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NFL awards 2026 draft to Pittsburgh

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The NFL has awarded the 2026 draft to Pittsburgh with the Steelers ready to tap Pennsylvania’s deep football tradition trying to meet the new standard for host cities. League officials announced the decision Wednesday as part of the NFL spring meetings. Owners chose Pittsburgh after reviewing the bid along with the advisory committee. The three-day draft will be held at Point State Park and the Steelers’ home at Acrisure Stadium. The NFL set a record with more than 775,000 fans attending the 2024 draft in April in Detroit, and Green Bay will be hosting the ...

Steelers home on Christmas

By Teresa Varley Courtesy of Steelers.com The Pittsburgh Steelers 2024 schedule was released on Wednesday night and once again the team will be featured in a number of nationally televised games. The Steelers will have four primetime matchups this season, including three at Acrisure Stadium, and will also play on Christmas Day, hosting the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday, Dec. 25 at 1 p.m. The game will be streamed on Netflix. The Steelers will play three of their first four games on the road, the first time they have done so since 2017. They also played three of the first four ...

Gaelic football star trying out

PITTSBURGH — Mark Jackson does not look out of place. Standing inside the Pittsburgh Steelers practice facility on Friday, Jackson’s yellow No. 2 blends in with the other 42 players trying to catch head coach Mike Tomlin’s attention during the team’s rookie minicamp. At 6-foot-1 and a solid 214 pounds, Jackson practically towers over Caleb Shudak, the other kicker brought in for a look. Things change, however, when Jackson starts to talk. Then it becomes very evident very quickly that while Jackson doesn’t look out of place, he certainly sounds out of place. An extended ...

Steelers decline options on Harris, Fields

From Mirror reports The Pittsburgh Steelers officially declined the fifth-year option for quarterback Justin Fields ahead of Thursday’s deadline, according to several media reports. He, along with 2021 first-round pick running back Najee Harris, will hit free agency in 2025, unless an extension, trade or unexpected use of the franchise tag comes to fruition. The fifth-year option would have paid Fields $25,664,000 in the 2025 season. Though the news became official on Thursday, it was no surprise that the Steelers opted to go this direction, as ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported ...

Steelers take building from inside out to extreme

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers spent February overhauling their offensive coaching staff, March doing the same to the quarterback room and the last week of April giving the offensive line a massive injection of youth. The huddle and the sideline will look significantly different this ...

Steelers get their center

PITTSBURGH — Arthur Smith walked in and sat down, a microphone in front of him and a Pittsburgh Steelers baseball cap pulled tight on his head. Four months after being fired in Atlanta, Smith is returning to his play-calling roots — and hoping to hit the reboot button on his career — as the offensive coordinator in Pittsburgh. Smith did little to articulate what exactly the Steelers will look like in the fall. Considering what Pittsburgh general manager Omar Khan did in the first two rounds of the NFL draft, maybe Smith didn’t have to. Khan selected offensive tackle Troy ...