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PITTSBURGH -- It is football in shorts, but five months after we last saw the Steelers fall just a game short of the Super Bowl, the operative word here is "football."The Steelers, or at least 50-some rookies and first-year players who hope to be part of the 2017 edition, will take the practice ...

Orndoff ready for rookie camp

Late in the fourth round, the team with the tight end who had spent most of the 2016 season out with injuries was looking over a fairly impressive list of tight ends still on the board — and they drafted a quarterback.After the Pittsburgh Steelers selected QB Joshua Dobbs, those tight ends ...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t draft Pitt superstar running back and cancer survivor James Conner in the third round yesterday for the story.Running backs coach James Saxon couldn’t make that clear enough.“Any of these kids getting the opportunity to get picked by an NFL ...

Steelers add JuJu to 3-ring circus

PITTSBURGH — Worried about Martavis Bryant much?Perhaps they should be.The Pittsburgh Steelers, still reeling from a shredding at the hands of Tom Brady and looking at a talented crop of defensive backs in the 2017 draft, instead chose wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster of Southern Cal with ...

Steelers tab QB Dobbs in 4th round

PITTSBURGH — Don’t call Josh Dobbs an astronaut.The newest quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers is an aerospace engineer, and he’ll tell you all about the F-135 engine.“The most technologically advanced engine ever created,” he said with his voice rising in enthusiasm.But thereĢƵ ...