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Steelers set 53-man roster

The Steelers cut down to 53 players not named Le’Veon Bell this weekend, and in the process picked up a conditional draft pick and got back the sixth-round pick they had traded to Cleveland last year for Justin Gilbert.The latter was the return on sending Sammie Coates and a seventh-round ...

Steelers better be wary of Browns in opener

Steelers fans may be looking at the Steelers opener in Cleveland on Sunday as the fifth exhibition game but the Steelers’ players better not approach it that way. The Browns are still a bad team but they have improved since last season. They’ll be starting DeShone Kizer, a rookie from Notre ...

Steelers trade for TE McDonald

PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin didn’t couch his criticism of the current tight ends group in explaining why the Steelers traded for tight end Vance McDonald.“The guys hadn’t been consistently varsity enough for our comfort. ItĢƵ as black and white as that,” Tomlin said. “They’ve had ...

Bell just wants to get paid

PITTSBURGH — ThereĢƵ no mystery about what Le’Veon BellĢƵ end game is. He wants to be paid a lot of money.HeĢƵ not wrong about that, either. If heĢƵ not the best running back in the NFL, it wouldn’t take long to list the ones who are ahead of him.HeĢƵ cornered in a situation ...

Standouts against Colts came in second half

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers lost their “dress rehearsal” to the Indianapolis Colts, 19-15, on Saturday night and fell to 2-1 this preseason. The standouts from this game, much like the other two, came primarily out of the second half:<strong>6. James ...

NFL owners: Either bench those who sit or stop playing national anthem

The NFL has a problem.More and more players are showing their support for Colin Kaepernick by following his lead and sitting or kneeling during the playing of the National Anthem.Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett has sat in all three exhibition games and several Browns players ...