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🏈 WWE superstar Roman Reigns threw shade at the Pittsburgh Steelers in a recent video. Reigns, who is a San Francisco 49ers fan, said both the Steelers and Cleveland Browns 'suck' and are 'irrelevant football teams.'
🏈 KDKA: The NFL is looking for local and diverse Pittsburgh-area businesses for its NFL Draft Source Program.
Executive Director of the Detroit Sports Commission, Marty Dobek, said the NFL Draft's Source Program did wonders for businesses in Detroit during the 2024 NFL Draft. Pittsburgh will be the host city for the draft in 2026.
'It allowed upwards near 60 businesses here locally to get involved with the NFL and the NFL draft,' he said.
If a business is headquartered in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, or Westmoreland counties they're eligible to apply for the program.
Dobek said the league spent $12.1 million on local minority-owned businesses for Detroit. Black-owned businesses got around 34 of the contracts.
🏈 The possibility of the Steelers taking a quarterback in the first round is 'slim to none,' per Tony Pauline of Sportskeeda.
'The team has told people at the NFL Scouting Combine they are not impressed with this year's QB class. The current sense is the team wants to move forward with Justin Fields,' he said.
The possibility of the Steelers taking a QB in the first round is 'slim to none,' per @TonyPauline The team has told people at the NFL Scouting Combine they are not impressed with this year's QB Class.The current sense is the team wants to move forward with Justin Fields pic.twitter.com/uEza9oGEih
— SleeperNFL (@SleeperNFL) March 1, 2025
🏈 Adam Schefter of ESPN guarantees that Russell Wilson or Justin Fields will be back in the Black and Gold in 2025.
'Russell Wilson or Justin Fields. One of them will be back. One of them I expect will be back,' Schefter said on Pardon My Take.
🏈 Adam Schefter also said on Pardon My Take that he can see Aaron Rodgers playing for the Steelers.
🏈 NFL insider Benjamin Allbright reported that Matthew Stafford had no interest in going to Steelers or Browns. Both teams reached out to the Rams about Stafford.
Raiders had a lot of internal optimism early in the week. Giants tried but Stafford wasn't interested.Pitt and Cle called, no interest from Stafford. https://t.co/KT6JLmobQ0
— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) February 28, 2025
🏈 49ers general manager John Lynch said at the NFL Combine they're listening to trade offers for wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk.
'That typically happens with really good players. I remember two years ago having similar conversations. You get calls and you always listen to calls,' Lynch said. 'Since Kyle and I have been here, we've been the No. 2 cash-spending team. In the last four years, we're the fourth-highest cash-spending team. So at some point, you have to reset a little bit, or at least recalibrate. You can't just keep pressing the pedal.'
🏈 Director of College Scouting Dan Colbert sat down with Rob King of Steelers.com for a one-on-one interview at the NFL Combine.
Director of College Scouting Dan Colbert sits down with @robkinger91 at the 2025 #NFLCombine. pic.twitter.com/lLALCr5XD9
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) February 28, 2025
🏈 Former Steelers safety Tony Dungy is the only player to have an interception and throw an interception in a game. Peyton Manning broke down the sequence of events with his former head coach on Peyton's Place.
The only player to have an INT and throw an INT in a game? @TonyDungy when he had to play both ways with the @steelers pic.twitter.com/S2QuAsLj3V
— Omaha Productions (@OmahaProd) February 28, 2025
STEELERS NOW CONTENT FROM FEB. 28
🏈 First NFL Quarterback Carousel Shoe Drops, Impact on Steelers?
🏈 Converted DE Shemar Turner Sees Fit with 'Hard-Nosed' Steelers at DT
🏈 Steelers Will Have Competition if They Want to Keep Russell Wilson
🏈 Miami's Damien Martinez Modeled Game after Steelers RB Great
🏈 Steelers Not Among Teams Showing 'Significant Interest' in Deebo Samuel
🏈 Ex-Steelers DB Trashes Team's Facility
🏈 Seahawks Open to Trading DK Metcalf — For Significant Price
🏈 Texas WR Confident He'll Break Combine 40-Yard Dash Record
🏈 Steelers Named Favorites to Land Bruising Free-Agent RB
🏈 Texas Standout QB Reveals Details on Meeting with Mike Tomlin
🏈 Steelers Have Formal Meeting with Ohio State Star WR
🏈 Steelers Meet with Local Tight End at Combine
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