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Let's get to it: GRAHAM ANDERSON FROM PLYMOUTH, UK: Could you please remind us of the story where the Steelers forfeited a draft pick because Mr. Dan Rooney had made an agreement with a player that turned out to be against the rules? ANSWER: The player's name was Will Wolford, and the Steelers signed him as an unrestricted free agent during the 1996 offseason. Wolford had been a left tackle during his career with Buffalo and then Indianapolis, but the Steelers told him they were signing him to play guard, which meant a lesser rate. Dan Rooney told Wolford that if the team needed him to play l...

Labriola on Day 2 of the 2021 NFL Draft May 01, 2021 at 06:05 AM Copied! The first round attracts the attention, the hype, the television ratings, the red carpet, the biggest crowds, and generates the excitement. It's the NFL Commissioner who announces all of the first-round picks and has a hug for any of them who want one. The picks in the first round are debated and analyzed and graded immediately, and they're remembered for decades, for better or worse, by fans and critics alike. But the hardcores and the people whose paychecks and professional reputa...

Let's get to it: ED UMLAUF FROM SAVANNAH, GA: It puzzles me why there is only one player from the Steel Curtain in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I would be interested in knowing your take on this phenomenon? ANSWER: It puzzles me, too, and it has for a while. First, allow me to clarify for the readers that your usage of "Steel Curtain" refers to the Steelers defensive line of the 1970s, which was the origin of the nickname that over time came to refer to the entire defensive unit. Anyway, I believe it's fair to place the Steel Curtain among the most feared, famous, and productive defensive...

Let's get to it: SCOTT SHILEY FROM BRICK, NJ: I really like what I have seen so far from cornerback James Pierre, even though it is a limited body of work. In your estimation, what do you believe is the best possible scenario for him this season if he were to have his absolute best preseason? Would you see him filling a role similar to Mike Hilton's, or do you think he has a chance to challenge for a starting cornerback role? ANSWER: Not to get ahead of ourselves, but James Pierre has to start by earning a spot on the 53-man roster. I don't disagree that Pierre earned a spot last season and...

Photo by Heinz Kluetmeier /Walt Disney Television via Getty Images It’s time once again to hop into the only time machine they ever would entertain to budget at BTSC...my brain’s Delorean. Today, our trip into Steelers yesteryear takes us back to the day when a crash of a Spantax charter-flight from Madrid to New York claimed 50 people and injured 110 more, Chicago had the country’s top single with “ Hard For Me To Say I’m Sorry”, movie-goers were falling for Richard Gere and Debra Winger in An Officer and a Gentleman, and the football world was bracing for a long work stoppage t...