It was Saturday night around 7:00 pm and my wife and I were out to dinner with some friends. Suddenly, my phone started buzzing out of control. Five messages, then ten. Twenty. Thirty. I pulled the phone from my pocket and took a quick peek. 53 messages from our Steel Curtain Network Slack channel. Something… read more

The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading into the 2024 offseason. With free agency greatly affecting roster construction, it will be followed by the NFL draft in April. For the Steelers, the events of the last week have changed their draft needs multiple times. Now that the NFL combine has come to a close, player pro days… read more

When the Pittsburgh Steelers traded Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers, it wasn’t just a pick swap. Yes, they did move up slightly in the 2024 NFL Draft, but they also acquired cornerback Donte Jackson. With the acquisition of Jackson, who was reportedly going to be released, the Steelers also took on his current contract… read more

“Pressure is what you feel when you don’t know what you’re doing.” (Chuck Noll) It’s a tall order for any NFL team to replace a Hall of Fame quarterback. But this has been the daunting task of the Pittsburgh Steelers ever since Ben Roethlisberger hung up his cleats following the 2021 season. Considering the length… read more

What a week for the Pittsburgh Steelers, especially at the quarterback position. Yes, the Steelers made their largest free-agent signing in franchise history when they added line back to Patrick Queen, but the turnover at the quarterback position just within the last week is unlike anything Steelers fans have seen. When it came to thoughts… read more

The Pittsburgh Steelers are getting ready to kick off the official start of the 2024 league year. With business heating up the last few days, I am ready come make some updates to my numbers for the salary cap availability for the Steelers. While reports came in about the deal, it can sometimes take some… read more

There are times when you cover a team/league when you stop and pause out of shock. Things happen you just can’t believe are happening. Since covering the Pittsburgh Steelers specifically, I can now say I’ve had this happen twice in a 48 hour stint. The first being the team trading Kenny Pickett to the Philadelphia… read more

Saturday evening when the news of the Pittsburgh Steelers trading a conditional 2025 4th Round draft pick to the Chicago Bears for quarterback Justin Fields became public, many were wondering if this was setting up a crazy quarterback competition this summer. Well, if you were ready for Russell Wilson vs. Justin Fields, you might be… read more

The Pittsburgh Steelers entered the weekend with just one quarterback on their depth chart after trading Kenny Pickett to the Philadelphia Eagles. However, Russell Wilson wasn’t the lone quarterback in the organization long after the Steelers completed a trade with the Chicago Bears for Justin Fields. The compensation? A 2025 6th Round pick which could… read more

The new league year now rolls into the weekend! The 2024 NFL league year is now upon us and teams must officially be salary-cap compliant from this moment forward. The legal tampering period kicked off at noon on March 11th, and is when unrestricted free agents were able to begin to negotiate and agree to… read more