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Handout Photo-USA TODAY Sports The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed all of their draft picks from the fourth round on from the 2021 NFL draft. Because their top three picks have yet to be signed, two of the six players currently fall in the top 51 salaries for the Steelers. Since that is the case, it’s a great time to give a salary cap update. The salary cap numbers and contracts for all players drafted by the Steelers have been previously known. Even the contracts for the players who have yet...

Pittsburgh Steelers rookies provide the first look into Matt Canadas new offense.

How the Steelers can utilize significant height mismatches in 2021

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The Pittsburgh Steelers were back on the field, sort of, Friday when the nine rookies, eight undrafted rookie free agents and a handful of rookie camp tryout players took to the UMPC Rooney Sports Complex for the first day of Rookie Minicamp. Naturally, there wasn’t much news on the first day of the rookies getting acquainted with their new surroundings and teammates. Nonetheless, with the limited information put out to the public, we package some nuggets of ...

Taking the field Copied! Star of the show: The roster for the rookie minicamp the Steelers are staging this weekend includes a quarterback from Slippery Rock (Ronald Rivers III) and a defensive lineman from Coastal Carolina (Sterling Johnson), two of the five players invited on a tryout. The headliner is No. 1 pick Najee Harris, the running back from Alabama. "Najees impressive, obviously," tight end Pat Freiermuth (second round, Penn State) observed. "Hes a heckuva of a...

10. Austin Reiter, C Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Steelers do look set at the Center position. They were always extremely high on Kendrick Green to be this team’s next center, but with Green’s limited snaps at the position the Steelers could opt to add an experienced option to the fold. Reiter could hold down the spot until Green is 100% ready to be the guy. 9. Charles Leno, OT Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images All offseason I’ve stated how much I believed the Steelers valued...

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports The Pittsburgh Steelers were in dire straits entering the 2021 season, as it pertains to their salary cap situation. They weren’t alone, but they had to do things they had never done, like add void years into contracts, but they were able to navigate the uncomfortable space and retain several of their own free agents. The hope is the salary cap, which dipped for the first time in league history in 2021, will rebound in a big way in 2022. And if those projecti...

Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports The Pittsburgh Steelers now turn their focus to the 2021 regular season and offseason workouts, but the work for the 2021 NFL Draft class is just beginning. With rookie minicamp just around the corner, it is worth the time checking to see what coaches said about the selections. For the Steelers’ second round pick they took Pat Freiermuth out of Penn State. Following the pick newly hired tight ends coach Alfredo Roberts spoke to the media about the newest acquis...

And you thought the Steelers were done taking receivers early in the draft. For the fifth-straight spring, the Steelers took a pass-catcher on Day 2 of the annual player-selection extravaganza last weekend. But instead of a wide-out, Pittsburgh selected Penn State tight end Pat Freiermuth in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft. If you’re a Steelers fan, you may have felt like many of the spectators who attended the event in person and were perhaps ready to cheer for that center from Okl...

Williamson recaps the draft Matt Williamson Matt Williamson is co-host of the SNR Drive program on Steelers Nation Radio. Subscribe to the podcast here. The 2021 NFL Draft is now in the books. After the dust settled and the Steelers sent a fourth round pick from next years draft to Miami for the 12th pick in the fifth round this year, Pittsburgh ended the three day process by adding nine draftees to their roster. Here is that haul: Najee Harris, RB, Alabama, 24th Pick in Round 1 Pat Freiermuth...