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Getty Images A couple of Mike Tomlin’s assistant coaches have new titles for the 2020 season. Alex Kozora of SteelersDepot.com notes that the team’s website has been updated to show that Blaine Stewart is now the team’s assistant wide receivers coach and that Denzel Martin is their assistant...

Getty Images Antonio Brown recently settled a grievance with the Patriots. Brown hopefully set some of the money aside. His former landlord, who filed suit against Brown for trashing a Miami apartment, filed a motion seeking immediate judgment for $209,000 in damages, Daniel Wallach, a legal...

Getty Images Part of Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin’s usual summer routine is to speak to the young players who attend the Hampton Roads All-Star Football Camp, but everyone is aware that this is not the usual summer. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced changes to nearly every facet of life and...

Getty Images Wide receiver Terrelle Pryor was out of the NFL last year, but he says he’s had conversations with multiple teams about returning to the league in 2020. Pryor told TMZ Sports that he’s spoken with five teams about resuming a career that hit a couple of snags. The first came when...

Getty Images Bud Dupree signed his franchise tender on April 23, but he has filed a grievance disputing what his position is, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. The Steelers want to pay Dupree as a linebacker rather than as a defensive end. The franchise tag for linebackers is $15.828 million...

Getty Images The Steelers are hopeful to have mask-wearing fans in the stands at Heinz Field during home games this season, but it’s far from certain that will be the case. Should the stands be empty come September, it will make for a very new experience for players who are used to playing in...

Getty Images When Steelers tackle Zach Banner was a rookie in 2018, a gunman opened fire on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11. So when he saw DeSean Jackson‘s anti-Semitic comments on social media — and the resulting backlash — it stirred some powerful emotions in him...

Getty Images The Steelers will require masks for fans . . . if fans are allowed at Heinz Field this season. The team maintains hope it can have at least some fans for its home games. “Our goal is to still have fans at Heinz Field this year with the understanding that social distancing, as...

Getty Images Pittsburgh Steelers fullback Derek Watt didn’t know that he would be joining his brother T.J. in black and gold until right before putting pen to paper on his new contract. In an interview with Sirius XM NFL Radio on Monday, Watt said his agents had kept the true nature of the...

Getty Images College football has plowed ahead of its professional brethren, with players returning to campuses — and many of them quickly catching COVID-19. So the decision-makers at that level are a bit ahead of the NFL, and have recently been forced to consider some drastic alternatives...

Getty Images A report in May out of Seattle indicated Russell Wilson wants the Seahawks to sign Antonio Brown. Now, it appears the two are working out together, which should only intensify the Brown-to-Seattle talk. The receiver posted videos on his Instagram story Wednesday, and Ben Arthur...

Getty Images Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones suggested this week that he could sit out the 2020 season if he doesn’t come to an agreement with the team on a long-term deal before the July 15 deadline to do so and he has plenty of company when it comes to looking for such a contract. With...

Getty Images NBC analyst Rodney Harrison expressed concern on Tuesday regarding the ability of the NFL to play a season in a pandemic. CBS analyst Bill Cowher has similar misgivings. “I mean, there’s so much anxiety and worry about what’s next, to do the right thing because it varies from...

Getty Images Steelers defensive lineman Cam Heyward will be in the building when his father, Craig “Ironhead” Heyward, is inducted into Pitt’s Hall of Fame this year. It’s a happy coincidence for Heyward that he plays at Heinz Field, which the Steelers share with Pitt, where his father was one...

Getty Images The NFL will complete its investigation into Antonio Brown at some point, and chances are, the receiver finds a job somewhere. That somewhere won’t be Tampa. Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com reports that “nothing has changed with Bucs and their lack of interest in signing Antonio...

Getty Images During an appearance on NFL Network Tuesday, Steelers defensive end Cam Heyward added his voice to those of other players who are unsure what training camp and the 2020 season are going to look like. Heyward said he hasn’t heard of any players who expect to opt out of playing this...

Getty Images Hall of Fame cornerback Rod Woodson has spent some time in the NFL as an assistant coach, including two stints with the Raiders. But it never really stuck for him. And Woodson has a theory for that. He thinks NFL head coaches don’t want Hall of Fame players on their staffs. “They...

Getty Images The NFL is continuing to move forward with plans to play the full season on schedule with fans in the stadiums, and the Steelers say they’re optimistic it can be done. The Steelers said on Monday that they think they can comply with local health officials’ recommendations while...

Getty Images The dance continues. Even if the footwork and the music rarely if ever match. NFL Media, owned and operated by the NFL, reported last week that multiple teams are interested in quarterback Colin Kaepernick. PFT reported in response that such interest has not resulted in any team...

Getty Images The news that Cam Newton is signing with the Patriots sent plenty of gamblers scrambling to place bets on Newton to win the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year award. Newton, who was a +1800 long shot to win the award before the news broke, has seen his odds go as short as +340 to...