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Jeremy Fowler ESPN Staff Writer Close ESPN staff writer Previously a college football reporter for CBSSports.com University of Florida graduate Follow on Twitter PITTSBURGH — Alejandro Villanueva considered walking away from football in 2017. He was 28 years old and beginning business school at Carnegie

The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping for a big bounce-back season in 2019, and David DeCastro will be a big part of that. The Steelers had an undeniably disappointing campaign last year, as the drama surrounding Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown plagued the team. Both Brown and Bell are gone now, and

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Cincinnati Bengals. Those are the first two teams the 49ers have. They are teams that they should be able to beat at this stage with their roster. The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. Those are the first two teams the Pittsburgh Steelers have. They may or may

The Steelers went into the offseason knowing they’d lose one of their best offensive weapons for, essentially, nothing. And that happened when Le’Veon Bell took the Jets’ money in free agency. That wasn’t really a big deal with James Conner having already proven to be a viable replacement

AFC rivals to face off in Sunday Night Football blockbuster as NFL 100 features a series of storied match-ups By Associated Press New England Patriots beat LA Rams to claim a sixth Super Bowl and start their quest for number seven against Pittsburgh Super Bowl LIII champions New England will begin the

Stars like Antonio Brown are supposed to sacrifice for their team’s sake, but teams don’t repay the favor.

This week, in a video posted to his Instagram, Antonio Brown made his #NewDemands known. The four-time All-Pro receiver requested a trade. Brown is apparently done with Pittsburgh, in spite of the three years remaining on his $68-million contract with the Steelers. “Time to move on and forward,” he wrote

The 2018 NFL season recently ended, but it’s never too early to get a jump-start on next season’s fantasy strategy—especially if you’re in a keeper league. Some leagues require keepers to be submitted shortly after the draft, and many don’t allow for offseason trades before the submission

Outside Linebacker Leonard Floyd It’s rather difficult to peg a breakout player for the Chicago Bears—if only because so many of the team’s young players have already broken out. In just one season Roquan Smith has already established himself as one of the game’s best inside linebackers.

NFL sponsors have been in a precarious position as of late. Brands like Nike have actively engaged with the league’s national anthem controversy, naming former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick – who started kneeling during “The Star-Spangled Banner” in 2016 – the face of

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster took to Twitter on Monday to apologize to fans for his pivotal fumble in the closing seconds of his team’s 31-28 loss to New Orleans Sunday night. With 41 seconds left and Pittsburgh driving, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hit Smith-Schuster for

Antonio Brown had an astonishing outing despite a loss Who were the top performers from Week 16 in the NFL? We have picked out our Team of the Week… Week 16 was full of surprises as the Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers all lost, leaving the AFC Playoff

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss to the New Orleans Saints in Week 16 means they not only need to beat the Cincinnati Bengals at Heinz Field in Week 17, but they need help. That help will need to come from an unlikely place — Cleveland. The most likely scenario for the Steelers to make the playoffs

Yahoo Fanalyst Liz Loza believes there’s likely to be a changing of the guard at the tight end position in New Orleans.

If you’re setting your Week 11 Fantasy Football lineups, thinking about trades, or searching the waiver wire for the perfect addition to your team, you need to see what SportsLine’s advanced computer model has to say. When it comes to ranking players, their model beat human experts in Fantasy

The Seattle Seahawks were supposed to be dead, remember? Half of the football pundits, it seems, had already written them off before the season began. The other half had no use for them after they lost Earl Thomas for the season and sat at 0-2 to start the season. But guess what? Tale a look at the standings

The NFL is taking a closer look at three of Vontaze Burfict’s plays from Week 6.

The spotlight might not be as bright as it once was for starting running back James Conner. After rushing for 135 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 21-21 tie against the Cleveland Browns in the season opener Sept. 9, Conner has gained a combined 78 yards and one score

Jeremy Fowler ESPN Staff Writer Close ESPN staff writer Previously a college football reporter for CBSSports.com University of Florida graduate Follow on Twitter PITTSBURGH — The NFL’s roughing-the-passer penalties have gotten so rampant that even the quarterbacks are noting the sheer volume. Pittsburgh

Evan Silva unveils his Wide Receiver Tiers for the 2018 fantasy football season.

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier stole the show when he walked out to announce his team’s pick at the NFL draft.

The 2018 NFL schedule was surprisingly kind to many of the best teams from 2017. Four of the league’s playoff powers don’t face anything that would suggest they won’t return to the tournament. In addition, the week-by-week setup played most favorably into the hands of two non-playoff teams

Stop me if you’ve heard this before…a player who isn’t known to be an offensive tackle is converted into such with the help of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yes, that would be the story of Army Ranger Alejandro Villanueva who played tight end in college, was converted to defensive tackle and eventually

Rest assured the vicious rivalry between the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers played a role in the NFL’s new helmet targeting rule. Simply put, the NFL passed a resolution stating any lowering of the head to initiate contact will draw a flag. Veteran viewers of the Bengals-Steelers rivalry

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Maybe it’s too late for Jesse James and the Steelers or Zach Miller and the Bears. No matter, the NFL has a simplified catch rule designed to eliminate confusion – and, the league hopes, controversy – about receptions. Team owners unanimously approved the new language Tuesday

Instead of the hard-and-fast standard that called for a receiver to control the football through his landing, the NFL is now opting for more ambiguity.

LeBron James said he will never switch from the NBA to the NFL, but that’s not stopping JuJu Smith-Schuster from trying to sway him.

Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert denied reports the team is open to trading wide receiver Martavis Bryant. “We have never ever made one phone call about Martavis Bryant for a trade,” Colbert told reporters Wednesday at the scouting combine. “Martavis Bryant is a Pittsburgh

Martavis Bryant gave the Steelers plenty of reasons to give up on him last season, but general manager Kevin Colbert said Wednesday that the team has no interest in trading their big-play wide receiver. Colbert said the team has received calls from other teams regarding Bryant’s availability, but

Considering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers struggles generating an effective running game and Doug Martin failing to return to his 2015 prime form, it’s pretty clear that the Bucs will likely be parting ways with Martin and kick off their search for an explosive, dominant running back that can provide