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The more former NFL players the NFL Network attempts to use as analysts, the worse the analysis seems to get. The latest example of that happened on Wednesday when former NFL cornerback Brandon Boykin was a guest on NFL Total Access and joined former NFL quarterback David Carr in breaking down the expectations for the […]

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How much will the Pittsburgh Steelers miss wide receiver Antonio Brown inside the red zone in 2019? Obviously they will miss Brown to some degree inside their opponent’s 20-yard-line but maybe not as much as most might seem to currently believe. For starters, let the record show that the NFL officially considers the red zone […]

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Will the??Pittsburgh Steelers??continue to be a competitive team over the course of the next three seasons? A panel of??ESPN??experts certainly believes that will be the case, according to the??recent release of the site’s annual future NFL power rankings. This year’s expert ESPN panel,??Louis Riddick, Kevin Seifert??and??Field Yates, were all asked to rate the rosters of […]

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There are three guarantees in life ??? death, taxes and the Pittsburgh Steelers turning young wide receivers into stars. The team has held an excellent track history of developing wide receivers, turning young wide outs into superstars almost at will. The team has produced big time stars in Santonio Holmes, Mike Wallace, Antonio Brown and […]

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Who better to work with before training camp than someone who rose from a longshot to roster lock? That’s Roosevelt Nix and rookie running back Benny Snell is learning all he can from him. Speaking with the the??Lexington Herald-Leader, Snell said he’s spent the last few weeks training with Nix. Both are Ohio natives so […]

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It won???t be long now before the Pittsburgh Steelers begin rolling into Latrobe, PA to make Saint Vincent College their home away from home for several weeks as the summer winds down. That is when we know that training camp has begun, and with it the first deep breaths of the 2019 NFL season. Everything […]

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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin certainly had a challenging 2018 season that included him having to deal with quite a bit of drama in the team’s locker room thanks mainly to wide receiver Antonio Brown and running back Le’Veon Bell. With those two players now completely out of the picture for 2019, Tomlin, who […]

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It???s somewhat interesting that we now find ourselves in an era of the game in which 900 rushing yards is a significant number for a running back, but it is. it???s true that even last season saw nine players reach 1000 rushing yards, and in fact a total of 16 gained at least 900, a […]

The post James Conner Among 9 Players Projected To Rush For 900 Yards In 2019 By PFF appeared first on Steelers Depot.

The offseason is inevitably a period of projection and speculation, which makes it the ideal time to ponder the hypotheticals that the Pittsburgh Steelers will face over the course of the next year, whether it is addressing free agency, the draft, performance on the field, or some more ephemeral topic. That is what I will […]

The post Buy Or Sell: T.J. Watt Will Break Woodley’s Record For Most Sacks In First Five Seasons appeared first on Steelers Depot.

Peanut butter and jelly. Abbott and Costello. The??Pittsburgh Steelers??and a rapid increase in your blood pressure every Sunday. Some of the world???s truest reliable duos. That got me to thinking. Who are the best tandems in Steelers??? history? A dynamic duo who dominated the league. If one guy didn???t make the play, the other did. […]

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For the bulk of the past decade, the primary focus for the Pittsburgh Steelers has been on the offensive side of the ball. It was quite soon after their last Super Bowl appearance that their defense entered a rapid decline, with their stars from the championship years getting long in the tooth and the front […]

The post PFF Expects Steelers To Rely On Pressure, Blitzing To Win Defensively In 2019 appeared first on Steelers Depot.

As we???ve done for the past couple years, and with training camp right around the corner, we???re giving a preview of what to watch for from each position group when the??Pittsburgh Steelers??hit Latrobe.??Matthew Marczi??has reviewed the additions and subtractions of each unit but this post is for what I???m specifically looking for from each player […]

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While the development of the ???slot receiver??? role has been one of the most compelling evolutions in the game of football over the course of the last couple of decades, the reality is that there is no one way to do it, no true prototype of the position. It???s true that the inside receiver role […]

The post Darryl Drake: Slot Receiver Role Is ‘So Interchangeable’ In Steelers’ Offense appeared first on Steelers Depot.

Now that the 2019 NFL Draft is underway, and the roster heading into the offseason is close to finalized???though always fluid???it???s time to take stock of where the??Pittsburgh Steelers??stand. Specifically where Steelers players stand individually based on what we have seen happen over the course of the past few months. A stock evaluation can take […]

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JuJu Smith-Schuster is already a superstar in Pittsburgh. He has that sort of larger-than-life persona that immediately endears people to him. And with former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown going off the deep end, the love with which the fan base has embraced him this offseason has only further expanded as he now becomes […]

The post JuJu Smith-Schuster Gains Entrance To Dan Hanzus’ ‘Superstar Club’ For 2019 appeared first on Steelers Depot.

2019 is a new year, a new beginning for Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver John Ross, a 2017 top-10 pick. He???s got a new head coach, with a new offensive coordinator. He???s even switching to a new number, hoping to make as much change as possible to change his fortunes as well as he comes off […]

The post John Ross Hoping Different Jersey Number Brings Different Fortunes In 2019 appeared first on Steelers Depot.

The Pittsburgh Steelers well underway with the offseason workouts at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, also referred to as the South Side Facility. We are already into the heart of the offseason, where hope springs eternal following a few months of pretty significant changes, in terms of both departures and arrivals. How are the rookies […]

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Just how good should we expect the Pittsburgh Steelers run defense to be in 2019? According to Pro Football Focus, the Steelers are expected to have a top 10 run defense in 2019. In their Tuesday preseason NFL run defense rankings for the 2019 season, PFF has the Steelers ranked seventh overall and their main […]

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The Pittsburgh Steelers 2019 training camp will get underway later next week and as we count down the final days until the team arrives at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, it???s also worth discussing a few under-the-radar players ahead of the first practice taking place at Chuck Noll Field a week from Friday. Today we???ll […]

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I know this isn’t directly Pittsburgh Steelers related but anything that involves the New England Patriots seems forever intertwined with the black and gold. And after all, the two teams face each other in Week One and a playoff matchup is always talked about. Should the latter occur, and these squads meet in postseason play, […]

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