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Getty Images When Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin discussed the team’s trade with the Seahawks for tight end Nick Vannett on Wednesday afternoon, he said the team moved to “fortify depth” with the move and that they were not counting out Vance McDonald or Xavier Grimble for this week due to...

Getty Images Defensive end Cam Heyward knows what the Steelers can’t do after starting the season with three straight losses. Heyward said there have been “mistakes everywhere” in those losses, so no one should be pointing fingers of blame for what’s gone wrong. If anyone does go that route...

Getty Images Steelers tight end Vance McDonald has a sprained shoulder, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. McDonald “won’t have an extended absence,” according to Rapoport, but McDonald will miss some time. McDonald was spotted wearing a sling Tuesday, and the Steelers traded for a tight end...

Getty Images The Cardinals no longer have waiver-claim dibs on any player in the league. The NFL follows last year’s results (and draft order) for claiming order the first three weeks of the regular season, but now the order is changed to reflect this year’s standings. With seven winless...

Getty Images The NFL has a new chairman of the committee that determines specifically how much money the Commissioner will make in any and every given year. According to Sports Business Daily, Steelers owner Art Rooney II has become the new chairman of the Compensation Committee. He replaces...

Getty Images Steelers tight end Vance McDonald was seen wearing a sling Tuesday. Now, Pittsburgh is trading for a tight end. The Steelers are finalizing a deal for Seahawks tight end Nick Vannett, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Vannett, 26, has four catches for 38 yards and a touchdown this...

Getty Images After pulling double duty for the Raiders and Patriots this offseason, Antonio Brown may be trying a Triple Lindy next. According to Fox 17 in Grand Rapids, the former NFL wide receiver has enrolled in online classes in hopes of finishing his at Central Michigan (as opposed to...

Getty Images The Bengals could use a boost, but they won’t be getting it from wide receiver A.J. Green quite yet. Via Geoff Hobson of the team’s official website, Bengals coach Zac Taylor said that Green would not practice this week, or be ready to play this week against the Steelers. Green...

Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had surgery on his injured right elbow today. As always, the surgery was termed successful, and Roethlisberger is expected to make a complete recovery, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. “Once Ben returns to Pittsburgh, he immediately will...

Getty Images The 49ers have dominated Pittsburgh everywhere except on the scoreboard. San Francisco has 206 yards to 76 for the Steelers, but the 49ers trail 6-3 at halftime. San Francisco had three possessions inside the Pittsburgh 25 and got three points out of it. The 49ers fumbled twice...

49ers cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon was carted off during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh. The 49ers announced Witherspoon has a foot injury and is questionable to return. Jason Verrett, active for the first time since arriving in San Francisco, replaced Witherspoon...

Getty Images It’s not everyday that a team with five turnovers and a minus-three turnover ratio wins a game, but the 49ers did just that. Dante Pettis caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Jimmy Garoppolo with 1:15 remaining to give San Francisco a 24-20 victory. The lead changed hands five...

The Steelers benched receiver Donte Moncrief after his problems holding onto the football. Running back James Conner has had his own problems with that. Conner lost a fumble at the Pittsburgh 24 with 5:29 remaining Sunday, setting up the 49ers for the winning touchdown. It was Conner’s fourth...

Getty Images There were plenty of things wrong with the Steelers yesterday, but their backup quarterback said it was all his fault. Via Kevin Gorman of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, new starter Mason Rudolph said the burden should fall on him, after the Steelers fell to 0-3 with a loss at San...

Getty Images Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree wasn’t penalized for a hit on Russell Wilson during last week’s loss to the Seahawks, but the league believes he should have been. PFT has confirmed that Dupree was fined $21,056 this week for his hit on Wilson. The hit came on a play when Wilson...

Getty Images Somewhere, the continuous Sunday Splash! mandate will cause someone to take some aspect of the Melvin Gordon holdout and massage it into news. Sometimes, no news is the only news that can be squeezed out of a lingering situation. For the Chargers running back, the only news this...

Getty Images Antonio Brown says he’s done. Brown, the wide receiver who has been released by both the Raiders and Patriots, wrote on Twitter this morning that he’s had enough. “Will not be playing in the @NFL anymore these owners can cancel deals do whatever they want at anytime we will see...

Getty Images The Seahawks showed interest in Antonio Brown before the receiver signed with the Patriots. Brown is a free agent again, 13 days later. So do the Seahawks, who spoke with Brown after the Raiders cut him, have interest in the Pro Bowler this time around? Coach Pete Carroll said no...

Getty Images The NFL continues to investigate Antonio Brown but will not place him on the Commissioner-Exempt list as long as the receiver remains a free agent, the league announced Friday night. The league, though, said it would reassess if a team signs Brown. “Antonio Brown was released...

Getty Images The Steelers received some good news at the end of a bad week. Cornerback Joe Haden and running back James Conner are good to go for Sunday. Haden returned to practice Friday after missing the previous two days with his shoulder injury. Haden said his shoulder is “definitely”...