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Getty Images Former NFL quarterback Anthony Wright was shot multiple times Monday, and is in the hospital. According to the Concord (N.C.) Independent Tribune, Wright was shot following an argument with his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend. Wright was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery, and...

Getty Images Ryan Shazier‘s goal is still a return to playing in the NFL, but the linebacker’s current role around the Steelers is limited to continuing his rehab and serving as an advisor to other members of the team. One of the players who is benefitting from Shazier’s mentorship is the guy...

Getty Images The Steelers will move forward in 2019 without receiver Antonio Brown or running back Le'Veon Bell. The team hopes that it will be addition by subtraction. “I think only time will tell,” Steelers running back James Conner told #PFTPM on Monday. “I think we became closer maybe...

Getty Images As NFL teams make their preparations for training camps, we’re keeping tabs on which teams have the most practices open to the public — and which teams are restricting access. Here’s a look at how many open practices are being held by each of the teams that have announced their...

Getty Images Emory University Goizueta School of Business professor Mike Lewis sought to use statistical analysis to determine the NFL’s “best” fans. The study used the hard-core, religiously devoted fan as well as the casual fan, so those at the top of the list have more of the latter and...

Getty Images If/when the Falcons give receiver Julio Jones a new contract, Jones can be expected to earn it right away. Caesers Entertainment has set the odds for the NFL’s receiving yardage leader, and Jones is the favorite at 4/1. Next come Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins and Browns receiver...

Getty Images Although Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes won the NFL’s MVP award for 2018, he didn’t lead the league in passing yardage. In 2019, he’s projected to make it happen. Caesers Entertainment has installed Mahomes as a 7/2 favorite to throw for more passing yardage than any other...

Getty Images As the Steelers clamor to replace the high-level production of receiver Antonio Brown, an unlikely candidate arrived in free agency, from the Jaguars. Mark Kaboly of TheAthletic.com believes that Moncrief appeared to be a clear-cut No. 2 receiver during the offseason program. “I...

Getty Images The Ravens and Steelers don’t often see eye to eye, but they have the same view when it comes to opening training camp practices to the public. It’s a different one than the Eagles have decided to take this summer. Both teams have announced their full training camp schedules...

Getty Images With Kawhi Leonard possibly leaving Toronto after only one season, an idea for a PFT Live draft emerged. What are the best one-year stints in NFL history? Simms won the rigged coin toss (as usual), and he also received unauthorized assistance from Stats. So I won this one by...

Getty Images Pittsburgh Steelers first-round pick Devin Bush isn’t going to be the biggest inside linebacker to ever set foot on an NFL field. At 5-foot-11 and 234 pounds, Bush is a bit undersized compared to some of his compatriots across the league. However, Bush believes he’s plenty big...

The Steelers have had a quiet offseason. Some might even say they are boring. Ben Roethlisberger bonded with teammates at his Georgia lake house. Artie Burns knows he has to “get right or get going.” Mike Hilton said a holdout of training camp “hasn’t even crossed my mind” despite having not...

Getty Images Cornerback Joe Haden has played nine NFL seasons. He has played one playoff game. That came in 2017 when the Steelers lost to the Jaguars in the divisional round. The Browns were 29-83 in his seven seasons there. “Every year I was here, I always felt like ‘this is going to be the...

Getty Images Steelers cornerback Mike Hilton said recently that he’s not planning to skip any of training camp, but he also hasn’t budged from his stance of looking for a contract beyond the $645,000 he’d be due to make if he signed his exclusive rights free agent tender from the team. Players...

Mike Hilton is not under contract for 2019, having left his $645,000 exclusive-rights tender unsigned. That’s as far as his displeasure has gone. The cornerback, the Steelers’ only player without a contract, showed up for all of the team’s offseason work. He promises to show up to training...

A running theme of comments from Steelers players this offseason was that the team had eradicated the drama that enveloped it last season. Trading Antonio Brown to the Raiders and watching Le'Veon Bell leave as a free agent certainly changed the mix in Pittsburgh, but head coach Mike Tomlin...

James Conner had a big job last season, trying to replace the production of Le'Veon Bell. And he largely did it by himself. But the third-year running back is expecting a little more help this season, based on what he’s seen so far this offseason. “I think it’ll be spread out pretty evenly,”...

According to defensive coordinator Keith Butler, the Steelers had a pretty simple plan for the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. That plan was to take the best available linebacker named Devin. They couldn’t move up to nab Devin White before the Buccaneers took him with the fifth pick, but...

Getty Images Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders says the hardest-working player in the NFL is now a rival in the AFC West. Sanders said on 104.3 in Denver that his old Steelers teammate Antonio Brown, who was traded to the Raiders this offseason, is the single hardest-working player he’s...

Getty Images In early January, the St. Louis Blues had the worst record in hockey. Today, they’re carrying around the Stanley Cup. That stunning achievement sparked an idea for Thursday’s PFT Live. Which NFL teams have had the best in-season turnarounds? Simms and I picked three each, and for...