PITTSBURGH 鈥� The moment the plane carrying Dont鈥檃 Hightower went wheels up from Pittsburgh International on Tuesday night, there apparently went with it the Steelers鈥� biggest target to date in free agency.Maybe it was all a bit much to ask. The Steelers landing the best available player ...
The play that resulted in Justin Hunter鈥檚 lacerated spleen has been a microsm of his NFL career to this point.A tall, fast and athletic wide receiver, Hunter signed Wednesday with the Pittsburgh Steelers as the team鈥檚 first outside free agent in 2017.He鈥檚 a 6-foot-4, 203-pounder who ran a ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Sometime yesterday a Nor鈥檈aster 鈥� from Massachusetts, actually 鈥� made landfall in Pittsburgh.This physical force of nature that goes by the name of Dont鈥檃 Hightower has been known to pack a punch, the kind of punch his prospective new employer, the Steelers, have been ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Jarvis Jones never did seem to fit the mold of a great Steelers linebacker. That鈥檚 not necessarily a bad thing.I was reminded of that following a spring practice a couple of years ago when Jones was walking off the field and stopped to commiserate with a team employee who was ...
The Steelers may yet sign Le鈥橵eon Bell to a long-term contract extension that will keep him in Pittsburgh for his career, as GM Kevin Colbert said last month, but the decision to place the franchise tag on the star running back in the interim looks a little more prescient now.On Monday, Bell ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� It was not quite an offer that Lawrence Timmons couldn鈥檛 refuse.The Miami Dolphins鈥� bid of $12 million ($11 million of it guaranteed), over two years, wasn鈥檛 exactly an exorbitant sum for the services of a player of Timmons鈥� caliber. But it was a winning one.Enticed by a ...
