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Chiefs-Cardinals, Raiders-Chargers highlight Sunday afternoon schedule in Week 1

Posted by Charean Williams on May 12, 2022, 6:40 PM EDT

The three biggest games of the league’s opening weekend all were previously reported: The Bills and Rams will kick off the 2022 NFL season with a Thursday Night Football game at SoFi Stadium; the Bucs will play at the Cowboys in the first Sunday Night Football game, which is a rematch of their season opener [more]

Steelers complete second interview with John Spytek for G.M.

Posted by Myles Simmons on May 12, 2022, 6:02 PM EDT

Pittsburgh’s search for a General Manager to succeed Kevin Colbert continued on Thursday.The Steelers announced they’ve completed a second interview with Buccaneers vice president of player personnel John Spytek.Spytek has been with Tampa Bay since 2016, first serving as director of player personnel before being promoted to vice president. He previously worked for the Broncos [more]

Connor Heyward: Seeing my brother’s teammates who are now my teammates is different

Posted by Charean Williams on May 12, 2022, 3:37 PM EDT

Connor Heyward, like Kenny Pickett, didn’t need a tour of the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. Pickett played at the University of Pittsburgh, which shares the facility with the Steelers. Heyward is the younger brother of Steelers veteran Cameron Heyward.The Steelers drafted Connor in the sixth round out of Michigan State, making he and his brother [more]

Brandon Hunt, Omar Khan get second interviews for Steelers G.M.

Posted by Josh Alper on May 12, 2022, 1:38 PM EDT

The list of candidates moving on to the second round of interviews to succeed Kevin Colbert as the Steelers General Manager will include a pair of internal candidates.Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that pro scouting coordinator Brandon Hunt and vice president of football and business administration Omar Khan will sit down for another interview. [more]

Report: “Bad blood” between Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger

Posted by Mike Florio on May 12, 2022, 1:07 PM EDT

When the Steelers beat the Browns on the final Monday night of the 2021 season, the differences between Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethliberger and Cleveland quarterback Baker Mayfield couldn’t have been more stark. They apparently had one very important thing in common.Neither was thrilled with his team.Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was this question during [more]

Doug Whaley completes second interview for Steelers’ G.M. job

Posted by Charean Williams on May 11, 2022, 5:48 PM EDT

Former Bills General Manager Doug Whaley completed his second interview for the Steelers’ General Manager job, the team announced Wednesday.Titans vice president of player personnel Ryan Cowden and Buccaneers vice president of player personnel John Spytek also are expected to meet with the team a second time.Whaley was the Bills G.M. from 2013-17, and he [more]

Steelers complete second GM interview with Ryan Cowden

Posted by Michael David Smith on May 10, 2022, 6:10 PM EDT

Titans Vice President of Player Personnel Ryan Cowden had his second interview for the Steelers’ General Manager job today.The Steelers announced that Cowden completed the interview this afternoon. Cowden has spent 22 years working in the NFL, six with the Titans and 16 with the Panthers.Pittsburgh’s GM job is open because Kevin Colbert decided to [more]

Steelers cut three players, including Tegray Scales

Posted by Charean Williams on May 10, 2022, 4:18 PM EDT

The Steelers cut three players Tuesday.The team waived long snapper Rex Sunahara and linebacker Tegray Scales and waived/injured cornerback Isaiah Johnson.The Steelers signed Sunahara to their practice squad Dec. 8, but he has never played a regular-season game. Sunahara entered the league with the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2020. He has had [more]

Cameron Heyward wins 2022 Good Guy Award

Posted by Charean Williams on May 10, 2022, 3:45 PM EDT

The Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA) selected Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward as the 2022 Good Guy Award winner. Heyward, the 18th Good Guy Award winner, is the second member of the Steelers franchise to win the award. Jerome Bettis won the inaugural Good Guy Award in 2005.Other nominees for the 2022 Good Guy [more]

Kenny Pickett quickly takes over as favorite for offensive rookie of the year

Posted by Mike Florio on May 8, 2022, 9:36 AM EDT

With the dust settled on the 2022 draft, the favorites have shifted at the top of the early race for offensive rookie of the year.Down goes receiver Drake London. Up goes quarterback Kenny Pickett.Via PointsBet, the Steelers quarterback has become the 5-1 favorite, with the Falcons receiver’s odds at +600.Titan receiver Treylon Burks is lurking [more]

Kevin Colbert, Steelers continue to keep door open for his ongoing involvement with team

Posted by Mike Florio on May 6, 2022, 1:12 PM EDT

During the Scouting Combine, outgoing Steelers G.M. Kevin Colbert explained that the door is open to possibly remaining with the team.Earlier this week, Colbert said that no decisions have been made regarding his future.“We’ve left it open-ended throughout the whole process and that’s Art Rooney, Coach Tomlin, myself, whoever Art decides to hire,” Colbert explained [more]

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