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Getty Images The Steelers want to make sure Ryan Shazier stays around, even if he’s not on the roster. The team announced that the former linebacker has been placed on the reserve/retired list. “Ryan’s placement on the reserve/retired List serves as a matter of protocol to ensure his...

Getty Images One of the NFL’s main selling points to players in the just-approved collective bargaining agreement was the significant bumps in minimum salaries — since more than half the league plays on them. But those raises could also stifle the market for some teams. Via Peter King of...

Getty Images Add linebacker Bud Dupree to the list of players with franchise tags. The Steelers announced that they applied the tag to Dupree on Monday morning. There’s a noon deadline for teams to use franchise or transition tags. Dupree was a 2015 first-round pick in Pittsburgh and set...

Getty Images The Steelers used the franchise tag on Bud Dupree Monday morning, and made a little room for that salary in the afternoon. The team announced the release of linebackers Mark Barron and Anthony Chickillo, along with and wide receiver Johnny Holton. Barron signed a two-year, $12...

Getty Images Longtime Steelers offensive lineman Ramon Foster is calling it a career. The 34-year-old Foster wrote on Instagram today that he is retiring. “When the time comes, you just know and now is a time for me to take a bow,” Foster wrote. “I’ve had a long, fun and life changing career...

Getty Images The NFL announced the 32 compensatory picks, which were awarded to 15 teams. The Patriots have a league-high and league-maximum of four — two third-round choices and two sixth-round selections. New England lost Malcom Brown, Trent Brown, Trey Flowers, Chris Hogan, Cordarrelle...

Getty Images A report earlier Wednesday indicated the Eagles and Saints have pulled their coaches off the road because of concerns over the coronavirus. The Saints, via multiple reports, say that is inaccurate. Their scouts and coaches remain on the road and it’s “business as usual.” Eagles...

Getty Images Promptly after the NFL reinstated Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, Garrett submitted to an interview with ESPN. And we now know that his team didn’t know about the interview. The ESPN interview sparked several days of scrutiny of Garrett’s claim that his attack on Steelers...

Getty Images It’s now safe for Steelers fans to buy those 39 jerseys. Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick announced on social media Monday that he is sticking with the number he wore for 14 games last season after the trade from Miami. “I promised myself if it treats me well, if I make the Pro Bowl or...

Getty Images With three former Steelers heading into the Hall of Fame this summer, it makes sense that Pittsburgh would be invited to play in the Hall of Fame Game. Now, they have some high-profile company. According to Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Steelers will play the...

Getty Images The annual meetings of the NFL Players Association can be attended by any players. And players who are there are wondering why their higher-profile colleagues aren’t. Per a source with knowledge of the dynamics of the meetings, some players are asking, “Where are the stars?” More...

Getty Images In honor of the Playmaker making it to 54 this week, PFT Live devoted a draft to Michael Irvin. After Simms professed his love for Irvin (although Simms initially called him Irving), we drafted a total of six favorite No. 88s, in honor of the jersey worn by Irvin throughout his...

Getty Images More than 47 years ago, he made the most amazing play in NFL history. Seventy years ago today, he was born. Happy birthday, Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris. The man who scooped a Jack Tatum ricochet and ran it in for a touchdown as a rookie with the Steelers in 1972 turns...

Getty Images Steelers tight end Vance McDonald went from 50 catches for 610 yards in 2018 to 38 catches for 273 yards last season and it would be easy to point to Ben Roethlisberger‘s absence for his drop in production McDonald admitted it “took some adjusting” to life with Mason Rudolph and...

Getty Images The NFL currently is enjoying a golden age of quarterbacks, with two future Hall of Famers playing into their 40s. A third future Hall of Famer is officially within two years of joining them. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger turns 38 today. The 11th pick in the 2004 draft...

Getty Images For the past few years, the NFL Players Association has been squirreling away cash in the event of a work stoppage in 2021. Chargers center Mike Pouncey claims that he and other veterans will be creating a separate strike fund to help players get through a season without football...

Getty Images People on the football side of the football business aren’t known for embracing change happily. But they also know that the business side of the football business has created a new dynamic for this year’s Scouting Combine, so they know there’s only so much they can do. Via Joe...

Getty Images In 2011, the Steelers were unanimously opposed to the new CBA. In 2020, they apparently won’t be unanimous. Center Maurkice Pouncey left no doubt regarding his position on the matter when he posted on social media a more-profanity-than-not video attacking the proposed CBA. Guard...

Getty Images Antonio Brown recently apologized to Ben Roethlisberger on social media. But it didn’t change anything in his standing with the Steelers. The Steelers aren’t bringing back Brown, a point General Manager Kevin Colbert reiterated Tuesday in an interview on PFT Live. “Antonio Brown...

Getty Images I think we can go out on a limb here, and say that Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey is opposed to the proposed CBA. In fact, he opposes it in a way that challenges our ability to print most of it. Pouncey just posted a shirtless driving video to social media, in which he ranted...