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Getty Images Antonio Brown didn’t join his new teammates for the start of organized team activities. Raiders coach Jon Gruden did not specify a reason for Brown’s absence. Gruden offered only that he hopes to see the receiver soon. “He’s not here today,” Gruden said, via video from Jimmy...

Getty Images Veteran guard Ramon Foster has been around long enough that he knows what it’s supposed to look like. And last year wasn’t it. But the Steelers fixture said things already appear much more cohesive this offseason — after a year of Le'Veon Bell drama went away and Antonio Brown was...

Getty Images Steelers players have talked a lot this offseason about moving on without the drama that took center stage around the team last season and guard Ramon Foster opined this week that the members of the team are closer than they’ve been in the past. While the team may be feeling...

JuJu Smith-Schuster was diplomatic in most of his comments about Antonio Brown on Wednesday, even when prodded. Asked about Brown’s tweet criticizing Smith-Schuster for fumbling against New Orleans with 32 seconds left, the Steelers now No. 1 receiver didn’t bite. “At the end of the day...

Getty Images The Steelers kicked off their organized team activities on Tuesday and the day’s activities included a media session for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Roethlisberger did a television interview on Monday that addressed the fracturing of his relationship with Antonio Brown and...

Monday ended up being a fairly busy news day, and #PFTPM gives you the full recap on all the day’s big stories, with plenty of analysis. From the Reuben Foster ACL tear to Ben Roethlisberger‘s effort to make amends with Antonio Brown (which was rejected) to the NFL’s apparently willingness to...

Getty Images The full KDKA-TV interview of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, coincidentally (or not) timed to land one night before Roethsliberger is due to face reporters for the first time this offseason, has landed. Among other things, Roethlisberger contends that he still considers a...

Getty Images Ben Roethlisberger isn’t going to do his weekly radio show anymore. Unless he is. Despite suggestions in March that he was finished with what became appointment radio (Hey, when the quarterback is willing to toss teammates under the bus live, you listen), he has apparently had a...

Getty Images The Bucs and veteran defensive tackle Gerald McCoy had a “mutual parting” (i.e., they cut him) on Monday. So which other veteran players need to worry about a similar “mutual parting”? Simms and I devoted Tuesday’s PFT Live draft to the veterans who could end up on the wrong side...

Getty Images Whether he intended to do it or not, Jets coach Adam Gase accomplished an impressive power play on Wednesday, getting G.M. Mike Maccagnan fired, finagling the interim G.M. spot, and positioning himself to become the leader of the football organization. For a guy who managed to pull...

Getty Images The Steelers traded offensive tackle Marcus Gilbert to the Cardinals in March, and that left Gilbert regretting not being able to finish his career in Pittsburgh. “I felt like I disappointed a lot of people in Steeler Nation,” Gilbert told ESPN. “It hasn’t been easy.” Gilbert was...

Getty Images Adam Gase and Mike Maccagnan no longer work together, but the General Manager’s firing led to questions about the coach’s relationship with his star running back. Fallout from Maccagan’s departure was news that Gase wasn’t all-in on Maccagnan’s decision to sign Bell to a four-year...

Getty Images After we and others wrote about offensive tackle Marcus Gilbert‘s disappointing final season in Pittsburgh and subsequent trade to Arizona, Gilbert took to Twitter to say he felt that his views were misconstrued. Gilbert said his final season with the Steelers — which saw him end...

Getty Images Former Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown has returned to Pittsburgh. Briefly. Brown was in the Allegheny County Courthouse today dealing with a reckless driving charge, which he was able to get reduced to a lesser charged that will result only in a fine, KDKA reports. “To all...

Getty Images With the duo of Jets defensive linemen Quinnen and Leonard Williams being dubbed the “Twinkie Twins” by a teammate, we decided to borrow that idea for Wednesday’s PFT Live. It was an easy leap to make — what are the best nicknames for a duo or group in NFL history? Simms and I...

Getty Images Plenty of former teammates have criticized Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for being a bad teammate and a bad leader. Even if that criticism has been a little over the top (and it has), Roethlisberger seems to be making more of a late-career effort to bond with his fellow...

Steelers rookie running back Benny Snell plays a unique brand of football. He calls it, appropriately enough, “Benny Snell football.” Via Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the former Kentucky tailback used that term on multiple occasions during his rookie minicamp to explain his...

Getty Images The Steelers are adding another candidate for playing time in their post-Antonio Brown receiving corps. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that the Steelers are signing Johnny Holton. Holton was cut by the Eagles last week. Holton signed with the Eagles in January after spending...

Getty Images The Steelers swapped out five players Monday, after finding some new ones at their tryout camp during rookie minicamp. The team announced the additions of quarterback Devlin Hodges, defensive tackle Greg Gilmore, defensive end Henry Mondeaux, offensive lineman Damian Prince, and...

Steelers rookie cornerback Justin Layne knows a thing or two about making changes. The defensive back wanted to play receiver at Michigan State. Coach Mark Dantonio convinced Layne to play defense. “I wasn’t in favor of it at first, but it worked out, so I’m in favor of it now,” Layne said...