The great Rod Woodson had coin-flipping duties at the NFL Combine, but little else.After three seasons, the Hall of Fame cornerback/safety was no longer the Oakland Raiders鈥� DBs coach, swept away with the firing of Jack Del Rio.Woodson had hoped to catch on with the Steelers 鈥� the team name ...
<em>(This is the second of a 10-part series on the NFL Draft. Today鈥檚 story highlights the running backs.)</em>Jon Gruden rocked the NFL Combine upon his re-introduction as coach of the Oakland Raiders.Gruden stood at the podium and mocked analytics, and more ...
<em>(This is the first of a 10-part series on the NFL Draft. Today鈥檚 story highlights the edge rushers.)</em>Reporters were up close at the NFL Combine when the greatest of all the Greek heroes, Hercules Mata鈥檃fa, took the podium.鈥淚 was the biggest baby in my ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The Steelers continued their low-key approach to free agency Tuesday by signing safety Morgan Burnett to a three-year contract for a reported $14.5 million.The signing of Burnett comes on the heels of the Steelers signing linebacker Jon Bostic. Both players have a recent history ...
Has Mike Tomlin been talking to Maurkice Pouncey again?Probably not about Jon Bostic, whom the Steelers signed to a two-year contract this weekend.Bostic, briefly a teammate of Pouncey鈥檚 at Florida, played with Marcus Gilbert as an inside linebacker in 2010 and became second-team All-SEC in ...
INDIANAPOLIS 鈥� The Steelers are interested in a player who couldn鈥檛 make it with the Pirates.But it鈥檚 a good thing Hayden Hurst plays tight end and won鈥檛 have to throw the ball, because he developed a bad case of 鈥淪teve Blass Disease鈥� after accepting a $400,000 signing bonus from ...
