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• Pittsburgh Steelers Draft Prospects: Who is CB Eli Apple?

  23-01-2016 16:09 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Many Steelers fans were annoyed that the team did not select a defensive back in the first round of the 2015 draft. Will the team choose a defensive back first this year? If they do, one attractive prospect is CB Eli Apple of Ohio State. The 2016 draft class is rife with talent, particularly at safety and corner. Teams looking to fortify their secondary should have plenty of attractive candidates to choose from. Florida State cornerback Jalen Ramsey, Clemson cornerback Mackenie Alexander, and Fl
  
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• Steelers Reacts Results: Fans optimistic Pittsburgh will outperform dismal preseason in Week 1

  06-09-2024 14:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images We asked. You answered.The Pittsburgh Steelers face the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday afternoon. It’s a battle between two teams with a lot of unknowns heading into the new season, making it one of Week 1’s most anticipated matchups.Earlier this week, we polled fans about their confidence in the direction the team is heading, if the Steelers can improve on their 0-3 preseason performance, and what Russell Wilson will look like (if he plays) in
  
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• Steelers vs. Falcons: 5 questions with the enemy ahead of Week 1

  06-09-2024 12:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Feat. The Falcoholic’s Tre’Shon Diaz.Welcome to Week 1, everyone. We made it. The Pittsburgh Steelers are set to kick off their season against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. So, earlier this week, I spoke with Tre’Shon Diaz of The Falcoholic to get a better idea of what fans can expect in the season opener.You can read my questions and his answers below:1. The Falcons revamped their quarterback room this year with the additions of Kirk Cousins and Micha
  
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• Ravens vs. Chiefs: Week 1 Thursday Night Football Open Thread + Game Picks

  06-09-2024 01:45 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images Odds, picks, and predictions for Ravens-Chiefs The 2024 NFL season kicks off on Thursday night at 8:20 EST on NBC when the Chiefs hang another Super Bowl banner before playing host to the Baltimore Ravens.Before we dive into the game chat, here’s a look at the odds for the game courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook and make some picks.
  Ravens vs. Chiefs odds and predictions
  Point spread: Chiefs -3
  Over/under: 46.5
  Moneyline odds: Chiefs -152, Ravens +128Best bet: Ch
  
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• Steelers work out OT ahead of Week 1

  06-09-2024 01:01 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Steelers try out a depth option on the O-line ahead of their Week 1 matchup.You can add another name to the list of Steelers tryouts ahead of Week 1. Per NFL insider Aaron Wilson, Pittsburgh hosted offensive tackle Andrew Coker for a workout on Thursday.#Steelers worked out Andrew Coker— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) September 5, 2024
  Coker was a four-year starter at TCU, spending the majority of his time at right tackle but
  
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• Steelers OC Arthur Smith has ‘neutral mindset’ on facing former team Week 1

  06-09-2024 01:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images The Steelers OC isn’t getting too emotional about going back to face his former team Arthur Smith was the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons for three seasons before being let go after the 2023 campaign. In those three years, he had a record of 21-30, going 7-10 each year. The Steelers hired Smith to be their new offensive coordinator in early February after two consecutive miserable seasons with Matt Canada, who took over for Randy Fichtner - another less-
  
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• Mike Tomlin ‘extremely comfortable’ with Justin Fields starting

  05-09-2024 22:41 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Steelers may have to call an early audible at quarterback Mike Tomlin announced that Russell Wilson would be the Pittsburgh Steelers’ starting quarterback against the Atlanta Falcons after the preseason concluded. This wasn’t surprising to many, as Wilson was given pole position entering the spring and did enough to hold onto the job entering Week 1. However, the Steelers may be calling an early audible at quarterback.
  Russell Wilson was limit
  
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• Several Steelers return to full practice, Russell Wilson limited Thursday

  05-09-2024 22:13 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Barry Reeger-Imagn Images Thursday’s injury report, now live!The Pittsburgh Steelers received some good news and bad news on Thursday with the latest injury updates coming out of practice.
  The good news is that rookie OT Troy Fautanu logged his first full practice since suffering a knee injury in the preseason, as did RB Jaylen Warren (hamstring) and CB Cory Trice Jr. (groin).The bad news? Russell Wilson has re-emerged on the injury report after reporting some calf tightness in the same ca
  
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• Steelers QB Russell Wilson limited in Thursday’s practice with calf tightness

  05-09-2024 21:32 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Mike Tomlin states it’s nothing serious.The Russell Wilson calf tightness saga continues. The Steelers’ starting quarterback was limited in Thursday’s practice following a tightness in his calf that he reported to the team.Russell Wilson was limited in practice today after reporting calf tightness, Mike Tomlin says.
  Asked if there was any long-term concern about Wilson’s calf, Tomlin said, “none.”— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) Se
  
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• Ranking the top-5 AFC North wide receivers for fantasy football in 2024

  05-09-2024 12:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Which divisional wideouts bring the best value to your 2024 fantasy squad? With many talented wide receivers in the AFC North, who trumps all?
  There are plenty of arguments to be made for who is better in terms of pure skill, who is more of a winner, who will help their team the most, etc. This list, however, focuses purely on who will give fantasy owners the best chance to win their league.
  Taking into account previous seasons, current ESPN rankings, and mor
  
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• 2024 NFL division predictions: Do the Steelers make the playoffs?

  05-09-2024 00:07 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images Predicting the 2024 NFL playoff teams Alright, it’s time to put my name on some takes ahead of the NFL season.As I do every year, I went through and predicted every game on the NFL schedule to find out which 14 teams will be playing in January and chasing a Super Bowl. Here is what the results yielded:
  AFC North
  Cincinnati Bengals: 13-4 (2)Pittsburgh Steelers: 10-7 (7)Baltimore Ravens: 9-8Cleveland Browns: 7-10AFC East
  Buffalo Bills: 12-5 (3)New
  
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• Submit your questions for Steelers Friday mailbag, Week 1 edition

  04-09-2024 22:31 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images Get your questions in With the NFL season returning, so, too, is the weekly mailbag that will go live every Friday.That said, be sure to submit your questions ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers Week 1 matchup with the Atlanta Falcons, and then come back Friday to have your questions answered.
  Questions can be submitted in the comment section. Thank you to the BTSC community for your continued support.
  
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• Four Steelers limited Wednesday, two miss practice ahead of Week 1 vs. Falcons

  04-09-2024 22:14 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Barry Reeger-Imagn Images It’s injury report season! The Pittsburgh Steelers officially released their first practice/injury report of the 2024 season on Wednesday afternoon, and fans can be pleased to see that several players have made some progress in their returns from recent injuries.
  Unfortunately, two players missed practice entirely with a “DNP” tag, however.
  So, let’s get into it. Here’s a full breakdown of Steelers injury report for Wednesday, September 4 a
  
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• Steelers Reacts Survey: Week 1 expectations

  04-09-2024 20:18 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  Barry Reeger-USA TODAY Sports Sound off, Steeler Nation!Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Pittsburgh Steelers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
  Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season is just around the corner, and Steelers fans still don’t know what to expect from their team on Sunday.Pittsburgh had a number of changes during the offseason, most notably
  
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• Steelers safety DeShon Elliott says he’s never seen a ‘freak of nature’ like George Pickens

  04-09-2024 19:34 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images The Steelers’ new safety is impressed with what the star receiver is capable of The Pittsburgh Steelers have had a load of tremendous receivers throughout their history. John Stallworth and Lynn Swann helped the team win four Super Bowls in the 1970s. Yancey Thigpen was a two-time Pro Bowler in the 1990s. The 2000s featured several names such as Plaxico Burress, Hines Ward, and Antwaan Randle El, followed by Mike Wallace, Emmanuel Sanders, and Antonio
  
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• Steelers sign a familiar face at RB onto the practice squad approaching Week 1

  04-09-2024 18:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images Aaron Shampklin is back. The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed running back Aaron Shampklin to their practice squad, the team announced Wednesday.Shampklin was originally waived at the roster-cut deadline after signing a reserve/future contract with the team to close out the 2023 season. However, an injury to practice squad RB Boston Scott, now placed on the Practice Squad/Injured List, created an opening on the practice squad.
  Shampklin averaged just 3
  
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• Steelers Read & React: Talking Cam Heyward’s extension, Steelers superlatives, and AFC North predictions

  04-09-2024 17:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images With real, genuine, hot-blooded American football finally back this weekend, the Read & React boys hand out some Steelers superlatives and make AFC North predictions. But first: Let’s react to the Cam Heyward news.With the Brandon Aiyuk saga coming to a disappointing end for Steelers fans last week, the Steelers were finally able to turn their attention — and pocketbook — toward someone else. Someone like 10-time captain Cameron Heyward.All
  
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• A look back at the Steelers’ least productive receiving rooms under HC Mike Tomlin

  04-09-2024 12:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Can the 2024 room outperform these seasons? The Pittsburgh Steelers failed to win the Brandon Aiyuk sweepstakes. Omar Khan seems willing to roll into Week 1 with George Pickens, Van Jefferson, Calvin Austin III, Roman Wilson, and Scotty Miller. A narrative has emerged that this will be the worst receivers room in the NFL, or even scarier, the worst this century.
  I won’t analyze every single receiving corps from the last 23 years, but let’s take a loo
  
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• Steelers, Cam Heyward agree to 3-year extension

  03-09-2024 22:52 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images The veteran lineman is staying in Pittsburgh.With days until the regular season opener, the Steelers and defensive captain Cam Heyward have agreed to a three-year, $45 million extension to keep the veteran defender in Pittsburgh, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported Tuesday.Sources: The #Steelers and six-time Pro Bowl DE Cam Heyward have agreed to a three-year, $45M deal that includes $29 million in new money and $16 million fully guaranteed.Heyward, 35, who had
  
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• Steelers legend “Mean” Joe Greene gets first Funko POP!

  03-09-2024 21:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  The Steelers legend finally gets his own figure. Funko has announced their latest round of NFL Football Legends Pop! figures, and they’ve finally included the OG Steelers icon, Mean Joe Greene.FunkoMean Joe Greene is coming soon to Funko.com
  In addition to Greene, new additions include Dick Butkus, Warren Moon, Terrell Davis, and Chad Johnson. Greene is the 11th member of the Steelers to get the Pop! treatment (plus super fan Snoop in a black and gold jersey).
  The figure is exclusive to F
  
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• Steelers optimistic about having three injured stars available for Week 1 vs. Falcons

  03-09-2024 19:55 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images The two rookies both sustained injuries in the preseason The Pittsburgh Steelers had two injury scares to a pair of rookies they have high expectations for in 2024. First-round pick Troy Fautanu suffered a knee injury against the Houston Texans in Week 1 of the preseason, and third-round pick Roman Wilson suffered an ankle sprain in training camp. However, head coach Mike Tomlin is hopeful that both will be available this Sunday in Atlanta when the Steelers open
  
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• Steelers to start Spencer Anderson Week 1 in place of injured Isaac Seumalo

  03-09-2024 19:43 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images The Steelers will star the veteran backup The Pittsburgh Steelers dodged a silver bullet when they found out the pectoral injury to star guard Isaac Seumalo wasn’t season-ending. As a matter of fact, he’ll be back sooner rather than later.Seumalo is considered week-to-week and is expected to miss 3-4 weeks with a strain to his pectoral muscle, and Mike Tomlin confirmed on Tuesday that it will be Spencer Anderson starting in his place rather than rook
  
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• Steelers release depth chart for Week 1 of the 2024 season

  03-09-2024 18:13 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers released their first official depth chart of the 2024 NFL season on Tuesday, Brooke Pryor of ESPN announced.First *official* depth chart of the 2024 regular season lists Spencer Anderson as LG Isaac Seumalo’s backup and Broderick Jones as the starting RT with Troy Fautanu as his backup. pic.twitter.com/c6vx789nBp— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) September 3, 2024
  Unsurprisingly, QB Russell Wilson is at the top of the depth
  
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• The 2024 Isaac Redman Award winner is...

  03-09-2024 15:58 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Geoff Burke/Getty Images It’s time to crown the latest recipient of BTSC’s most legendary honor.After a weekend of voting, discussing, and joining warring factions in the comments, the 2024 Isaac Redman Award winner has been decided.Drumroll, please….The winner, with 46% of the total vote, is: Cornerback Cory Trice Jr.!Trice has won plenty of awards over his football career: All-Big Ten Honorable Mention, Academic All-Big Ten, Southern Pennyrile Football Athlete of th
  
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• Steelers work out former All-Pro returner/WR Jamal Agnew

  03-09-2024 03:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images An athletic former Pro Bowler tries out for Pittsburgh.The Steelers hosted a somewhat high-profile tryout today, with NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reporting Monday that wide receiver and return specialist Jamal Agnew worked out for Pittsburgh.
  From the wire:#Saints worked out a group of veteran receivers including John Ross. No immediate signing.#Steelers worked out WR Jamal Agnew.#Colts worked out nine players, including RB Leonard Fournette. They signed
  
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• Monday Night Football Open Thread

  03-09-2024 01:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  This is the only pic in the available photos | Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports Last Monday before the NFL takes over edition Boston College @ 10 Florida St. (-16)Doesn’t look like it’ll be a barn burner, but it’s an opportunity to get some practice watching on Monday nights.
  
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• Steelers’ Spencer Anderson expected to start at LG Week 1

  03-09-2024 00:52 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images Pittsburgh is expected to be without Isaac Seumalo for 3-4 weeks.The Steelers will have a new face entering their starting lineup Week 1, with ESPN’s Brooke Pryor reporting that Spencer Anderson is expected to start at left guard Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons.Second-year utility offensive lineman Spencer Anderson said he did a lot of work at left guard today, taking snaps with the first and second-team offense.
  Appears he'll be the team's first option
  
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• Steelers 2024 game-by-game predictions

  03-09-2024 00:34 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images Predicting every game on the Steelers’ schedule The NFL season is set to begin this Thursday when the Kansas City Chiefs host the Baltimore Ravens. The Pittsburgh Steelers will travel to Atlanta to play the Falcons to begin their season on Sunday, so before the season starts, here is how I see the Steelers’ 2024 campaign playing out.
  Week 1: at Atlanta Falcons
  Mike Tomlin is 4-0 against the Falcons in his career, and Pittsburgh hasn’t lost in A
  
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• The 2024 Steelers have no excuses to not win

  02-09-2024 22:21 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The days of former GM Kevin Colbert are long gone As we inch closer to NFL kickoff it’s time to get real regarding the Pittsburgh Steelers: put up or shut up.The goal of each team before the season is to win the Super Bowl, but realistically, that wasn’t going to be the case for the Steelers the past three years. There were built-in excuses for both the team and the fan base that most could and would resort to whenever things weren’t so rosy.In
  
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• Russell Wilson, three others announced as Steelers captains for 2024 season

  02-09-2024 19:04 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images As voted by the their teammates... The Pittsburgh Steelers announced their team captains for the 2024 season on Monday, as voted by their teammates. Headlining the group of four is new Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson, who was officially named the team’s starter just last week.
  He joins defensive veterans Cameron Heyward and T.J. Watt, as well as safety Miles Killebrew as the special teams’ captain.Our 2024 team captains: https://t.co/GS6eDtu535 p
  
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