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Getty Images The Steelers held their pre-draft press conference on Monday and one of the messages sent by General Manager Kevin Colbert was that the team wouldn’t be taking certain positions off the board because they signed free agents that play them last month. Wide receiver Donte Moncrief...

Getty Images Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert said at Monday’s pre-draft press conference that the addition of Donte Moncrief in free agency wouldn’t stop the team from addressing the wide receiver position again in the draft. Colbert also said that he hoped Moncrief’s addition made the...

Getty Images San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle said his tweet to Antonio Brown from New Year’s Eve was at the prodding of a fellow member of the 49ers offense. Via KNBR, Kittle said on Wednesday that his “Sup?” tweet directed at Brown was a dare from quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo...

Getty Images Now that we have the “when” to attach to the “who” and the “where,” the full slate of 256 regular-season games is known. Which games, then, are the best of those? Simms and I discussed the best options, via a PFT Live draft. Spoiler alert: I gave Simms the first pick, and he...

Getty Images Oklahoma’s Marquise Brown is one of the best wide receivers in this year’ draft. He’s also the cousin of Antonio Brown. But unlike Antonio, Marquise has nothing against Ben Roethlisberger. Marquise told NFL Media that he would be happy to play for the Steelers and with...

Getty Images The L.A. Rams had a late-season outdoor game in Chicago last year. It didn’t go well. This year, that won’t be a concern for the defending NFC champions. In 2019, the Rams won’t be playing in a cold-weather climate later than early November. In a video featuring Rams coach Sean...

Getty Images The Steelers found out their schedule for the 2019 season on Wednesday night and they’ll be in a high-profile spot right off the bat. They’ll be in New England for the first Sunday Night Football game of the season, so the first look at their post-Antonio Brown offense will come...

Getty Images The NFL’s latest social media war of words is between Eagles defensive lineman Malik Jackson and Jets running back Le'Veon Bell. Bell posted a video on social media showing a play from last year’s playoff game when Bell’s Steelers took on Jackson’s Jaguars. On the play Bell...

Getty Images From 2013 through 2016, the quarterback market stagnated. From 2017 through now, the quarterback market has exploded. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers enjoyed an extended stretch as the highest-paid player in the NFL, with a new-money average of $22 million per year, until Colts...

Getty Images Raiders receiver Antonio Brown has settled a lawsuit arising from allegations that he threw furniture from a balcony at a Miami apartment building, endangering a toddler and his grandfather. Does that settlement expose Brown to scrutiny under the Personal Conduct Policy? The...

Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been the subject of critical comments from a variety of former teammates since the end of the 2018 season and several current teammates have spoken up to refute those barbs, but the quarterback has not offered a direct response to any of...

Getty Images Tight end Xavier Grimble signed his tender Tuesday, according to the NFL’s official transactions report. Grimble was a restricted free agent whom the Steelers had given an original-round tender. Since Grimble was an undrafted free agent, the Steelers would have received no...

Getty Images The first European player to be drafted into the NFL without playing at an American college has another chance. Per the league’s transaction wire, tight end Moritz Boehringer has been allocated to the Bengals as an exempt/international player. That means he can hang around as a...

Getty Images Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is grossly underpaid. And he isn’t making a stink about it. Last year, both Roethlisberger and Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers had two years left on increasingly below-market deals, with Roethlisberger at $21.85 million per year and...

Getty Images Former Oklahoma receiver Marquise Brown was among the players to undergo a medical re-check in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Brown received good news. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Brown “received a very positive review” on a foot that he injured late in the year. Brown...

Getty Images As former Jaguars and Raiders coach Jack Del Rio pivots to a season in the media, he’s saying plenty of things. And he’s supplementing his head’s up regarding a potential Russell Wilson trade by invoking an opposite portion of the anatomy. “I love the talent, but [Antonio Brown]...

Getty Images Multiple former Steelers have taken to social media this offseason to express complaints about the team, and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Now two current Steelers are asking for it to stop. Steelers starting offensive linemen Ramon Foster and Maurkice Pouncey are offering to...

Getty Images At a time when current Steelers players are pleading with former Steelers players to leave the current Steelers team alone, one former Steelers player created a stir on Friday morning with an accusation that he made on Twitter — nearly three hours before explaining that he didn’t...

Getty Images If you’re familiar with PFT Live, you’re aware that shows broadcast during the Stanley Cup playoffs include highlights from Stanley Cup playoffs games. Thursday’s show covered in less than three minutes the five games played on the opening night of the 2018-19 postseason. So from...

Getty Images The Steelers had a couple of the draft’s top cornerbacks in for visits on Monday. According to multiple reports, former Georgia corner Deandre Baker and former Washington corner Byron Murphy were both in Pittsburgh to meet with the team. Baker and Murphy are generally ranked...