Daily News & Links: Cole Holcomb Grateful to Be Back; Steelers' Ranking in the AFC
Steelers LB Cole Holcomb comes out of tunnel - Ed Thompson / Steelers Now
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🏈 Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Cole Holcomb is glad to be back on the field after missing the entire 2024 season due to a devastating knee injury suffered in November of 2023.
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'It feels great. Looking back, you never know, one play can end your season. You take stuff for granted. So now, I'm just soaking everything up, enjoying it, having fun out there,' Holcomb said at OTAs on Tuesday.
🏈 Pro Football Focus has the Steelers ranked as the ninth-best team in the AFC.
🏈 According to Pat McAfee, Steelers president Art Rooney II and general manager Omar Khan were at the funeral of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.
Via Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star, the two-hour service featured 10 speakers. The funeral also included a performance by John Mellencamp, who played Pink Houses.
🏈 Steelers linebacker Patrick Queen talks with Missi Matthews in a one-on-one interview about the offseason program so far and more
🏈 Former Steelers quarerback Terry Bradshaw admitting that he's embarrassed by the fact that he would 'lay down and flop like a fish,' when he was hurt.
🏈 Steel City Star shared a clip of Bob Pompeani interviewing Dan Rooney at halftime of the first ever game at at Heinz Field in 2001 (preseason vs the Detroit Lions).
🏈 Steelers tight end Darnell Washington, linebacker Cole Holcomb, running back Jaylen Warren and fee safety Minkah Fitzpatrick spoke to the media after practice on Tuesday.
🏈 Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro running back Saquon Barkley's reverse hurdle covers Madden NFL 26.
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'When you get the call, you don't know what to expect, right? And they ask you, 'Do you want to be part of the Madden cover?' I don't know if anyone's turned that down,' Barkley said Monday on The Insiders when asked about finding out he'd serve as the game's feature athlete. 'I definitely wasn't gonna turn that down, the opportunity. I know so many people, so many kids that dream and would love to be in the position I am right now. I remember as a kid wanting to be part of the Madden cover. There have been so many players that have been part of the Madden cover. Now to be mentioned and have my name attached with those guys, words really can't describe it.'
🏈 On Monday, the Steelers had a team bonding experience at Kennywood.
'This is a major component of team building from my perspective,' Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said, who was on hand with his family. 'If we're going to have unique relationships, and that be displayed in our play, we've got to be willing to put time in together in an informal way in an effort to build camaraderie and get to know one another. That's what days like today are all about.'
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