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  1. Steely McBeam

    Antonio Brown deletes his latest JuJu Smith-Schuster attack

    Getty Images Raiders receiver Antonio Brown apparently has some self-awareness, after all. Brown has deleted a Monday social-media post based on a direct message from a then-18-year-old JuJu Smith-Schuster seeking advice from the then-Steelers receiver. The move quite possibly was influenced...
  2. Steely McBeam

    Antonio Brown vows to stop giving “media fakes” ammunition

    Getty Images Antonio Brown seems to realize he’s losing the battle of social media. So now he’s in retreat. After he was widely criticized for an Instagram post about former teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster, Brown deleted the post. Now he’s taken to Twitter to castigate the media for giving him...
  3. Steely McBeam

    Steelers sign Casey Sayles

    Getty Images The Steelers have added another former Alliance of American Football player, announcing Tuesday they signed defensive lineman Casey Sayles to a one-year deal. Sayles was with the team in camp last summer. He becomes the sixth player from the defunct league to sign with the...
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    DeMarcus Lawrence: It wasn’t going to be a Le’Veon situation

    Getty Images DeMarcus Lawrence is undergoing shoulder surgery this week, having held out until he got a new deal. But the Cowboys defensive end, who signed his $105 million deal on Tuesday, had no plans to pull a Le'Veon Bell and sit out the season in the absence of a long-term agreement before...
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    Antonio Brown: JuJu Smith-Schuster fumbled our postseason away

    Getty Images Antonio Brown is done in Pittsburgh, but he’s not done taking shots at his former teammates. Brown tweeted this afternoon that Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster cost the Steelers a playoff berth when he fumbled late in their Week 16 loss to the Saints. “Emotion: boy...
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    JuJu Smith-Schuster: Crazy how big Antonio Brown’s ego got

    Getty Images It didn’t take long for JuJu Smith-Schuster to respond to Antonio Brown ripping Smith-Schuster on social media. After Brown said Smith-Schuster fumbled the Steelers’ postseason away, Smith-Schuster expressed surprise that a former friend would take a shot at him like that. “Keep...
  7. Steely McBeam

    Ryan Shazier is back to doing box jumps

    Getty Images Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier continues to amaze. Only 16 months removed from a serious neck injury that kept him from walking temporarily, with fears he may not be able to walk permanently, Shazier is walking. And more. He’s back to box jumping. It’s an impressive...
  8. Steely McBeam

    Morgan Burnett jumps from the Steelers to the Browns

    Getty Images Morgan Burnett is staying in the AFC North. The former Steelers safety will sign on Friday with the Browns, according to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. Burnett is expected to compete with Eric Murray, the former Chief acquired in the Emmanuel Ogbah trade, for the strong safety...
  9. Steely McBeam

    Report: Steelers to sign former AAF C J.C. Hassenauer

    Getty Images The Steelers are the latest team to round out their offseason roster with a player cut loose when the Alliance of American Football ceased operating earlier this week. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the team is set to sign center J.C. Hassenauer. A physical will be required...
  10. Steely McBeam

    Steelers signing former AAF defensive back Jack Tocho

    Getty Images The dispersal of former AAF players continues, with one headed to Pittsburgh. According to Matt Zenitz of AL.com, former Birmingham Iron defensive back Jack Tocho is expected to sign with the Steelers. Tocho was a seventh-round pick of the Vikings in 2017 out of N.C. State. He...
  11. Steely McBeam

    Twelve AAF players have found jobs with NFL teams

    Players from the Alliance of American Football were given the green light to sign with NFL teams on Thursday and eleven of them have found new homes already. The Panthers have shown the most interest in players with experience in the short-lived league. They signed wide receiver Rashad Ross on...
  12. Steely McBeam

    Demarcus Lawrence, Cowboys turned second tag into a fair deal

    Getty Images Pittsburgh Steelers, take note. The Dallas Cowboys have shown you and the rest of the league how to properly structure a long-term deal for a player who is restricted by the franchise tag. With $20.56 million on the books for 2019 — and a chance to make $29.6 million under a third...
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    Antonio Brown: I want to inspire people to do better business

    Getty Images Antonio Brown did a great business deal for himself this offseason, forcing his way out of Pittsburgh and getting a big raise from his already lucrative contract when he went to the Raiders. He hopes some people learn from him. Brown says he hopes to use his social media presence...
  14. Steely McBeam

    Mike Tomlin: This was disappointing hiring cycle for minorities

    Getty Images Mike Tomlin, who is entering his 13th season with the Steelers, now is one of only three African-American head coaches in the league. Anthony Lynn and new Dolphins coach Brian Flores are the others. Since Dan Rooney — the namesake of the Rooney Rule — died two years ago this...
  15. Steely McBeam

    Steelers sign B.J. Finney

    Getty Images Restricted free agent B.J. Finney signed his one-year, $3.095 million tender with the Steelers, according to the NFL’s official transactions report Tuesday. The Steelers had placed a second-round tender on the offensive lineman. Finney, 27, has played 43 games, with nine starts...
  16. Steely McBeam

    Joe Haden “can’t wait” to face Odell Beckham

    Getty Images Steelers cornerback Joe Haden spent the first seven years of his career with the Browns and he isn’t letting the fact that his former team is in the same division stop him from noting the optimism in Cleveland these days. Haden told TMZ.com that he’s happy for the city and that...
  17. Steely McBeam

    JuJu Smith-Schuster calls Antonio Brown “my guy”

    Getty Images After JuJu Smith-Schuster defended Ben Roethlisberger‘s leadership last week, Antonio Brown responded with a message about his former teammate. “Do not listen to any NFL player who haven’t got paid yet! They will do and say anything to make sure they going to get paid even if it’s...
  18. Steely McBeam

    Ben Roethlisberger may not continue his weekly in-season radio show

    Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has generated plenty of headlines over the years during his weekly, in-season appearances on 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh. That may be ending. Per a source with direct knowledge of the situation, Roethlisberger is unlikely to continue the...
  19. Steely McBeam

    Steelers, Browns have projected win totals of nine each

    Getty Images Vegas has spoken regarding the over-under projected win totals for the various NFL teams. In the AFC North, where the Browns are regarded as a slight favorite to win it all, the Browns and the Steelers have equal win totals of nine each. Just behind the long-term ruler of the...
  20. Steely McBeam

    John Lynch confirms 49ers interest in OBJ, lack of interest in Antonio Brown

    Getty Images As the 2018 season ended, some believed that the 49ers would make a run at Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. And indeed they did. Appearing on KNBR (via Matt Barrows of TheAthletic.com), 49ers G.M. John Lynch confirmed that the Giants wanted the second overall pick in the draft...
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