Pittsburgh Steelers News

The Steelers made news this week as they began to work their way around the salary cap by placing the Transition Tag on Linebacker Jason Worilds, extending the contracts of Safety Troy Polamalu and Tight End Heath Miller, coming to a new agreement with Safety Will Allen and cutting Linebacker Larry Foote, Tackle Levi Brown and Cornerback Curtis ... (more)

Troy Polamalu may have lost a step, but it was a no-brainer for the Steelers to bring him back.

Hey, NFL free agents! You want to play for a contender in a fun and friendly atmosphere? Come to Indianapolis! Back in December of 2010, the Indianapolis Star reported a Harris Poll that said the Indianapolis Colts were "America's Team II," the second most popular team among adults after the Dallas Cowboys .

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With all the hype that Sammy Watkins has been garnering this draft season, one prospect has flown a bit under the radar.

Antonio Brown has no shortage of great performances through his four-year career.

Perhaps more than any other team in the NFL , the NFL Draft is a vital weekend for the Pittsburgh Steelers .

As my colleague Andrew Brandt has often pointed out, the NFL's long offseason is when a team's players and even coaches step to the background and the front office takes center stage, attempting to distinguish itself in the business of football.

To Plaxico Burress, it was "humbling" for the Pittsburgh Steelers to bring him back to his original NFL home two years ago-after the New York Jets had released him, after his two-year jail stint stemming from infamously shooting himself in a nightclub, and with his career seemingly over.

When the news broke that the Pittsburgh Steelers placed the transition tag on OLB Jason Worilds , most believed it to be a ploy to keep the 26-year-old linebacker from truly testing free agent waters.

Sep 14, 2013; College Station, TX, USA; Texas A&M Aggies receiver Mike Evans runs after a catch against Alabama Crimson Tide cornerback Deion Belue at Kyle Field.

Many analysts noted both before and after the NFL combine that Darqueze Dennard would struggle playing off man coverage in the NFL.

A native Ohioan, I was in attendance during the biggest college game of Woodley's career, when No.2 Michigan visited No.1 Ohio State in the "Game of the Century" in 2006.

"> : Southwest's William Rodriguez, right, spikes the ball in front of Longwood Lyman's Kenny Lawrence in last year's state semifinals.

As next week's deadline to get under the 2014 salary cap for the start of free agency approaches, the Pittsburgh Steelers found themselves in one of the least favorable cap situations in the NFL .

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Steelers strong safety Troy Polamalu finally had his famously long hair chopped for the first time in over a decade.

The Pittsburgh Steelers made a smart though hardly a splash move on Wednesday when they re-signed veteran safety Will Allen , according to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Caplan.

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