LATROBE 鈥� Mason Rudolph would seem to have it all going on for himself.The tall, smart, good-looking rookie quarterback kept his mouth shut last season and worked hard without complaint, glad to be part of the NFL while pocketing a cool $1.4 million.Did I say he鈥檚 easygoing?That, too.But ...
LATROBE 鈥� If the Pittsburgh Steelers hadn鈥檛 already nicknamed their new offensive line coach 鈥淪weet Feet,鈥� they would surely use it on their rookie wide receiver Diontae Johnson.The surprise third-round draft pick out of Toledo started camp slowly with ugly drops each day 鈥� this after ...
LATROBE -- JuJu Smith-Schuster is a b-a-a-a-a-a-d man.The receiver who's been tasked to step up as the No. 1 receiver in place of Antonio Brown has been a beast through two camp practices.On Saturday, for the second consecutive day, Smith-Schuster scored an early touchdown in Seven Shots, among ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The seer has spoken 鈥� although he spoke like a sportswriter.Yes, Maurkice Pouncey is overthinking his spring sleeper this year.In 2017, Pouncey easily identified Mike Hilton as the player to watch at training camp. Last year, the team captain called out rookie Chuks Okorafor ...
PITTSBURGH -- It will be a year ago next month when Devin Bush walked onto the field for some routine work at the University of Michigan.Not practice. Real work. Bush was helping out at a camp for high school kids and assumed it would be just another day."I ran into him, Coach Tomlin," Bush ...
PITTSBURGH -- High Steelers draft pick Diontae Johnson, a WR/RS, missed another practice at rookie minicamp with an undisclosed injury that relegated him to assisting coaches and simply reading cards for a second consecutive day.It also relegated WR/RS Diontae Spencer to receive more reps and ...
