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• Taking a look at the laundry list of Steelers injuries heading into the bye week

  17-10-2019 16:42 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports During a media session before the bye, Mike Tomlin update the status of several Steelers who are battling through injuries. The bye week couldn’t have come at a better time for the Pittsburgh Steelers, considering the laundry list of players who are dealing with an injury of some kind. There are some who have significant injuries, and will miss an extended period of time, while others are hopeful to not miss a beat when they report back to the team prior
  
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• Source: Steelers have called Broncos about WR Courtland Sutton

  24-04-2024 21:31 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Steelers have reached out to Denver about the star receiver The Pittsburgh Steelers have reached out to the Denver Broncos and inquired about wide receiver Courtland Sutton, per source. Now, this doesn’t mean that a trade is absolutely happening, but Pittsburgh has at least opened the lines of communication and opened the door to the possibility of acquiring Sutton.
  Sutton is currently seeking a new deal, as his current deal only has $2 million in g
  
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• Steelers Reacts Survey: Who are fans hoping for at pick No. 20 in the 2024 NFL Draft?

  24-04-2024 21:27 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Pittsburgh Steelers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
  The 2024 NFL Draft kicks off with Round 1 on Thursday, April 24, with plenty of question marks for the Pittsburgh Steelers amidst a slew of draft needs — big ones, at that.
  The biggest need of all lies along
  
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• Steelers restructure Alex Highsmith’s contract, create over $7 million in cap space

  24-04-2024 18:58 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Could Pittsburgh be preparing for a big roster move ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft?Per NFL insider Ian Rapoport, the Steelers have restructured the contract of pass-rusher Alex Highsmith, gaining over $7 million in cap space.The #Steelers have done a simple restructure of the salary of pass-rusher Alex Highsmith to create more than $7M in salary cap space, source said. A little breathing room.— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 24, 2024
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• Steelers NFL Draft decisions: Stay put, trade back, or trade up in 2024?

  24-04-2024 18:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Pittsburgh has a choice to make with the 20th overall pick. The Pittsburgh Steelers could go in several directions with their draft picks in the2024 NFL Draft. The only areas that one could argue they don't need to address are kicker, punter, tight end, and running back. Even after they added quarterback Russell Wilson and traded for quarterback Justin Fields, questions remain there regarding the future at the position. It's also possible they overestimated their abili
  
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• NFL Draft 2024: Steelers bargain cornerback targets

  24-04-2024 18:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images With the Steelers likely double dipping at corner this year, let’s look at the options.After months of speculation, draft season is winding to a close as the event we’ve all been waiting for plays out this weekend. That rush of air you hear is the collective exhale of football content creators everywhere.The Steelers' needs heading into the draft are well-documented at this point. If you’re looking to catch up or do some last-minute prospect
  
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• Draft Guide: When the Steelers’ top 30 visitors are expected to be drafted

  24-04-2024 17:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK An round-by-round and positional ranking of top 30 visits The Steelers head into the draft with several needs to be addressed. As part of the evaluation process, they had official visits with six local players and the maximum of 30 from out of town. The prospects that visited are expected to go anywhere from the first round to undrafted. Mock Draft Database compiles hundreds of mocks from other sources to find the average predicted
  
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• Steelers are “team to watch” to trade for Courtland Sutton

  24-04-2024 17:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler says watch out for Pittsburgh The Pittsburgh Steelers have been the center of attention when it comes to the wide receiver market this offseason.
  They traded away former third-round pick Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers, and have been connected to Brandon Aiyuk for the better part of a month with multiple reports saying they have reached out to the San Francisco 49ers about acquiring the star receiver.Aiyuk isn’t the o
  
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• Report: Steelers expected to decline Justin Fields’ fifth-year option

  24-04-2024 15:21 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Now, Fields will hit free agency in 2025. The Pittsburgh Steelers are not expected to pick up the fifth-year option for quarterback Justin Fields, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Wednesday.That effectively makes him a free agent in 2025, playing on a one-year deal alongside veteran Russell Wilson following his tumultuous run in Chicago. The fifth-year option for the former No. 11 pick would have cost the team $25.664 million, per Over The Cap.
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• The Steelers 2024 “Mock the Mock” draft guide

  24-04-2024 15:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images What mock drafts can actually predict about the real pick There’s nothing more irrelevant than a mock draft. The best only get about eight first round picks correct. When it comes to predicting winners, NFL drafts are only a little bit more predictable than Bingo cards. For instance, in 2023, scores of serious national and Pittsburgh figures published hundreds of mock drafts, but not one mocked Joey Porter Jr. at pick 32. In fact, nearly 25% of the mock
  
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• 2024 NFL Draft prospect profile: Sedrick Van Pran-Granger (Center, Georgia)

  24-04-2024 14:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Could the Georgia product be the Steelers’ next great center?Approaching the 2024 NFL Draft, we’ll be scouting as many of the top prospects that the Pittsburgh Steelers could have their eye on anywhere from Rounds 1 through 7. We’ll break down the prospects themselves, strengths and weaknesses, projected draft capital and their fit with the Steelers.
  Georgia center Sedrick Van Pran-Granger isn’t rated as high as many of the other top ce
  
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• Steelers mock draft 2024: Nicastro’s final mock draft of the season

  24-04-2024 12:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports Who will be the next group to help shape the future of the black and gold? We’re just a few days away from the NFL Draft which can only mean one thing - no more takebacks. This is my final mock draft, and I hope you’ve enjoyed our coverage throughout.For this exercise, instead of picking who I think the Steelers would take out of a hat, I combed through every pick for each NFL team. Three full rounds, weighing team needs and evaluating top-30 visits. I wan
  
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• Terrible Towel Tales: George Pickens hosts youth football camp

  24-04-2024 05:35 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Steelers news and commentary from Monday, April 22nd Welcome to the Terrible Towel Tales, where we’ll highlight some of the latest stories permeating Steelers media for your reading pleasure every Monday through Saturday. In today’s news…
  Steelers star George Pickens returns home to host youth football camp at Hoover High | Julian Mitchell, WVTMKids from eight to 15-years-old came out and took part in football drills and games along with gett
  
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• Steelers reportedly trying to trade up for CB Quinyon Mitchell

  24-04-2024 00:06 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Tony Pauline reports that the Steelers are trying to make a move up in the NFL Draft The Pittsburgh Steelers are a team that will be circled by many when the NFL Draft begins on Thursday night. They could be a trade target for teams trying to move up, and they themselves could make a move to try and get a player they fear will be gone by the time they are on the clock with the 20th pick. That’s exactly what Tony Pauline is hearing they
  
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• Dan Orlovsky predicts the Steelers will draft Jackson Powers-Johnson

  23-04-2024 21:41 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images The ESPN analyst predicts Pittsburgh will take the Oregon center The Pittsburgh Steelers have obvious needs on the offensive line entering the NFL Draft on Thursday.With that in mind, the Steelers have also been connected to several receivers, including A.D. Mitchell and Brian Thomas Jr. There are several avenues the Steelers could go. They can stay put at No. 20 and take a Graham Barton, Amarius Mims, Troy Fautanu etc. to replenish the offensi
  
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• What a Steelers rebuild could look like ahead of the 2024 season

  23-04-2024 21:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports How Pittsburgh could build a brighter future at the expense of the present... First off, let me make clear that this is not an article about what the Steelers should do, but rather it’s an article about how they could go about setting themselves up for future success by punting on being contenders this year. It’s not going to be pretty, but you can’t make an omelet without ripping off the band-aid...or something like that. Open your mind and po
  
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• It’s not too late for the Steelers to go ‘all-in’ for 2024

  23-04-2024 17:02 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Bold moves are required for the best chance at instant glory When the Steelers signed Russell Wilson and news broke that he was coming to Pittsburgh as the starter, many fans interpreted the move as a sign that the Steelers were ready to go “all-in” for 2024. Having a 35-year-old quarterback on a one-year contract screams short-term goals, but then free agency happened. Or, perhaps more accurately, free agency didn’t happen. Instead of payin
  
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• NFL draft profile 2024: Tyler Guyton (Offensive tackle, Oklahoma)

  23-04-2024 16:25 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Guyton isn’t the most popular name for the Steelers in the first round, but the promising tackle could be a great fit in Pittsburgh.Approaching the 2024 NFL Draft, we’ll be scouting as many of the top prospects that the Pittsburgh Steelers could have their eye on anywhere from Rounds 1 through 7. We’ll break down the prospects themselves, strengths and weaknesses, projected draft capital and their fit with the Steelers.
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• Odds still favor Steelers to draft OL with first pick just days out from 2024 NFL Draft

  23-04-2024 12:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Pittsburgh has two major holes to fill on the offensive line ahead of the 2024 NFL Season The 2024 NFL Draft is just days away, which means that the Pittsburgh Steelers fans around the world anxiously awaiting word as to which of the three gigantic holes on their roster (offensive tackle, center, wide receiver) will soon be filled will finally have their answer.In peak NFL draft rumor week, attempting to discern any team’s true inte
  
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• Terrible Towel Tales: Tyler Boyd to Steelers unlikely

  23-04-2024 03:04 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Steelers news and commentary from Monday, April 22nd Welcome to the Terrible Towel Tales, where we’ll highlight some of the latest stories permeating Steelers media for your reading pleasure every Monday through Saturday. In today’s news…
  Steelers Named Reason Teams Shouldn’t Trade Up | Stephen Thompson, All SteelersIt seems like all options are still on the table for the Pittsburgh Steelers as the days and hours until the start of the 202
  
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• Michigan CB Mike Sainristil says he’d love to create ‘no-fly zone’ with Steelers

  23-04-2024 01:04 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Michigan star is one of the top cornerback prospects in the NFL Draft The Pittsburgh Steelers have a very young defensive backfield.
  Currently, Pittsburgh has rising superstar Joey Porter Jr. and the recently-acquired Donte Jackson as their top two cornerbacks. Cory Trice and Darius Rush, both entering their second years in the NFL, are also on the roster. Outside of that, they don’t have a cornerback on the roster who suited up for
  
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• Steelers Draft 2024: Takeaways from Omar Khan and Mike Tomlin’s pre-draft press conference

  22-04-2024 18:58 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Pittsburgh Steelers (X) Overall takeaways from the Steelers pre-draft press conference Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Omar Khan held their pre-draft press conference ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft beginning this Thursday night. In terms of what was said, these were the most notable nuggets.
  The Steelers aren’t eager to trade up or down in the draft
  Pittsburgh has been labeled as a team that could be a trade target in the first round. Should the Buffalo Bills or
  
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• Mike Tomlin: Sometimes I mess with the media while at Pro Days

  22-04-2024 18:27 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images The Steelers head coach says he knows his actions are watched closely During the Steelers’ pre-draft press conference, general manager Omar Khan and Mike Tomlin answered questions from the media about the draft process.Tomlin was asked about his Pro Day habits, in specific his trip to Ohio State’s Pro Day to see Justin Fields a few years ago now that he is on the roster. Tomlin gave somewhat of a surprising answer.“Sometimes at Pro Days, I&rsqu
  
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• Steelers Draft 2024: Bailey final mock draft

  22-04-2024 17:39 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Jarrett Bailey’s final Steelers mock draft of the 2024 draft season Good lord I cannot wait to not hear the phrase “Mock draft” for the next year.
  At this point in the offseason when it’s been nothing but mock draft this, mock draft that on social media for three months, it’s enough to make me want to put my head in the oven.Anyway, this is my final Steelers mock draft of the 2024 draft season- let’s get
  
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• NFL draft profile 2024: Brian Thomas Jr. (Wide receiver, LSU)

  22-04-2024 16:40 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images The LSU wideout is a bit of a one-trick pony — but it’s a good trick.Approaching the 2024 NFL Draft, we’ll be scouting as many of the top prospects that the Pittsburgh Steelers could have their eye on anywhere from Rounds 1 through 7. We’ll break down the prospects themselves, strengths and weaknesses, projected draft capital and their fit with the Steelers.
  One of the most popular first-round selections for the Steelers in expert mo
  
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• NFL draft profile 2024: Kool-Aid McKinstry (Cornerback, Alabama)

  22-04-2024 13:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Could the best name in the 2024 NFL Draft find his way to Pittsburgh?Approaching the 2024 NFL Draft, we’ll be scouting as many of the top prospects that the Pittsburgh Steelers could have their eye on anywhere from Rounds 1 through 7. We’ll break down the prospects themselves, strengths and weaknesses, projected draft capital and their fit with the Steelers.
  Alabama cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry remains one of the least talked about, but highly likely
  
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• NFL draft profile 2024: Troy Fautanu (Offensive tackle, Washington)

  22-04-2024 11:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Could the star Washington tackle be the answer for the Steelers at tackle... or even center?Approaching the 2024 NFL Draft, we’ll be scouting as many of the top prospects that the Pittsburgh Steelers could have their eye on anywhere from Rounds 1 through 7. We’ll breakdown the prospects themselves, strengths and weaknesses, projected draft capital and their fit with the Steelers.
  Washington’s Troy Fautanu is one of the best of
  
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• Giants hold the recipe to drum up chaos at the 2024 NFL Draft… to the Steelers’ benefit

  21-04-2024 12:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK Too many teams; not enough QBs… The 2024 NFL Draft is set to start Thursday, April 25 at 8 p.m. ET.To some, it’s fascinating to watch in real-time as teams pick future millionaire athletes the same way little Johnny and Billy picked players for kickball teams at recess in elementary school. For those who do enjoy watching the show, nothing kills the buzz of the event quite like things going exactly as planned.
  There wer
  
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• Terrible Towel Tales: ESPN proposes draft-day trade between Steelers & Cowboys

  21-04-2024 04:04 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Steelers news and commentary from Saturday, April 20th Welcome to the Terrible Towel Tales, where we’ll highlight some of the latest stories permeating Steelers media for your reading pleasure every Monday through Saturday. In today’s news…
  Omar Khan’s Thoughts from the NFL Combine Loom Large in Center Conversation | Nick Farabaugh, Steelers NowBut Pittsburgh has others who could fill in as center-capable players. James Daniels, Isaac S
  
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• Steelers GM Omar Khan: We will do everything to find next great center

  21-04-2024 00:42 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images The Steelers have a glaring hole at center The Pittsburgh Steelers don’t have a quality center on their roster. If the season started today, Nate Herbig would be the man with his hand on the ball. The Steelers recognize that glaring need, and Omar Khan made it very clear when speaking to WPXI.
  “There’s a standard here,” Khan said. “I got spoiled. I was around Maurkice Pouncey and Jeff Hartings- that was my time here [and] Obvi
  
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