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 ...
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 ...
You really can’t say enough good things about the late Dan Rooney.He had it all and did it all. How many NFL owners ever served as a United States ambassador? Rooney was an ambassador to Ireland, and it wasn’t some cushy job. Rooney worked hard to better both countries and loved every ...
PITTSBURGH — The Steelers hope to have found James HarrisonÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ heir apparent this time after drafting outside linebacker T.J. Watt in the first round last night.The Steelers tried to replace Harrison once before, in 2013, but Jarvis Jones didn’t work out and Harrison returned to the team, ...
After all these years of setting draft odds, you would think I would know better than to make a mistake.But I did. And got swamped. Money began pouring in on one player immediately.I was careless with the odds, but not with the player I expected.If you recall, I thought Charles Harris at 7-1 ...
Two days before the draft, the NFL finally got around to announcing the reinstatement of Martavis Bryant.The Steelers wide receiver had been suspended the past year for failing the leagueÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ substance abuse policy. But after spending much of the year training and coaching kids in Nevada, ...