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Steelers land two free agents

The Steelers may have found their kickoff returner when they signed speedster Knile Davis to a one-year contract Monday.Later in the day, the team signed veteran cornerback Coty Sensabaugh to a two-year deal.Davis spent 3½ seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs before they traded him to the Green ...

If not Dont’a Hightower, then who?

PITTSBURGH — The moment the plane carrying Dont’a Hightower went wheels up from Pittsburgh International on Tuesday night, there apparently went with it the Steelers’ biggest target to date in free agency.Maybe it was all a bit much to ask. The Steelers landing the best available player ...

Steelers sign WR Hunter to 1-year deal

The play that resulted in Justin HunterĢƵ lacerated spleen has been a microsm of his NFL career to this point.A tall, fast and athletic wide receiver, Hunter signed Wednesday with the Pittsburgh Steelers as the teamĢƵ first outside free agent in 2017.HeĢƵ a 6-foot-4, 203-pounder who ran a ...

PITTSBURGH — Sometime yesterday a Nor’easter — from Massachusetts, actually — made landfall in Pittsburgh.This physical force of nature that goes by the name of Dont’a Hightower has been known to pack a punch, the kind of punch his prospective new employer, the Steelers, have been ...

Jarvis Jones could never live up to hype

PITTSBURGH — Jarvis Jones never did seem to fit the mold of a great Steelers linebacker. ThatĢƵ not necessarily a bad thing.I was reminded of that following a spring practice a couple of years ago when Jones was walking off the field and stopped to commiserate with a team employee who was ...

The Steelers may yet sign Le’Veon Bell to a long-term contract extension that will keep him in Pittsburgh for his career, as GM Kevin Colbert said last month, but the decision to place the franchise tag on the star running back in the interim looks a little more prescient now.On Monday, Bell ...