PITTSBURGH -- High Steelers draft pick Diontae Johnson, a WR/RS, missed another practice at rookie minicamp with an undisclosed injury that relegated him to assisting coaches and simply reading cards for a second consecutive day.It also relegated WR/RS Diontae Spencer to receive more reps and ...
After the draft, and after the subsequent press conference, I asked Mike Tomlin whether he's noticed a new sense of determination in his players during the few gathered workouts the last couple weeks."Not really," he said. "We're just getting started."He didn't want to say much, and who could ...
After the draft, and after the subsequent press conference, I asked Mike Tomlin whether heĢƵ noticed a new sense of determination in his players during the few gathered workouts the last couple weeks.“Not really,” he said. “We’re just getting started.”He didn’t want to say much, ...
PITTSBURGH — After intercepting only eight passes last season to match the 1940 all-time team low, the Pittsburgh Steelers went into the first round of the draft looking for a defensive playmaker.And so they used their first and second-round picks this year, and their third-round pick next ...
If not a linebacker, who would the Steelers draft in the first round?You’ve probably heard of Heathers, the movie about popular girls in high school.Well, opening in NFL cities next month is the sequel, Devins, a flick about the most popular linebackers in the NFL draft.We’ve seen clues ...
John Mehno was one of the best columnists in all of southwest Pennsylvania when it came to covering the Pittsburgh sports scene.Whether it was the Pirates, Steelers, Penguins, Pitt, Duquesne, Penn State or occasionally the national scene, his opinions were always witty, spot on and reasonable, ...