The Steelers knew veteran backup quarterback Bruce Gradkowski was going to miss significant time with a hamstring tear.As it turns out, it will be a season-ending injury.Via Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, to make room for waiver claim pickup Zach Mettenberger, the Steelers placed Bruce Gradkowski on injured reserve, where he’s now spent the [more]
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Steelers claim quarterback Zach Mettenberger off waivers
Despite a career record of 0-10, which may or may not be his fault, there is still a market for quarterback Zach Mettenberger.And it’s not one of the teams that had been previously linked to the former Tennessee starter.According to Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com, the Steelers have claimed Mettenberger off waivers from the Chargers. [more]
Steelers drop to 79 players
The Steelers are among the teams that have started cutting down their roster ahead of Tuesday’s deadline to get to 75 players.One of the moves the team announced on Sunday was that they have waived quarterback Dustin Vaughan with the injured designation. Vaughan fractured a bone in his thumb in the team’s second preseason game [more]
Steelers add a quarterback with Dustin Vaughan injured
The Steelers have played two preseason games and they’ve seen two of their backup quarterbacks go down with injuries.Bruce Gradkowski injured his hamstring in the opener and Dustin Vaughan fractured a bone in his thumb late in Thursday night’s game against the Eagles. Vaughan is in a cast and doesn’t know when he’ll be able [more]
Landry Jones hopes to build off four-pick “learning experience”
Steelers wide receiver Sammie Coates took the blame for quarterback Landry Jones’ first interception of the night.Finding scapegoats for the other three would prove tougher.On a night when the Steelers held out most of their regular skill-position players against the Eagles, Jones threw a total of four interceptions. One was returned for a touchdown and [more]
Steelers QB Bruce Gradkowski out with torn hamstring
The Steelers may be in the market for another quarterback soon.According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com, veteran backup Bruce Gradkowski has a “sizable hamstring tear” which could keep him out a significant amount of time.He suffered the injury in the preseason opener against the Lions, and coach Mike Tomlin would only say he would “be [more]
RG3 will be Browns’ 25th starting quarterback since 1999
When Robert Griffin III takes the field in Week One, he will be the Browns’ 25th starting quarterback since the franchise returned from its three-year hiatus in 1999.Griffin, who was officially named the Browns’ starter today, joins a long list of starting quarterbacks in Cleveland that includes first-round draft busts, veterans who came to Cleveland [more]
Vick keeps campaigning for a job
NFL teams have had 90 roster spots for months. And not a single team has given one of them to quarterback Mike Vick.With camps opening, Vick continues to push for a preseason job. He recently said he wants to play for a contender. Appearing on Monday’s edition of The Dan Patrick Show, Vick seemed to [more]
Mike Vick still wants to play
Like last year, NFL offseason programs have unfolded without quarterback Mike Vick having a job. Like last year, Vick still wants a job.“I haven’t officially retired,” Vick said Monday at the Ron Jaworksi Celebrity Golf Challenge, via Jordan Ranaan of NJ.com. “As of right now, it’s pretty much at a stalemate type of thing. Just taking [more]
Saturday one-liners
They’re already calling 5-6 Dolphins WR Jakeem Grant “Mighty Mouse.” (Don’t tell UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson.)Here’s a closer look at the Bills’ nepotism-free coaching staff.Patriots CB Darryl Roberts hopes to rekindle those Malcolm Butler comparisons.It’s another click-harvest from NJ.com; this one somehow turns the Geno Smith or Bryce Petty roster-spot question into 10 of [more]
Steelers players think Antonio Brown can top 2,000 receiving yards
Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown finished the 2015 season with 1,834 receiving yards, which was good for second in the league behind Julio Jones and the fourth-best total in the history of the NFL.Brown put up those numbers despite playing in an offense that was missing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for four full games and parts [more]
Who might put in a waiver claim on Mettenberger?
With the Titans moving on from quarterback Zach Mettenberger and Mettenberger’s next stop now being subject to the waiver wire, the Browns will have the first chance to claim Mettenberger if they want him. The Browns already have five quarterbacks, so they may pass. But with a 24-year old quarterback with 10 games starting experience [more]
Bruce Gradkowski returns to Steelers
At a time when some quarterbacks are grandstanding because they haven’t been handed a starting job with an open-ended guarantee that they’ll keep it, another guy keeps plugging away, embracing on a year-to-year basis the chance to compete for a job.PFT has confirmed that veteran quarterback Bruce Gradkowski will sign a one-year contract on Monday [more]
Michael Vick feels like he has one more season in his blood
The movements and potential movements of Colin Kaepernick and Robert Griffin III have been well covered this offseason, which is not something that you can say about one of their predecessors as a quarterback whose ability to make plays with his legs.Michael Vick was last seen on the field in Week Six when he started [more]
After yesterday’s moves, the quarterback market is kind of gross
It’s hard to argue that Kirk Cousins is worth $19.9 million for a single year, or that Sam Bradford is worth $18 million a year for two, except for one thing — that pesky law of supply and demand.Washington and Philadelphia were forced into spending amounts that don’t seem consistent with the resumes of the [more]