Football - Pittsburgh Steelers news

Follow @PittSteelers_

• Throwback Thursday: Remembering the controversial Steelers TE Eric Green

  29-10-2015 18:47 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  In the early 1990s, the Pittsburgh Steelers had one of the most dominant tight ends in the NFL. A man by the name of Eric Green. In the 1990 draft the Pittsburgh Steelers selected an athletic tight end from Liberty University with the 21st overall pick. That tight end was Eric Green. Green was a polarizing player from the moment his name was announced on draft day, as he had a 54-day contract hold out which caused him to miss all of training camp, the preseason and even the opening game of the 1
  
  Read more

• 2025 NFL Draft: Rounding up every AFC North team’s draft class

  27-04-2025 16:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty Images Taking a look at the Steelers’ next batch of rivals.The 2025 NFL Draft has concluded, and while we at BTSC have spent the last several months preparing for and analyzing the Steelers’ haul, 31 other teams and their fan bases across the league were doing the exact same thing.With all 257 of the weekend’s picks in the rearview mirror, let’s take a look at the drafts of every team in the AFC North. These are athletes who will be playing ea
  
  Read more

• Will Howard: I was hoping Steelers would draft me

  27-04-2025 15:59 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The newest Steelers QB is right where he wanted to be The Pittsburgh Steelers were all but certainly going to add a quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft. And while many thought that quarterback would come with their first pick on Day Three in the fourth round, the Steelers waited until the sixth round and took Ohio State quarterback Will Howard.
  Speaking on a conference call with the media, the National Champion quarterback was asked about how long the three-day
  
  Read more

• Updating the Steelers roster following the 2025 NFL Draft

  27-04-2025 15:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images What does the Pittsburgh 90-man roster look like following the draft? The Steelers added 14 new players over the weekend — seven draft picks and seven undrafted free agents. While the Pittsburgh roster isn’t exactly set in stone entering the next phase of the offseason, here’s a look at its current shape immediately following the 2025 NFL Draft:The Steelers’ roster currently contains exactly 90 players. An asterisk (*) denotes a rookie.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 2025 NFL Draft Grades: Final grades for Steelers

  27-04-2025 13:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images The BTSC Staff grade the Steelers’ draft And with that, the 2025 NFL Draft is officially over. The Pittsburgh Steelers had one clear goal in mind entering the draft: stop the run. After spending five of their seven picks on defensive players, the Steelers won’t have many excuses if their defense collapses in 2025. What did our staff make of the draft? Here are our final grades for Pittsburgh’s draft.Derrick Harmon was the idea
  
  Read more

• The complete Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 draft class

  27-04-2025 01:24 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Every Steelers draft pick in 2025 The 2025 NFL Draft, after months of hype, predictions, and research, has finally concluded. At the end of the seventh round, seven college stars have joined the ranks of the 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers.The Steelers started off the draft by drafting defensive lineman Derrick Harmon out of Oregon, one of the top defenders in the draft class. After that, the team had to wait all the way until the third round for their next pick due t
  
  Read more

• Steelers 2025 undrafted free agent (UDFA) tracker

  27-04-2025 01:23 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Bobby McDuffie/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Constantly updating you with all the 2025 UDFA news and signings for the Pittsburgh Steelers. From Donnie Shell to James Harrison, Jaylen Warren, and many others, the Steelers have had plenty of historical success when it comes to signing undrafted talent. After the 2025 NFL Draft, keep this page bookmarked as BTSC tracks the Steelers’ latest UDFA signings and minicamp invites at the bottom of the article.Last year, cornerback Beanie
  
  Read more

• Get to know the Steelers’ 7th-round pick: Central Michigan CB Donte Kent

  27-04-2025 00:35 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With their last pick in the draft, the Steelers finally address cornerback.With their last pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Steelers selected Central Michigan cornerback Donte Kent.Kent, projected as a seventh-round pick or priority free agent by NFL.com, is already familiar with the Steelers’ state; his hometown is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.He’s also the only non-Big Ten player drafted by the Steelers in 2025. Kent played in the
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Saturday Night Open Thread Offseason Week 11: Draft Hangover and UDFA Tracking!

  27-04-2025 00:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  James Harrison #92 of the Pittsburgh Steelers signs autographs during training camp at St. Vincent College on August 6, 2009 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. | Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Come and join this merry band of Steelers’ faithful for some lively debate about our Steelers, good food, music, and the merits of the odd cold beverage. Live from Delaware, it’s Saturday Night! I, NAS204PSU, am here to bring you this Saturday Night Open Thread (aka SNOT).
  It’s over, but aft
  
  Read more

• Get To Know Steelers’ 7th Round Pick Carson Bruener

  27-04-2025 00:22 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Brian Murphy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With pick 226, the Steelers have selected a linebacker out of Washington.With the 226th pick of the NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers have drafted Washington Linebacker Carson Bruener.A fifth-year senior, Bruener had starts as early as his redshirt freshman year, but he didn’t take over a full-time starter role until this past season.In his career he totaled 215 tackles. He’s the son of former Steelers tight End Mark Bruener.Car
  
  Read more

• Steelers draft Central Michigan CB Donte Kent

  27-04-2025 00:09 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Another defensive pick for the Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers have used only two picks on an offensive player in this draft, and the cycle of defensive players continues. They selected Central Michigan cornerback Donte Kent with the 229th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
  The Steelers have already selected multiple defenders in the form of Derrick Harmon, Jack Sawyer, Yahya Black, and Carson Bruener. Black spent five years at Central Michigan,
  
  Read more

• The Kenny Pickett trade is complete: Full list of players

  27-04-2025 00:05 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports All the pieces of the Keny Pickett trade are set now. Check out the returns for both teams.The failure of the Kenny Pickett experiment at quarterback was a painful one for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After sinking the 25th overall pick into Pickett back in the 2022 NFL Draft, the Steelers were ready to move on after just two seasons with Pickett at the helm. In an effort to try and recoup some of that value, the Steelers jumped on an opportunity to trade Pickett to t
  
  Read more

• Steelers draft Washington linebacker Carson Bruener

  27-04-2025 00:02 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Steelers continue to add to their defense The Pittsburgh Steelers continue to add to their defense in the 2025 NFL Draft. With their first seventh-round pick, the Steelers selected Washington linebacker Carson Bruener.
  Bruener had an astounding 104 tackles in 2024, as well as three interceptions with the Huskies. With the Steelers’ current off-ball linebacker corps consisting of Patrick Queen, Payton Wilson, Cole Holcomb, and Mark Robinson, Bruener
  
  Read more

• Get To Know Steelers’ 6th Round Pick, QB Will Howard

  26-04-2025 22:57 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images A popular name among Steelers fans, Pittsburgh finds their developmental quarterback with the Buckeyes QB. With pick 185, the Pittsburgh Steelers finally drafted a quarterback. The Steelers got the pick from the Seahawks as part of the D.K. Metcalf trade, and used it to select Ohio State’s Will Howard. I’ll note that the Steelers have exclusively drafted players from the Big 10 conference so far.
  After running with two of the league’s shorter
  
  Read more

• The Justin Fields trade between Steelers and Bears is complete

  26-04-2025 22:33 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Barry Reeger-Imagn Images All the pieces of the Justin Fields trade are set now. Check out the returns for both teams.After giving up on the Kenny Pickett experiment following two uninspiring seasons, the Steelers were seeking an answer at quarterback heading into 2024. Instead of investing heavily in the position, the Steelers went after two of the cheaper options on the market: a trade for former Chicago Bears starter Justin Fields, and signing the recently-released Russell Wilson. That wound
  
  Read more

• Steelers draft Ohio State QB Will Howard

  26-04-2025 22:09 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers are taking a quarterback in the sixth round It was only a matter of time before the Pittsburgh Steelers took a quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft, and that time has finally come.
  The Steelers have selected Ohio State QB Will Howard with the 186th overall pick. Howard helped lead Ohio State to the National Championship in 2024 after transferring from Kansas State. Howard led the Big Ten in completion percentage, passing yards, and touchdo
  
  Read more

• Full details: The DK Metcalf trade wraps up at the 2025 NFL Draft

  26-04-2025 21:32 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images All the pieces of the DK Metcalf trade are complete. Check out the returns for both teams.The Pittsburgh Steelers are set to make some significant additions to the team in the 2025 NFL Draft. While questions abound about the team’s targets, one particular need was solved with the major trade for wide receiver D.K. Metcalf of the Seattle Seahawks earlier this offseason. With all three picks in that trade coming in 2025, we’ll soon know how both teams made
  
  Read more

• Get to know the Steelers’ 5th-round pick: Iowa NT Yahya Black

  26-04-2025 21:28 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images The Steelers are continuing to commit to the trenches. The Steelers have a new running mate for first-round pick Derrick Harmon, with the team selecting Iowa defensive tackle Yahya Black in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft after trading down eight spots with the Kansas City Chiefs.Black is a massive, run-stuffing nose tackle standing at 6’6, 336 pounds. More impressive are his 35” arms, which give him a sizable tackling radius and the ability
  
  Read more

• Steelers draft Iowa DL Yahya Black in fifth round of 2025 NFL Draft

  26-04-2025 21:12 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images Steelers spend another pick on the defensive line The Pittsburgh Steelers are once again using one of their draft picks on the defensive line. After already taking Oregon defensive tackle Derrick Harmon and Ohio State edge rusher Jack Sawyer, the Steelers have taken Iowa defensive tackle Yahya Black.
  The Steelers have used all four of their picks thus far on Big Ten players, two of whom are Iowa Hawkeyes. Considering how they are drafting, it’s clear the
  
  Read more

• Steelers make draft-day trade with Chiefs

  26-04-2025 20:54 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images The Steelers trade out of the 156th pick The Pittsburgh Steelers were scheduled to pick No. 156 overall in the fifth round. However, they traded out of the pick, moving down in a trade with the Kansas City Chiefs.
  The full terms of the trade are yet to be known at the time of writing, but the Steelers have moved out of the pick.
  
  Read more

• Results from the Mike Williams trade are finalized during the 2025 NFL Draft

  26-04-2025 20:47 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images All the pieces of the Mike Williams trade are set now. Check out the returns for both teams.The Pittsburgh Steelers have been desperately trying to improve their receiving corps over the past year, culminating in a trade for D.K. Metcalf this offseason. Prior to that, the Steelers looked for another remedy by making an in-season trade for wide receiver Mike Williams, who was on a one-year deal with the New York Jets. After Day 3 of the 2025 NFL Draft, we’ll fi
  
  Read more

• Shedeur Sanders lands with Steelers’ rival

  26-04-2025 20:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Andrew Wevers/Getty Images The historic draft slide is over The historic and unprecedented slide in the 2025 NFL Draft for Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders is finally over, but it wasn’t the Pittsburgh Steelers he landed with, like many expected. Instead, the Cleveland Browns traded up to the No. 144 overall pick in the fifth round and selected the polarizing quarterback.
  Many draft experts mocked Sanders to the Steelers at No. 21 overall in the first round of the draft. Pitts
  
  Read more

• Get To Know Steelers’ 4th Round Pick, EDGE Jack Sawyer

  26-04-2025 19:37 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images With the 123rd pick of the draft, the Steelers get themselves a turnover generating edge from Ohio State.The Steelers have made their first pick of Day 3, returning to the Big 10 well and selecting Ohio State edge rusher Jack Sawyer.A fourth-year senior, Sawyer looks like he was built in lab that exclusively produces Steelers outside linebackers. Standing 6’4 and 260 pounds with 31 1/4” arms, we don’t have many more measurables to judge Sawye
  
  Read more

• Steelers draft Ohio State EDGE Jack Sawyer

  26-04-2025 19:14 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers take an edge rusher in round four. As the Pittsburgh Steelers were on the clock with the 123rd pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, many were wondering if this would be where Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders came off the board. Instead, the Steelers went defense.
  Pittsburgh selected Ohio State edge rusher Jack Sawyer in the fourth round. Sawyer had nine sacks in 2024, and finished his career with 24 sacks and 29 tackles for loss. With T.J. Watt
  
  Read more

• 2025 NFL Draft: Day 3 Open Thread

  26-04-2025 16:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Welcome to Day 3 of the NFL Draft.
  The Steelers have plenty of picks left on the board and needs to fill out on the roster. What are you eating, drinking and hoping the black and gold prioritize on Day 3? Cheers!
  
  Read more

• Steelers draft Day 3: Top 5 players at positions of need

  26-04-2025 13:01 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images Who should the Steelers target on Day 3 of the draft? Who’s still available? Ahead of Day 3, we’ve compiled the top remaining players at each of the Steelers’ primary positions of need. Stick around to the end for thoughts on the team’s strategy through the remainder of the draft, as well as a full list of which Pittsburgh pre-draft visitors are still on the board.
  Cornerback Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Ima
  
  Read more

• How to watch Day 3 of the 2025 NFL Draft

  26-04-2025 13:00 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Nick Tre. Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Tune in to watch the Steelers close out Rounds 4-7 of this year’s draft... After two days of the NFL Draft, it is time for the remaining players to anxiously listen for their name to come off the big board. In the final four rounds, the Pittsburgh Steelers will choose once in each (as it stands).
  The later rounds of this year’s draft may prove critical for the black and gold as they look to fill out a few key roster spots, and
  
  Read more

• Steelers 2025 NFL Draft grades: RB Kaleb Johnson

  26-04-2025 12:30 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Our BTSC staff grades the Steelers’ third-round pick After taking Oregon defensive tackle Derrick Harmon in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers went the offensive route in the third round and selected Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson. The leading rusher in the Big Ten will be someone expected to make an immediate impact and may very well earn a starting role with the Steelers sooner rather than later. Here&r
  
  Read more

• New Steelers RB Kaleb Johnson has been training with Aaron Rodgers

  26-04-2025 04:55 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The tea leaves are starting to connect The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted their likely next RB1 in the form of Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson. The Big Ten’s leader in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns brings a unique balance of speed and power that will fit great in Arthur Smith’s scheme, and he will be set up to succeed immediately.Not only did the Steelers get a new potential star, Johnson is also a big hint that Aaron Rodge
  
  Read more

• Get To Know Steelers' 3rd Round Pick RB Kaleb Johnson

  26-04-2025 04:43 via behindthesteelcurtain.com
  
  Photo by Roger Wimmer/ISI Photos/Getty Images With the 83rd-overall pick, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected a running mate for Jaylen Warren.It was a long night of waiting for Steelers fans. With their second-round pick sent to Seattle as part of the DK Metcalf trade, and no rumored trades of George Pickens bearing fruit, the Steelers didn’t pick until number 83 overall.Meanwhile, every national pundit continued to hem and haw about whether pick 83 was the floor for QB Shedeur Sanders.The S
  
  Read more

Follow @PittSteelers_ on Twitter!