-        The Steelers meeting with free agent RB LeGarrette Blount has been moved to this coming Friday.  Originally scheduled for this Sunday, the meeting has been pushed back to allow Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and General Manager Kevin Colbert to attend.  Both will be attending league meetings this week, forcing the rescheduling.  Blount is also drawing interest from the Baltimore Ravens and his former team, the New England Patriots. -        The team re-signed TE Michael Palmer on ... Read More

- The Steelers met with free agent RB Maurice Jones-Drew on Wednesday and Thursday, but the veteran back did not leave Pittsburgh with a contract. The team is looking for an experienced back-up to starter Le’Veon Bell. Jones-Drew is receiving interest from several additional teams. Perhaps if the former Pro Bowler does not find a starting job with another team, the issue can be reexamined down the line. - The rumored deal between the Carolina Panthers and free agent WR Jerricho Cotchery has ... Read More

-        The Steelers brought back free agent OL Guy Whimper on a one-year, veteran-minimum contract.  Whimper’s cap hit will be $635,000. -        Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reported that the Steelers and OLB Jason Worilds have not begun talks yet on a long-term contract extension.  Worilds signed a one-year transition deal on March 4 that puts his salary cap hit at $9.7 million.  The plan is to sign Worilds to a multiyear deal, thus lowering his 2014 salary to help with ... Read More

The identity of the Pittsburgh Steelers has essentially always been tied to two positions – running back on offense, and linebacker on defense.  From Jack Lambert to Jack Ham to Robin Cole to Mike Merriweather to Greg Lloyd to Kevin Greene to Levon Kirkland to Jason Gildon to Joey Porter to James Farrior to James Harrison to LaMarr Woodley – and everywhere in between, the Steelers have been a linebacker factory since 1970. The Steelers are now moving forward without LaMarr Woodley (now ... Read More

-        WR Emmanuel Sanders signed with the Denver Broncos on Saturday.  His deal is three-years, $15 million.  Controversy has ensued.  According to reports, agent Steve Weinberg – on behalf of Sanders – agreed in principle to a deal with Kansas City on Friday.  He then engaged Tampa Bay in negotiations, using the Chiefs offer as leverage to up the Buccaneers offer, while not mentioning that he had already agreed to terms with Kansas City.  Meanwhile Weinberg had agreed to a visit with the San ... Read More

-        The Steelers signed free agent DT Cam Thomas to a two-year contract.  Known by the nickname “Baby Godzilla” during his four-year run with the San Diego Chargers, Thomas is a 330-pound lineman, who has the girth to step in and play NT in the Steelers 3-4 defense.  A fifth-round selection of the Chargers out of North Carolina in 2010, Thomas has accrued 54 tackles and six sacks as a rotational defensive lineman, playing in 54 games and starting 16 in his career. -        The team met ... Read More