The Pittsburgh Steelers have reached a new deal with wide receiver Antonio Brown for this season. The two parties agreed to restructure Brown’s deal, which will last until the end of the season. The Steelers’ top receiver will now make $10.25 million in 2016-17. With his old contract, Brown was only set to make $6.25 million. The deal also includes an $8.975 million signing bonus and the promise of a new deal for next season. Brown signed a six-year, $43.04 million deal in 2012, an ... Read More
Three positives from preseason game between Steelers and Saints
Friday, the Pittsburgh Steelers settled some fans’ nerves with the team's first preseason win, in Week 3, against the New Orleans Saints. The Steelers defeated the Saints 27-14 in the Superdome. Here are three positives from the win. Landry Jones steps up Backup quarterback Landry Jones might have thought he was getting a free ride to the Steelers' 53-man roster with the injury of backup quarterback Dustin Vaughan. However, the Steelers wanted to make Jones work for his roster spot, so ... Read More
Three players to watch in training camp for the Steelers
Mike Tomlin has a favorite axiom that has helped shape the culture of the team during his tenure as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The standard is the standard. Steelers fans have heard those words many times over the years and with the team set to begin training camp next Thursday, you can rest assured that standard will be as high as ever. It's easy to see why. Few teams boast a roster with as much talent as the Steelers, and it has many believing this could be the year ... Read More
Few surprises among Steelers 53-man roster projections
Two weeks from today, the Pittsburgh Steelers will officially get their season rolling when players and coaches arrive in Latrobe, PA, to open training camp at St. Vincent College. There will be plenty of storylines to follow as the Steelers prepare for the season and battle for roster spots, but one of the big questions is what the final 53-man roster will look like when they open their season in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12. Here's a (very) early 53-man roster projection for ... Read More
Four Steelers on NFL Network’s Top 100
The NFL Network finally finished unveiling its Top 100 players of 2016 — as voted on by the players — and four Pittsburgh Steelers are on the list. Wide receiver Antonio Brown (No. 4) topped all Steelers and all wideouts, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger came in at No. 21, running back Le’Veon Bell (No. 41) was fourth among backs and defensive end Cameron Heyward was listed at No. 88. Antonio Brown. Unguardable.#NFLTop100 pic.twitter.com/WGbEhISV6v — NFL Network (@nflnetwork) July 7, ... Read More
Antonio Brown nominated for ESPY award for best NFL player
Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown was recently nominated for the 2016 ESPY Award for Best NFL Player — and he’s a pretty deserving recipient. In 2015, Brown was tied for the league-lead in receptions (136) and was second in receiving yards (1,834) — and he did all that without quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for all or part of five games of the season. And, through six seasons, the star wideout has more catches (526) than any other NFL wide receiver in that same period. He’s also only ... Read More
The good, the bad and the ugly of the Steelers’ 2016 schedule
What a difference a year can make. At least that seems to be the case for the Pittsburgh Steelers when looking at the 2016 regular season schedule released Thursday night. After dealing with a schedule last season that was statistically the most difficult in the league, the Steelers got what, at least on paper, looks to be a considerably less daunting path to the playoffs. The overall winning percentage of the Steelers opponents in 2016 is .473, a far cry from 2015 where the percentage was ... Read More
Breaking down the Steelers’ 2016 regular season schedule
It looks like business will be booming for the Pittsburgh Steelers based on the 2016 regular season schedule that was just released. For the most part, the Steelers have a pretty easy schedule — especially compared with last season’s schedule, which was ranked as one of the hardest in the NFL. This season’s schedule is tied for 23th in strength of schedule and has no extended roadtrips. It also features four primetime games and three holiday games — Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s ... Read More
Three up: Season in review part one
In the wake of the Pittsburgh Steelers gut-wrenching loss to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Divisional playoff this past Sunday, many fans are still trying to cope with the fact that a season with so many ups and downs is now over. The loss to the Broncos was in many ways a caricature of the season as a whole; agonizingly close, yet in the end, something would happen to sabotage the Steelers in the end. Although the loss in Denver meant hopes of a seventh Super Bowl title will have a to wait ... Read More
AFC Divisional Playoff preview: Steelers vs. Broncos
Just a month ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers were able to muster a second-half comeback win against the Denver Broncos in no small part due to a massive game from the Steelers passing attack and a defense that found a way to completely shut down a quarterback that shredded them for two quarters. A lot has changed since the Steelers defeated the Broncos 34-27 at Heinz Field in late December. Injuries have dramatically changed the cast of characters for the rematch in Denver as the two teams collide ... Read More