One...

Getty Images Ben Roethlisberger said earlier this week that he was “pretty sure” he’d be in the lineup for the Steelers in Sunday’s game against the Titans and that was confirmed on Friday. Head coach Mike Tomlin said Roethlisberger will play for the first time this summer and that the rest of...

Getty Images JuJu Smith-Schuster knows the big question that everyone is asking about him as he heads into the 2019 season. “How is JuJu going to do without AB?” Smith-Schuster is the No. 1 wideout in Pittsburgh now that Antonio Brown is on the Raiders and he’s spent the offseason working to...

Getty Images The Steelers have announced the name of the coach who will work with the wide receivers in the wake of Darryl Drake’s death earlier this month. Ray Sherman has been named the interim wide receivers coach in Pittsburgh. Sherman has been around the team as an observer throughout the...

Getty Images Wednesday brought word that Steelers defensive lineman Lavon Hooks tore his Achilles and that meant it was only a matter of time before the team made a move to replace Hooks on the active roster. That move came on Thursday. The Steelers announced the signing of linebacker Jayrone...

Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger didn’t say for sure that he’ll be in the lineup against the Titans on Sunday night, but he’s “pretty sure” that he’s going to see his first game action of the preseason. There’s been a lot of debate about the value of playing starters like...

Getty Images Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Lavon Hooks will miss the 2019 season after sustaining a torn Achilles in practice, according to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. Hooks has tried to forge a path in the NFL after going undrafted out of the University of Mississippi in 2015...

Getty Images Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster will always remember former coach Darryl Drake. But if he ever needs a reminder, he only needs to look at his left wrist. Via Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com, Smith-Schuster said he’s having wristbands made with one of his late coach’s...

Getty Images This Sunday’s Steelers-Titans preseason game will look a little different, thanks to NBC employing a different camera angle. NBC is using the “High Sky” camera as the primary play-by-play, live game coverage camera this Sunday night. The “High Sky” camera is at the line of...

Getty Images They once were teammates. Now, they’re on different teams. Le'Veon Bell sat out last season in a contract dispute with the Steelers and walked in free agency. Pittsburgh traded Antonio Brown after the receiver became a major distraction. The two haven’t spoken recently, according...

Getty Images Schadenfreude sells. HBO has announced the viewership for the third episode of this year’s Hard Knocks, and one line from the press release resonates most loudly: The ratings for Tuesday night’s show in Pittsburgh outpaced the national average by more than three times. This means...

Getty Images Wednesday’s PFT Live draft focused on that one thing that could derail a team’s season: The Achilles heel. Big Cat and I ripped through four rounds, and of course we squabbled the whole time about which guy’s picks were better. You can check it out below, and you can let us know...

Hard Knocks addressed Antonio Brown‘s feet last week. It ended the second episode with a “to be continued” tease to Brown’s helmet issue. Hard Knocks wasted little time in getting to Brown on Tuesday, setting up the helmet issue only three minutes into the hour-long reality series before...

Getty Images Tuesday night’s Hard Knocks probably won’t even scratch the surface as to the events of the past week regarding Antonio Brown‘s fight with the NFL over his helmet of choice. Monday’s #PFTPM does. For as misguided as his grievance regarding the question of whether he should be...

It’s time for Antonio Brown Helmet Grievance 2.0. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Raiders receiver has filed a new grievance regarding the league’s decision to prevent him from wearing a Schutt AiR Advantage helmet that is less than 10 years old. Last Monday, a neutral...

Last weekend, Steelers receiver Darryl Drake unexpectedly passed away at the age of 62. Tonight and for the rest of the season, the Steelers will honor Drake’s memory with a decal on their helmets. The Steelers have announced that they’ll attach a yellow decal with Drake’s initials to the back...

Getty Images “NFL” apparently stands for “No F–kin’ Loophole.” Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the NFL decided to require testing of the Schutt AiR Advantage after previously informing the Raiders that, if receiver Antonio Brown could find one less than 10 years old, he could use...