Day ten of Steelers training camp is in the books and if you missed the day nine recap of the Friday Night Lights session you can read it here. Steelers.com also has some video up now from the Friday night practice at Latrobe Memorial Stadium. Pat Kirwan And Tim Ryan of Sirius NFL Radio were also at practice last night and Kirwan has his Steelers report up on NFL.com. Peter King was at camp Saturday and here is an interview with him. On to the Saturday practice on a soggy day back in Latrobe. Before you read farther, I suggest you listen to the post practice report called into me by Read more [...]

Day 9 of Steelers training camp got off to a great start when it was announced that LaMarr Woodely had signed a 6-year, $61 million dollar extension. Woodley was currently carrying the franchise tag that was set to pay him $10 million plus in 2011. The extension now means he is under contract through the 2016 season and he know will count around $6.35 million against the Steelers 2011 salary cap. Woodley talked about his new contract this morning and you can read about it on Steelers.com. Now that Woodley is locked up, I posted my thoughts on who the Steelers may turn their attention to. Read more [...]

Day 6 of Steelers training camp is in the books and this post will serve as your daily recap of the comings and goings from Tuesday at Latrobe. The morning started with the announcement that long snapper Greg Warren had agreed to terms. The Steelers only had one long snapper in camp in the form of Derek Chard and Warren now appears to be the odds on favorite to continue his role as the long snapper. This now means that all of 2010 specialist are back on the roster in Warren, Daniel Sepulveda, Shaun Suisham and Jeremy Kapinos. Sepulveda is the odds on favorite to beat out Kapinos if indeed he Read more [...]

Another item on the Steelers to-do list is to get their entire 2011 draft class under contract today. Draft picks this year must be signed to 4-year contracts and with a club option for a fifth year on first round draft pick Cameron Heyward. Dale Lolley reports via Twitter that few of the rookies appear to already have their contracts signed and it is expected that the Steelers will announce the signings later today or Friday. Under the new labor agreement the 4-year base salaries of the Steelers 2011 draft draft picks is expected to total out at $2.2 million as I have previously reported. That Read more [...]

As the lockout continues on, the small town of Latrobe waits to hear if the Steelers will once again be holding their training camp at Saint Vincent College this year. Observer Reporter beat writer Dale Lolley went off on a small rant on Saturday as he is pretty fed up with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and wishes he would give the injury stuff a rest. Former Bengals defensive back Artrell Hawkins will serve as a coaching intern with the Steelers in training camp whenever the lockout is over. Steelers wide receiver Antwaan Randle El held his sixth annual Youth Football Academy on Saturday Read more [...]

Jason La Canfora posted last night about the Steelers supposed want to move up to draft Mike Pouncey. Here is what I believe would be the cost to trade up and how I see this as a smoke screen mostly. I came across this piece last night on South Carolina offensive tackle Jarriel King that goes over the trouble he has been in before and the heart condition he had, but seems to be over. King made a pre draft visit to Pittsburgh to visit with the Steelers. Dale Lolley released his final mock on Wednesday and has the Steelers taking cornerback Brandon Harris at #31. Ken Laird, Scott Brown and Read more [...]

John Harris wrote on Saturday that New York, Philadelphia, Denver, St. Louis, Arizona and Houston are some of the teams targeting Steelers free agent cornerback Ike Taylor. Ed Bouchette has a look back at the Steelers 1971 draft that produced eight Super Bowl starters. I think we all can name them alphabetically by now. Dale Lolley has a look at the defensive line position in the upcoming draft and a few names the Steelers might have their sights on. Steelers.com is having a Draft Day Sweepstakes in which you can win four tickets to a Steelers 2011 regular season home game at Heinz Field. Read more [...]

Dale Lolley gives his reasons why the Steelers might be forced to draft a kicker because of the lockout. I say no way this happens and would be very surprised if a pick was spent on a specialist this year. The Pouncey twins did an entertaining interview with ESPN’s "First Take" Wednesday to discuss their respective paths to the NFL. Omar Kelly does not think Florida center Mike Pouncey is elite and should not be a top 20 pick next week. Ed Bouchette joined 93.7 The Fan on Wednesday to take a look at the recently released 2011 schedule for the Steelers and what he thinks of it. Steelers Read more [...]

Dale Lolley reported a little while ago that Alabama A&M nose tackle Frank Kearse and Louisville cornerback Johnny Patrick will make pre draft visits with the Steelers if the have not already. The Steelers have been more tight lipped this offseason about the players they bring to the South Side for official visits, but word continues to leak out. Lolley also confirmed earlier reports that Boise State wide receiver Austin Pettis and Utah State cornerback Curtis Marsh are two of the 30 allowed visitors the Steelers will have prior to the draft. Steelers scout Mark Gorscak was present for Read more [...]

Steelers beat writer for the Observer Reporter, Dale Lolley, is now on Twitter as he announced this afternoon in his latest blog post. You can follow him on Twitter @dlolleyor. Lolley is the second Steelers beat writer in the last few weeks to succumb to the Twitter social media world as Post Gazette Steelers beat writer Ed Bouchette revealed a short time ago that he too is starting to use the 5 year old social media giant. You can follow Ed here @EdBouchette. As always, you can follow Steelers Depot on Twitter at @Steelersdepot as well as our Terrible Podcast account @TerriblePodcast. My podcast Read more [...]

Dale Lolley blogged his early thoughts on the Steelers upcoming NFL draft needs and pretty much thinks the Steelers top targets will be cornerbacks Jimmy Smith or Aaron Williams. Bob Labriola goes over the Steelers plans for the upcoming NFL Combine that starts this week. On Sunday, Mike Bires gave his thoughts on the Steelers placing the franchise tag on outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley. Nobody is commenting on anything, but new NFL labor deal negotiations lasted about eight hours Sunday, the third consecutive day the NFL and the NFLPA met to try to find common ground before the current Read more [...]

Mike Bires gets the hopes of Steeler Nation up with his article about the Steelers possibly drafting Mike Pouncey to play along side twin brother Maurkice Pouncey on the offensive line. Dale Lolley thinks getting a deal done with cornerback Ike Taylor will be pretty easy and predicts he will likely take less money to stay in Pittsburgh. If you say so, Dale! Lawrence Timmons talks about the pain and motivation of losing the Super Bowl and plans on taking off about a month and let his body recover from the season, and then get back to work. [phpbay]Steelers Pouncey rookie, 3, "", ""[/phpbay] Albert Read more [...]

Ed Bouchette was on 93.7 The Fan yesterday morning and talked about the future of Bruce Arians, his thoughts on the Steelers free agents and why the Steelers will not go after cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. Steelers secondary coach Ray Horton is the favorite to become the new defensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals and the deal could be finalized by Wednesday. Mike Bires reports that right tackle Flozell Adams isn’t sure whether he’ll he come back for his 14th season or call it a career. Dale Lolley suggest the Steelers should seriously consider moving Maurkice Pouncey to left Read more [...]

The Steelers outspoken yet humble wide receiver Hines Ward sat down with Deion Sanders for a candid interview. Alex Flanagan caught up with Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin after Pittsburgh's 27-3 victory over the Panthers. Dale Lolley has his Steelers Panthers post game thoughts here. Great backtalk story on the Immaculate Reception which we celebrated the anniversary of yesterday. Great 30 second commercial of some real-life Steelers fans during the end of the Super Bowl XLIII. That play still sends chills down my spine. Please remember that the popular Top 10 series debuts its Read more [...]

Before the Steelers Tuesday's practice, James Farrior, Mike Wallace, Aaron Smith, Hines Ward and Brett Keisel talked about Thursday's upcoming game against the Carolina Panthers. Dale Lolley has a piece on the quick development of rookie receiver Emmanuel Sanders who has been targeted by Ben Roethlisberger 38 times the past six games. Steelers safety Ryan Clark is still waiting to hear from the league on if he will be fined for a hit on New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards this past Sunday. Offensive lineman Trai Essex is deflecting speculation that he will replace Jonathan Scott Read more [...]