Steelers Daily News & Links: Major Upgrades at Acrisure Stadium; Aaron Rodgers Denies Autograph
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🏈 The Pittsburgh Steelers will use $3.5 million to improve Acrisure Stadium's food options as the team prepares for the upcoming season, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Steelers affiliate PSSI Stadium LLC will convert two pantries — one located in the UPMC Club and the other in the West Club — into walk-in marketplaces. It also will renovate the two existing concession stands in those clubs with ordering kiosks and 'finishing kitchens,' or kitchens that reheat or assemble prepared food.
The renovations will make purchasing food and beverages 'more convenient' for customers, said Doug Straley, project executive with the Sports & Exhibition Authority during a board meeting Thursday. The spaces will each be between 500 and 750 square feet when completed.
The Steelers did not provide a timeline for the project.
🏈 Aaron Rodgers refused to sign a fan's jersey at a golf event, claiming he's a scalper/reseller.
🏈 Jonnu Smith was recently working out in South Florida.
🏈 T.J. Watt and his wife Dani took a spontaneous trip to celebrate three years of marriage.
🏈 At age 77, Steelers legend Mel Blount looks like he still can suit up.
🏈 Jalen Ramsey will wear No. 5 for the Steelers.
🏈 Cam Heyward came in at No. 83 on the annual NFL Top 100 list.
🏈 On this day 40 years ago, Steelers legend Jack Lambert retired.
🏈 NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah is very high on South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers.
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'I've been studying these top college QB's and LaNorris Sellers JUMPS off the screen. His tools are very loud & he's more fundamentally dialed in than I expected. He reminds me of a more explosive Daunte Cullpepper. Big fan!' Jeremiah wrote on X.
🏈 The Pittsburgh Steelers' rookies shared the best advice they've been given.
🏈 Action News 5 Sports Director Doc Holliday sat down exclusively with Memphis Tigers legend and current Steelers wide receiver Calvin Austin III.
They talk about Steelers new quarterback Aaron Rodgers, wide receiver DK Metcalf, Austin's ascension to WR2 in Pittsburgh and his upcoming camp in Memphis.
🏈 Dan Graziano of ESPN compared the Steelers to the Philadelphia Eagles' Dream Team in 2011. Despite the hype, things didn't work out for the Eagles that season, as they went 8-8 and missed the playoffs.
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'The better parallel would be Philadelphia in Andy Reid's last year, when they went out and got all sort of stars… the dream team. Now, we were sitting there in the offseason thinking their roster was better. If the Steelers are going all-in, I just don't know how much they've improved their team this offseason,' Graziano said on First Take.
🏈 Adam Rank of NFL Network thinks the Steelers are going to go 6-11 this season. If Rank is right, it would mark the Pittsburgh's first losing season since 2003, when they went 6-10.
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🏈 Former Exec Reveals Steelers Almost Landed Aaron Rodgers 20 Years Ago
🏈 Steelers' All-Pro Cam Heyward Lands on NFL Top 100 List
🏈 Aaron Rodgers Impresses Steelers Playmakers During Malibu Workout: 'It's Gonna Be Special'
🏈 Insider Claims Steelers Are Done Adding to Roster
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