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PITTSBURGH — Don’t ask Ben Roethlisberger if he misses guys like Antonio Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Eli Rogers and Martavis Bryant, because he’ll just talk about Justin Hunter and Darrius Heyward-Bey.RoethlisbergerĢƵ loyal to vets that way.But with rookies, like James Washington, the ...

Conner steps up to replace Bell at OTAs

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger returned to voluntary OTAs Wednesday, but when he got to the line of scrimmage and looked right, and then left, he calculated he was missing five weapons that comprised 85 percent of the teamĢƵ receiving yardage last season.So, he checked down to James ...

PITTSBURGH — Mason Rudolph is a third’round pick whoĢƵ currently fourth on the Steelers’ depth chart but first in our interest level. HereĢƵ a breezy interview with the rookie quarterback following OTA practice No. 5:<strong>MASON RUDOLPH, QB, Pittsburgh ...

PITTSBURGH — Jerald Hawkins, the man being groomed to replace Chris Hubbard as the Steelers’ swing tackle, went down in WednesdayĢƵ OTA practice with a left knee injury that has teammates fearing the worst.“Hopefully itĢƵ something minor,” said right tackle Marcus Gilbert. “But ...

Hard to bet on Tucker as camp sleeper

PITTSBURGH — The mathematics would seem to favor Marcus Tucker becoming that Camp Sleeper everyone loves to bet on this time of year:n Tucker has played on the Steelers’ practice squad the last two seasons, and heĢƵ tough and fast and shows up every single day ready to work. At rookie ...

PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin used to joke that Landry Jones consistently broke records for preseason snaps.Jones did, after all, lead the NFL in attempts, completions and yardage during the 2015 preseason.Over the last five preseasons, heĢƵ thrown 51 percent of the Steelers’ passes. It goes ...