Scott Brown has an article on veteran wide receiver Hines Ward and how he is approaching this season mentally and physically. Ward plans on reporting to Latrobe at around 200 pounds this season. In case you missed it, the Pittsburgh Steelers Training Camp Preview of the Wide Receivers was posted on Steelers Depot yesterday. Veteran linebacker Larry Foote is the latest player featured in the Ask The Steelers segment on steelers.com. Part 1 is now posted on the site. [phpbay]1974 steelers, 3, "", ""[/phpbay] Dan Gigler has a blog post up on the Steelers art gallery of Preston Thomas. Read more [...]

We have yet to hear back from Jordan Woy, the agent for wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, but have no reason not to believe our contract report of 3 years, 2 million is not correct. (((Should be 1.8 million - Bad math and 3 years versus 4 years others received))). The picks just ahead of and just behind Sanders had signed and the contract numbers slot perfectly between Earl Mitchell of the Texans and Corey Peters of the Falcons. The only difference is both those players received 4 year deals. The Steelers have a long history of signing players drafted round 3 or later to only 3 year deals and Read more [...]

In so many words Thursday, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin named Byron Leftwich the team's No. 1 quarterback Thursday following the conclusion of offseason practices. Dennis Dixon will be No. 2 followed by Charlie Batch. Scott Brown speculates that Dixon would have to play lights out during the preseason to unseat Leftwich as the No. 1. That is not impossible mind you, but unprobable. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin had glowing words for first-round draft pick Maurkice Pouncey on Thursday saying Pouncey could be a candidate to start at right guard and still a candidate for center as well. Tomlin Read more [...]

Teresa Varley of Steelers.com writes about how defensive end Aaron Smith is starting to get back in the flow of things following rotator cuff surgery last season. Smith is a leader that was surely missed down the stretch on defense along with Troy Polamalu. Scott Brown writes about the Steelers bringing back linebacker Larry Foote, cornerback Bryant McFadden, Quarterback Byron Leftwich and wide receiver Antwaan Randle El this offseason. Ed Bouchette wrote about former Steelers linebacker draft pick Bruce Davis and how production at a big-time college means nothing when translating how a kid Read more [...]

The Steelers continued on in their OTA session on Wednesday and head coach Mike Tomlin met the media to answer a few questions. You can listen to the audio below from the PPG. Scott Brown has the transcript as well. [audio:http://www.post-gazette.com/downloads/20100602_tomlin.mp3] Wide receiver Hines Ward and center Justin Hartwig have been limited during offseason practices thus far, but Tomlin addressed the Hartwig situation when asked on Wednesday. He is still recovering from the shoulder surgery he had in the offseason and Tomlin sees no reason to rush him back. He reportedly be ready come Read more [...]

The biggest news on Thursday was that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell advised the Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger that he is cleared to return to team activities beginning next week. No word on if the suspension has been shortened to 4 games yet, but there is no hurry for that word to come down. The Steelers resume practices on June 1st. Art Rooney II also issued a short statement on the matter. Scott Brown has a story on new Steelers special teams coordinator, Al Everest. Everest uses an interesting analogy in describing special teams play. "I always say if there's 20 hostages, and you save Read more [...]

First-round draft pick Maurkice Pouncey got a scare on Wednesday as he had his toe stepped on by Trai Essex, who weighs 300 plus pounds. Pouncey escaped serious injury thankfully and got some work in at center with starting center Justin Hartwig and backup Doug Legursky both sidelined. All of the coaching staff is raving about the progress Pouncey is making and he surely could threaten Essex for the starting right guard spot. Running back Rashard Mendenhall said on Wednesday he would enjoy running behind a true fullback. “A fullback in the backfield he can probably see a lot of things a tight Read more [...]

Steelers guard Trai Essex, center Justin Hartwig and h-back Sean McHugh dropped in to visit patients who were getting treatment at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. It is so good to read about stories like this. Defensive end Aaron Smith is ready for the upcoming season as he has rehabbed from major shoulder injury and ready to fool everyone in 2010 at the age of 34. Smith's son Elijah has also made remarkable progress recovering from cancer and all signs point to him making a full recovery. I can't wait to see Smith back on the field. Scott Brown blogged about defensive line coach John Mitchell Read more [...]

Gerry Dulac has a more in depth look at rookie outside linebacker Jason Worilds that includes how he took his mother's last name and why the Steelers selected him over Penn State inside linebacker Sean Lee. Another day, another Jonathan Dwyer story. This time from Scott Brown of the Tribune-Review. Agent Ralph Cindrich posted the story by SportsBusiness Journal on how the NFL and players union differ on the rookie wage scale. A great read that supports both sides. Steelers.com Teresa Varley has a short article on a few Steelers draft picks as they prepare for their first mini-camp that Read more [...]

Ed Bouchette's latest Steelers chat transcript was posted yesterday on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. This week Ed goes out on a limb and speculates quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be the starter when he return from his suspension. He also says rookie running back Jonathan Dwyer will contribute quite a bit this season for a rookie. Bouchette also writes about the Steelers fascination with drafting undersized 4-3 ends and grooming them to play outside linebacker and special teams. Pittsburgh West signed former Steelers left guard, Alan Faneca, to a one-year contract on Tuesday. Faneca was Read more [...]

Jason Cole from Yahoo Sports writes that by Tuesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to hand out the suspension for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as a result of the recent sexual assault investigation in Milledgeville, Ga. Roethlisberger is expected to take part in the Steelers first offseason practice today. Jonathan D. Silver of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a long but informative read on how the documents from the Roethlisberger investigation reveal questionable decisions, missteps and contradictions. Former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher commented on the situation surrounding Read more [...]

Antwaan Randle El will be taking part in the McLegends IX at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois. The two All-Star basketball games feature high school seniors against area legends. Ben Roethlisberger has returned to OTA's this week, but has yet to get any hugs from the Rooney family which is to be expected. Charles Robinson from Yahoo Sports, believes that the Steelers are intently listening to offers that are coming in as far as a trade goes. I really think these wounds will take time to heal if Ben stays, but sooner or later the Rooneys will need to endorse Big Ben if indeed Read more [...]

The woman that is suing Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes over a March 7th nightclub incident has changed her mind and now wants criminal charges filed against him. Anshonae Mills originally declined to press charges and stated that she didn't want to get Holmes in trouble. Police have decided to re-activate the case that was closed on Tuesday of this week. Holmes' lawyer is turning up the heat as well. Looks like another soap opera like story line that will play out through the Summer. Ed Bouchette reports that free agent running back Willie Parker talked to Steelers coach Mike Tomlin Read more [...]

Another day, another development in the Ben Roethlisberger story. The The 20-year-old female student who accused Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her will now meet with investigators, according to one of her attorneys. This is the same woman who yesterday was reported as being uncooperative in getting interviewed again by the authorities. She certainly isn't helping her case as of late. Kelly Naqi of ESPN, reports another part of the he said, she said story. This story revolves around one of the men in Ben's entourage, guarding the door to the bathroom and not letting a friend of the accuser Read more [...]

All of the Steelers brass is down in Orlando for the NFL owners meetings and the media is doing their best to catch back up with Art Rooney II, Kevin Colbert and Mike Tomlin. Tomlin shed light on many subjects, on Monday, that included the rumors of Bruce Arians being fired, running the football more in 2010, Dennis Dixon and Antwaan Randle El. The biggest statement was that he intends to find and use a fullback that can block like Dan Kreider did. Scott Brown has a complete Q & A of the talk with Mike Tomlin on his blog. KDKA's Bob Pompeani got a chance to sit down one-on-one with Steelers Read more [...]