PITTSBURGH — With an unprecedented league-wide $30 million increase in the salary cap and the release of a handful of veterans, the Pittsburgh Steelers enter general manager Omar Khan’s second free agency with a little money to spend. Even so, the Steelers aren’t a franchise that opens the checkbook for outside free agents. A year […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Jalen Rose and Stephen A. Smith share opposing views to Le’Veon Bell’s holdout from the Steelers. (1:33) PITTSBURGH — The Steelers’ offensive line will embrace Le’Veon Bell upon his return, despite last week’s comments scathing the All-Pro. “Of course, absolutely,” said guard Ramon Foster, one of the most outspoken critics of […]
Continue readingPITTSBURGH — After a contract negotiation that lasted throughout training camp and into the first week of the regular season, the Pittsburgh Steelers and outside linebacker T.J. Watt broke from their traditions to come to terms on a megadeal on Thursday. Watt, 26, agreed to a four-year, $112 million extension, a source told ESPN’s Adam […]
Continue readingThe Pittsburgh Steelers announced on Thursday that they released six-time Pro Bowl guard David DeCastro. DeCastro was released with a non-football injury designation. The Steelers later agreed to terms with former Pro Bowl guard Trai Turner on a one-year deal, his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. DeCastro told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Thursday […]
Continue readingThe Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Ravens and Seattle Seahawks each had seven players selected to the 2021 Pro Bowl teams on Monday. The Dallas Cowboys were among the teams without a Pro Bowl player. This is only the third time in franchise history that Dallas didn’t have at least one Pro Bowl […]
Continue readingLast week, I looked at the NFL teams whose playoff chances have fallen most significantly since the start of the 2020 season. This week, I’m going in the opposite direction and looking at the five teams whose chances have improved the most since the beginning of the campaign, according to the estimates of ESPN’s Football […]
Continue readingPITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers (4-0) will be without two starters, receiver Diontae Johnson (back) and veteran right guard David DeCastro for Sunday’s AFC North game against the Cleveland Browns (4-1). With Johnson out, rookie Chase Claypool, who scored four touchdowns against the Eagles, is slotted for an increased role — as has been the […]
Continue readingBaker Mayfield has the Cleveland Browns on a winning tear they haven’t felt in a while, but will he be able to go in the NFL Week 6 showdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers? While Mayfield might be on the way out, Cam Newton might be on the way in for the New England Patriots after […]
Continue readingStarting right guard David DeCastro went to the locker room late in the first quarter to have an abdomen injury evaluated. He did not return. Rookie Kevin Dotson, a fourth-round pick, is playing in his place. Dotson is plenty familiar with the role, already starting for DeCastro once before this season in Week 2 against […]
Continue readingThe 2020 NFL season heads into Week 3 highlighted by a matchup of undefeated AFC powers in the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs on Monday Night Football (8:15 p.m., ESPN). The Chiefs might be without Darrel Williams (ankle), their best power running back, and Ravens offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley is nursing hip and ankle […]
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