The Steelers will likely play their 2010 week 1 game at home and on Sunday according to reports. There was speculation they may play the Saints, but the Pirates baseball schedule has become a conflict in the scheduling. If the Steelers opened on the road, they likely would be on the road for 3 straight weeks to start the season and that is unheard of these days.

Steelers president Art Rooney II would not discuss any potential negotiations on a contract extension for head coach Mike Tomlin, yesterday. Tomlin has two years remaining on the original contract he signed in 2006. Rooney only said, "We'll get there when we get there. We think and hope Mike will be a coach here for a long time. That's about all I can say about it."

The Steelers have a pre draft visit set up with Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount. Blount ran a 4.53 and a 4.55 40 at his Pro day. Blount you may remember, was suspended in the early part of 2009 for punching an opponent and angrily confronting fans after an opening week loss.

West Virginia offensive lineman Selvish Capers also received a lot of attention from Steelers scouts during his pro day on Thursday. Capers is considered one of the best offensive tackles of his class. The Steelers reportedly have set up a pre draft visit with Capers as well.

On the flip side, no Steelers scouts or coaching personnel showed up at the Fresno State Pro Day, where running back Ryan Matthews reportedly had a great showing. It could be because they thought they saw enough at the combine so I would not read too much into that.

Steelers.com followed Steelers guard Chris Kemoeatu and brother Ma'ake to their home in Hawaii as they hosts the first annual Kemoeatu Brothers youth football clinic. This is a 4 part series and can be viewed at the links below.
http://www.steelers.com/video-and-audio/videos/Youth-Football-Hawaii-Special---Part-1/
http://www.steelers.com/video-and-audio/videos/Youth-Football-Hawaii-Special---Part-2/
http://www.steelers.com/video-and-audio/videos/Youth-Football-Hawaii-Special---Part-3/
http://www.steelers.com/video-and-audio/videos/Youth-Football-Hawaii-Special---Part-4/

The lawyer representing Andrea McNulty in the Ben Roethlisberger Nevada case may let McNulty talk to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation concerning the Georgia case. Seems both need info to build their cases against Ben. Long ways to go I assume, but this is getting tiresome.

Steelers unrestricted free agent running back Willie Parker is scheduled to visit the Rams today. I would be very surprised if he is signed to a deal before the weekend. In fact he very well could be thinking about a return to Pittsburgh by now.

The Steelers have scheduled pre draft visits with Penn State linebackers Navorro Bowman and linebacker Sean Lee. Illinois wide receiver Arrelious Benn has a visit scheduled as well.

Ed Bouchette's Steelers chat transcript from Tuesday is up for your reading pleasure. Ed addresses a few of the rumors going around as only Ed can.

Art Rooney, the president of the Pittsburgh Steelers, delivered the evening address at the 105th Annual St. Patrick's Day dinner for the Friendly Sons.

Roethlisberger is officially a part of pop culture now as he was included in the season premier of South Park. The episode centered around rich celebrities with sex addictions. As you can imagine, Tiger Woods was the main focus. You can watch the clip here.

The 3rd and final installment of the interview with defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau is up on Steelers.com. Bob Labriola discusses his playing days as a defensive back for the Detroit Lions.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has the latest on the Ben Roethlisberger sexual assault allegations and says one more witness remains to be interviewed along with Big Ben. We should know in a few days or so whether or nor Ben will be charged with any crime.

The Steelers coaching staff and scouts are down in Florida for the well anticipated Pro Day of the Florida Gators. Tim Tebow, Joe Haden, Carlos Dunlap, Maurkice Pouncey, Brandon Spikes and Major Wright are the big names getting the pre draft attention today.

Kevin Colbert admits that the free agency fireworks are likely over for the Steelers now, but is not ruling out talks with their own unrestricted free agents, most notably, Charlie Batch and Willie Parker.

Our old friend Joey Porter will be visiting Redskins Park on Thursday, according to a league source to see if he fits the 3-4 needs of the Redskins. Remember that the Redskins new linebackers coach, Lou Spanos, was a longtime Pittsburgh assistant coach.

Kelly Davies, from Access Athletes, has an excellent interview with Steelers second year running back Frank Summers. The Tank hopes to be recovered from a herniated disc and is training hard getting ready for training camp.

Steelers.com has part 2 of the fantastic sit down interview with new Hall of Famer, Dick LeBeau. Make sure you watch all of these as Bob Labriola does a great job on these.

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When it rains, it pours. Such is the case for Ben Roethlisberger who is now in trouble for a fence that he put up around his house with out proper approval. If only this was his biggest problem right now. With everything going on, it is of no surprise that Ben was absent from the start of the offseason training program that began Monday.

University of Pittsburgh tight ends Dorin Dickerson and Nate Byham visited the Steelers Monday. They do not count against the 30 visits the team is permitted to have from college players as they are considered local players. The Steelers are also rumored to have lined up Texas safety Earl Thomas for one of their 30 pre draft visits.

Steelers scouts were present on Monday for the workout of Youngstown State wide receiver Donald Jones. Ohio State defensive end Thaddeus Gibson also had Steelers scouts in attendance on Friday at his Pro day at OSU.

Former Steelers linebacker Robin Cole announced plans for a kickoff party to his annual Father's Day Run & Walk to raise awareness for early prostate cancer detection on Monday. The kickoff party will be held April 1 at the Hard Rock Café at Station Square. Cole's father, Obediah, and uncle both died from undiagnosed prostate cancer, prompting the creation of the Obediah Cole Foundation in 2006.

Monday was Larry Foote day in Pittsburgh as he signed a 3 year contract yesterday. Foote joined Scott Paulsen, Mike Logan and Chris Mack on "The Drive" on ESPN 1250 yesterday and you can listen to the interview below. It sends chills up your spine hearing Foote talk about the possibility of multiple championships forthcoming.

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Foote also had his meet the media press conference as well on Monday and Steelers.com has hosted that video footage for your viewing. It is so good to see he knows where he belongs and exactly what his role on the team will be.

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Just as expected an old friend is coming back to the Steel City as linebacker Larry Foote has signed a 3 year, 9.3 million dollar contract with the Steelers on Monday morning according to ESPN's, Jason La Canfora. The deal reportedly includes a 1.8 million dollar signing bonus. Foote, who will be 30 in June, will provide depth at inside linebacker and will provide the Steelers a proven run-stopper.

According to John Clayton the contract is front loaded with Foote earning 3.9 million in year one. Going by those numbers, the contract probably looks similar to the numbers below:

Year	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Cap Charge
2010	$3,300,000	$600,000	$3,900,000
2011	$2,100,000	$600,000	$2,700,000
2012	$2,100,000	$600,000	$2,700,000

edited for Catholic school math error.

Carl Prine of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has some what of a time line going on the night Ben Roethlisberger was accused of sexual assault. What does all this mean? Absolutely nothing other than Ben likes sushi.

As we reported last night, free agent linebacker Larry Foote is in town today and likely will be signed back to the Black & Gold by the end of the day if things go as expected.

I am not too sure what the Browns are doing, but I like it. They have signed quarterback Jake Delhomme and sent a conditional 2011 draft choice to the Seahawks for quarterback Seneca Wallace. They also traded quarterback Brady Quinn to the Broncos for some donuts or some type of food. Keep up the great offseason work, Cleveland.

Now that LaDainian Tomlinson has signed with the Jets on Sunday, you should finally see our free agent running back Willie Parker get some more looks. It will not be the money he thought he was going to get at the start of free agency and you have to think returning to Pittsburgh is now in the back of his head.

Free agent center Kevin Mawae was unanimously re-elected as president of the NFL Players Association during the union's board of player representatives meeting Saturday. Now if Mawae could only find a team. He would look great backing up Justin Hartwig, but we all know that will not happen.

Steelers.com own Bob Labriola sat down for an exclusive interview with defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau recently to discuss his playing days as a defensive back for the Detroit Lions. Part 1 of 3 is below.

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Steelers Depot has learned that former Steelers linebacker Larry Foote is flying to Pittsburgh tonight to finish the details of a 3 year contract to return to Pittsburgh after one season with the Detroit Lions. If all goes well, Foote will take a physical and sign the dotted line. The deal is expected to be announced late Monday according to sources. Foote played seven seasons with the Steelers and won two Super Bowl rings, but was released after the 2009 season. Foote led the Lions in tackles in 2009.
Edited: We have learned that Foote is flying out tonight instead of Monday.

Tiger Woods owes Big Ben a great big thank you as Ben is knocking Tiger off of the front pages of TMZ and such. The latest hot story for some reason is Ben having his picture taken with some Milledgeville Police Officers prior to the report of the incident. What this has to do with anything, I have no idea.

It has been a while since we have heard from Observer Reporter writer Dale Lolley. Lolley has finally penned his thoughts on the whole Ben Roethlisberger saga and done so quite eloquently if I might say.

Oh yes, this is just great as well. Who really gives a shit what Michael Irvin thinks Ben did right or wrong. CBS news, that's who. Hey Michael, go do a few lines of blow and then go fornicate yourself.

ESPN AFC North Blogger, James Walker, certainly knows how to stir up Steeler Nation. Yesterday he posted the photo below and wanted people to respond in In five words or less and provide thoughts on the photo. That picture sent chills up my spine and you can read his favorite replies here.

Pittsburgh's best country radio station, Y108 had backup nose tackle Chris Hoke on for an interview yesterday to discuss the Roethlisberger allegations and the Steelers activity in free agency among other things. You can listed to the interview below.

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Bill Woodside of Mt. Holly Springs, Pa has quite a collection of memorabilia from Anheuser-Busch as well as a garage full of Budweiser's tribute to his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers. This Bud is for you, Bill.

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After long wait, I finally have my first mock draft of this offseason done. Much like when Axl Rose writes a song for a soon to be released album, I changed it and scrapped it several times. There are so many things that go into research for mock drafts. Team needs, player rankings and free agency. I never like to release a mock draft before free agency starts as I believe the first week of so of free agency can tell you a ton of what teams are thinking. I will likely have 2.0 out by April 1st and only suspect 4 versions at most. I do not have the want or do I think it is feasible to do a complete mock draft of all 7 rounds. It is ludicrous. I will however predict the Steelers picks by rounds as I did last year. I nailed 2 players last year in Mike Wallace and Ra'Shon Harris although I had the wrong round on Wallace.

OK, bitch away, here is 2010 NFL Mock Draft 1.0!

1. St. Louis Rams - Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma - If I were the Rams, I draft Suh or trade down. I do not think Bradford is the real deal. The NFL is a quarterback driven league however and I suspect the Rams will do the wrong thing and draft Bradford.

2. Detroit Lions - Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska - Not even Matt Millen could screw up this pick. The Lions will get the best player in the draft at the number 2 spot. Suh is a man child and I am glad he will be in the NFC and not the AFC.

3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Gerald McCoy, DT, Oklahoma - The Buccaneers have a ton of needs, but the 4-3 defense could really be boosted with a player like McCoy. The only temptation here would be Eric Berry.

4. Washington Redskins - Russell Okung, OT, Oklahoma State - Chris Samuels has now called it a career and the Redskins need a left tackle. Okung is solid and someone Mike Shanahan and Bruce Allen can build around.

5. Kansas City Chiefs - Bryan Bulaga, OT, Iowa - Chiefs GM Scott Pioli is good friends with Kirk Ferentz, the Iowa head coach. Bulaga has quietly climbed up the ladder. Matt Cassel needs protection and Bulaga fits the bill with this pick.

6. Seattle Seahawks - C.J. Spiller, RB, Clemson - The Seahawks have two first rounders and Pete Carroll will not wait to see if Spiller last until the 14th pick to get him. Not many mocks have Spiller going this high, but he is worthy of the #6 overall selection.

7. Cleveland Browns - Rolando McClain, LB, Alabama - The Browns picked up Scott Fujita in free agency and may move him inside. McClain can play both inside or outside and has a strong motor. Jimmy Clausen will be tempting here, but the sting of Brady Quinn still lingers.

8. Oakland Raiders - Jimmy Clausen, QB, Notre Dame - Raiders owner Al Davis knows that JaMarcus Russell is a bust. He needs a quarterback and he needs one now.

9. Buffalo Bills - Anthony Davis, OT, Rutgers - The Bills need a ton of everything and selecting Davis is a great place to start. Some consider Davis the best tackle in the draft, so if he falls here, it could indeed be a steal.

10. Jacksonville Jaguars - Joe Haden, CB, Florida - The Jaguars have seen quite a bit of the Floridian to not get caught up with NFL combine 40 times. Haden is the perfect fit for this defense. It would not be too far of a stretch to see Haden fall here.

11. Denver Broncos - Eric Berry, S, Tennessee - Berry is a hard-hitting defensive back that can play almost anywhere in the secondary. Pairing him up with Brian Dawkins to learn from could pay dividends quickly for Josh McDaniels.

12. Miami Dolphins - Sergio Kindle, LB, Texas - The Dolphins need linebackers and Kindle is a type player Bill Parcells likes on his squad. Kindle is easily the second best linebacker in the draft. This is a great match.

13. San Francisco 49ers - Earl Thomas, S, Texas - Head coach Mike Singletary is slowly building an impressive defense. Thomas fits the bill for that defense

14. Seattle Seahawks - Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma - Pete Carroll got his running back at #6 and now starts getting help on the offensive line.

15. New York Giants - Jason Pierre-Paul, DE, South Florida - Giants need to get back to putting consistent pressure on the opponents quarterback. Pierre-Paul can be brought along slowly and has shown the potential to be a dominant pass rusher in the NFL.

16. Tennessee Titans - Derrick Morgan, DE, Georgia Tech - Kyle Vanden Bosch is gone. Morgan fits everything that defense needs and 16th is the right place for Morgan.

17. San Francisco 49ers - Mike Iupati, G, Idaho - Iupati is a versatile lineman that can play just about anywhere on the line. His intensity matches that of head coach Mike Singletary.

18. Pittsburgh Steelers - Taylor Mays, S, USC - The last safety the Steelers drafted out of USC turned out pretty good. The Steelers need depth at the position and with Clark being resigned, Mays can be introduced slowly and also contribute on game days on special teams.

19. Atlanta Falcons - Brandon Graham, LB/DE, Michigan - Graham is a tweaner, but a pure athelete. He will help the Falcons defense immediately.

20. Houston Texans - Patrick Robinson, CB, Florida State - The Texans lost one corner named Robinson via free agency. They get their replacement Robinson at #20 who very well could be the best corner in the draft.

21. Cincinnati Bengals - Jermaine Gresham, TE, Oklahoma - Gresham I think will go earlier than most think out of need. He is the best tight end in the draft and the Bengals desperately need one for Carson Palmer.

22. New England Patriots - Sean Weatherspoon, LB, Missouri - Bill Belichick likes the type player that Weatherspoon is and will find a place for him. The kid has a high motor and an IQ to go along with it.

23. Green Bay Packers - Kyle Wilson, CB, Boise State - The Packers need a shut down corner and help in the secondary.

24. Philadelphia Eagles - Jared Odrick, DT, Penn State - The Eagles need a pass rusher and will nit have to go far to find one. Odrick can play anywhere on the defensive line.

25. Baltimore Ravens - Golden Tate, WR, Notre Dame - Despite signing Anquan Boldin and resigning Derrick Mason, Tate will be groomed for the future. He can be brought along slowly.

26. Arizona Cardinals - Dan Williams, DT, Tennessee - Cardinals veteran nose tackle Bryan Robinson will be 36 in June and Williams fits what the Cardinals are trying to do on defense.

27. Dallas Cowboys - Dez Bryant, WR, Oklahoma State - Jerry Jones loves playmakers and kids with 5 cent heads. Jones will have no problem taking a chance on making a Cowboy one of his Cowboys.

28. San Diego Chargers - Ryan Mathews, RB, Fresno State - LaDanian Tomlinson is gone and Sproles is not an every down back. Mathews will be drafted to handle the between the tackle type work.

29. New York Jets - Bruce Campbell, OT, Maryland - Campbell is considered a project and the Jets have time to bring him along. this is a case of the best player available on the board.

30. Minnesota Vikings - Brian Price, DT, UCLA - Pat Williams needs a breather every now and again and father time is ticking on him. Price is excellent inside and can help spell Williams on passing downs.

31. Indianapolis Colts - Maurkice Pouncey, C, Florida - Sooner or later Jeff Saturday will need to retire. Pouncey is the best center in the draft and can be groomed to replace Saturday on Sundays.

32. New Orleans Saints - Jerry Hughes, LB, TCU - Scott Fujita is gone. The Saints do not need much to stay competitive. Hughes is a play maker and will help ease the loss of Fujita later in the year.

As Ben Roethlisberger's version of the events that took place in Milledgeville, Ga hit our Twitter account yesterday, it really has not and will not help his cause in my opinion. I hope there is evidence of her falling and hitting her head on her on accord. Every day it seems a new twist comes out that does not help Ben's cause unlike the Nevada case where everything that came out discredited the accuser. A long way to go on this one.

The 20-year-old woman who has accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault plans on returning to Georgia College and State University next week according to WSBTV.

The son of new Steelers offensive line coach, Sean Kugler, has received eight scholarship offers to colleges to play football after he graduates high school. Robert Kugler is a 6-foot-3, 235-pound defensive end and will be moving with his family to Pittsburgh in April and will be attending North Allegheny High School.

We have updated our 2010 Steelers salary cap numbers to reflect the contracts of Antwaan Randle El, Ryan Clark, Will Allen, Arnaz Battle and Jonathan Scott. Randle El signed a three-year, $7 million contract that included a $900,000 signing bonus. Clark signed a four-year, $14 million contract that contains $5 million guaranteed, $3 million signing bonus and $3 million available through incentives. Allen signed a three-year, $4.4 million contract that included a $975,000 signing bonus. Battle signed a three-year, $3.9 million contract that included a $975,000 signing bonus and Scott signed a one-year, $545,000 contract.

A rumor that veteran center Hank Fraley has a planned visit to Pittsburgh is untrue according to a message from his agent Ralph Cindrich. Fraley was released by the Browns on Wednesday of last week and will visit the Rams today. Cindrich said the Steelers have called with interest, but no visit is scheduled at this point.

The AFC North offered up more free agent signings on Wednesday as the Bengals decided on signing receiver Antonio Bryant over Terrell Owens for four-years and $28 million deal. Also the Ravens resigned receiver Derrick Mason to a two-year, $8 million agreement. I have to be honest in saying that neither signing strikes fear in me as a Steelers fan.