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Getty Images Justin Layne was a Browns fan, right down to the soles of his feet. At least until the moment he was drafted by the Steelers. The Michigan State cornerback was wearing Browns socks Friday night while watching the draft, but quickly pulled them off as soon as the Steelers chose...

Getty Images If you like PFT Live, you’ll like (or at least not hate) PFTOT. It’s more PFT Live, with no breaks and, usually, a quintet of topics that we either didn’t get to during PFT Live, or that we still want to talk about. Today, we took a look at the Steelers’ draft class, Washington’s...

Getty Images The Steelers traded up in the first round of the draft to select linebacker Devin Bush, and now they’ve effectively handed Bush a starting job by cutting the player he was drafted to replace. Linebacker Jon Bostic, who started 14 games and played 54 percent of the Steelers’...

Getty Images The Steelers didn’t draft a safety this year, but they will have a rookie joining the roster at the position. The team announced the signing of 10 undrafted free agents after the draft wrapped up on Saturday, including West Virginia safety Dravon Askew-Henry. Askew-Henry set a...

Getty Images The Steelers didn’t have running back Le'Veon Bell for all of 2018. They won’t have Bell or receiver Antonio Brown for 2019, and beyond. Their coach apparently sees that as a good thing. Appearing on ESPN’s draft coverage over the weekend, Mike Tomlin said this when asked about...

Getty Images Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier won’t surrender the dream of playing football again, even if it’s highly unlikely that any doctor would ever clear him to play. If Shazier plays, it won’t happen this year. The Steelers have placed Shazier on the reserve/Physically Unable to...

Getty Images During his pre-draft press conference this week, Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert said that the team had “less urgent” needs as a result of free agency and that he was hoping to draft players who wouldn’t be needed on the field immediately. In the grand history of pre-draft...

Getty Images Few teams have turned later picks into gold at wide receiver the way they Steelers have. So they can only hope the latest one from the MAC does as well as the one who just walked out the door. With the 66th overall pick, the Steelers selected Toledo wide receiver Diontae Johnson...

Getty Images The Steelers didn’t add any running backs in free agency after Le'Veon Bell moved on to the Jets, but they have added one in the draft. Pittsburgh made former Kentucky running back Benny Snell Jr. the 122nd overall pick of the draft. He joins James Conner and Jaylen Samuels in the...

Getty Images The Steelers have used both of the draft picks acquired from the Raiders for wide receiver Antonio Brown. The team selected tight end Zach Gentry with the 141st overall pick during the sixth round on Saturday afternoon. They took wide receiver Diontae Johnson with the No. 66 pick...

Antonio Brown has left the AFC North. His cousin has arrived. Oklahoma receiver Marquis “Hollywood” Brown is the 25th pick in the 2019 draft, joining the Ravens. Brown, who suffered a foot injury in the NCAA semifinal game, is a speedy receiver who can be a difference maker for a Baltimore...

Getty Images After news broke of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger‘s new deal, we guessed that he’d get a signing bonus of $45 million. We were off a bit, but also right on the money. Sort of. Per a league source, Roethlisberger’s signing bonus will be $37.5 million, and he’ll earn...

Getty Images The Steelers have a serious need for help at linebacker. All the best ones are expected to be gone by the time they pick 20th overall, so they may be trying to move up. Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that the Steelers have made calls about the possibility of trading into the top...

Getty Images The Steelers will be drafting players over the next three days and they’ll sign some undrafted free agents once the draft comes to an end, which means they’ll need open roster spots to make room for new arrivals. They opened one on Thursday afternoon. The team announced that they...

Getty Images It took 10 picks to get to the first trade, and the Steelers moved up 10 spots. The Steelers traded up to the No. 10 overall spot to get Michigan linebacker Devin Bush. The Steelers needed to make a move, because their defense hasn’t been the same since Ryan Shazier‘s spinal...

Getty Images A report on Tuesday indicated that the Steelers were working to finish up a contract extension with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger before the draft gets underway on Thursday night. It looks like they’re close to making that hope a reality. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that...

Getty Images Half a century after he was the first overall pick in the 1969 NFL draft, Mean Joe Greene will get some recognition on draft night. The Steelers have announced that Greene will be in Nashville on Thursday night and will go to the podium to call the team’s first pick. “It is...

Getty Images The Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger have a deal done. The two sides have agreed to a new deal that keeps Roethlisberger under contract through the 2021 season, according to multiple reports. Roethlisberger had been heading into the final year of his old contract. There’s no...

Getty Images As the 15th anniversary of his Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger‘s selection as the 11th overall pick in the draft approaches, Roethlisberger has signed a contract that will dwarf the base six-year, $22.26 million deal he received in 2004. So how much will Roethlisberger...

Getty Images The Steelers and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger agreed to a new contract on Wednesday and the 2004 first-round pick is now tied to the team through the 2021 season. Roethlisberger had been signed through this season and the official announcement calls it a new three-year deal...