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On Tuesday, Jets coach Adam Gase wasn’t ready to commit, one way or the other, to Le'Veon Bell‘s status for Thursday night’s preseason opener. Unsurprisingly, the star running back won’t play against the Giants, Brian Costello of the New York Post reports. Bell will take part in pregame warmups...

Getty Images It appears Steelers cornerback Joe Haden avoided a major injury at practice on Wednesday. Concerns that he suffered a serious injury were raised when Haden was carted away the field during the session. Initial reports were not clear about what Haden may have hurt, but there are...

Getty Images NFL Films, owned and operated by the NFL (including the Raiders), had nothing to say on Tuesday night’s debut of Hard Knocks regarding the reason for receiver Antonio Brown‘s inability to practice due to foot/feet problems. NFL Network, owned and operated by the NFL (including the...

Getty Images The Steelers know who their starting quarterback will be in the first week of the 2019 regular season, but the identity of Ben Roethlisberger‘s backup is not settled at this point. Friday night’s preseason opener against the Buccaneers will be one of the steps toward making that...

Getty Images Steelers safety Sean Davis has missed over a week of practice with what was termed a finger injury. It’s hardly a small thing, however. Via the team’s official website, coach Mike Tomlin said Davis had an “open wound” on the hand, which has kept him out of practice. When Davis...

Getty Images Today’s edition of PFT Live featured an amusing (but obviously somewhat serious) anecdote regarding the inability of Raiders receiver Antonio Brown to practice due to what has been characterized as blisters on his feet. On Monday, PFT Live co-host Chris Simms said that the photos...

Getty Images Thanks to a case of frozen feet, Raiders receiver Antonio Brown hasn’t been at practice much during training camp. On one of the days he participated, he had three young sons present. As revealed in a clip disseminated by HBO from tonight’s debut episode of Hard Knocks, one of...

Getty Images The Steelers swapped cornerbacks Tuesday, the team announced. Pittsburgh signed defensive back Jermaine Ponder. It waived defensive back Derrek Thomas with an injury designation to make room. The Steelers had signed Thomas on Thursday, but an undisclosed injury quickly ended his...

Getty Images Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt‘s been given the green light to practice at training camp. Watt experienced tightness in his hamstring during a conditioning run after arriving at camp and the Steelers placed him on the physically unable to perform list. Watt was not expected to be...

Getty Images The Raiders are literally experiencing some Hard Knocks. Receiver Antonio Brown has missed practice for multiple days with a foot injury. Vic Tafur of TheAthletic.com has reported, and PFT has confirmed, that Brown will see a specialist. “I think we’re all disappointed,” Gruden...

Getty Images With a rash of new offenses sweeping the league, the Pittsburgh Steelers are staying the course. “We’re going to be the same, boring old Steelers,” quarterback Ben Roethlisberger told John Kryk of the Toronto Sun on Thursday. “There’s something to be said about not making big...

Getty Images Friday’s PFT Live included a look from Big Cat and yours truly at various persons who are in the pressure cooker as the 2019 season approaches. And there are plenty of players and coaches in the pressure cooker. Check out the video, and then chime in with your thoughts on whether...

Getty Images The Steelers announced they have signed rookie cornerback Derrek Thomas to a one-year contract. Thomas originally signed with the Seahawks as an undrafted rookie free agent this spring. Seattled waived him July 24 before the start of training camp. Thomas played at Temple from...

Getty Images Deceased Raiders owner Al Davis knew a thing or two about filing lawsuits. Current Raiders receiver Antonio Brown knows a thing or two about being on the wrong end of them. Via TMZ.com, Brown has been sued by a trainer who claims that Brown stiffed the trainer out of more than...

Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said in June that it was nice to get back to “normalcy” after things got “a little crazy” around the team in recent years and his good feelings about the team haven’t subsided at training camp. Roethlisberger told reporters on Thursday that...

Getty Images The Steelers have added another piece to their receiving corps. The team announced that they have claimed wide receiver Brandon Reilly off of waivers. Reilly was dropped by the Lions when they signed defensive tackle Fredrick Jones to their 53-man roster. Reilly signed with the...

Getty Images When the Steelers’ new stadium opened in 2001, Heinz signed a 20-year contract to have its name on the field. That means the stadium may have a new name in 2021, as Heinz appears unlikely to renew those naming rights. Sports Business Journal reports that Heinz, the ketchup maker...

Getty Images It’s #DelusionSZN in the NFL, where cockeyed optimism meets unbridled enthusiasm, prompting some in the media to regard every team as a potential playoff team. On Tuesday’s PFT Live, Simms and I looked at teams and players about which we are oddly optimistic. It was the basis of...

Getty Images The battle over expanding the length of the football season appears to be shaping up as one of the lynchpin issues of the ongoing negotiations toward a new collective bargaining agreement. While the idea of an expanded regular season has been shot down by pretty much anyone on the...

Getty Images The Steelers have created some extra cap space to use during the 2019 season. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the team has restructured defensive lineman Stephon Tuitt‘s contract. They converted $5.195 million of Tuitt’s $6 million salary into a signing bonus. The move creates...