Daily News & Links: Steelers Least-Improved Team in AFC, Cousins Skips OTAs in Atlanta
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🏈 ESPN tabbed the Steelers as the least-improved team in the AFC.
🏈 T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith and Nick Herbig were ranked among the best edge defenders in the NFL by Pro Football Focus.
🏈 Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins was not in attendance for the team’s voluntary OTAs on Tuesday.
🏈 Terry Bradshaw slammed Aaron Rodgers as the Steelers wait on the QB’s decision.
🏈 Jeremy Fowler of ESPN believes Kirk Cousins is on the Steelers radar.
“I had some conversations with people this week that led me to believe that Cousins is, at the very least, on the Steelers’ radar if something were to fall through on Rodgers,” Fowler said. “Cousins has $37.5 million in guarantees between this year and next year. Somebody’s on the hook for that money, whether it’s $4 million, $20 million, whatever it is. But the feeling around the league is that Atlanta has not been willing to budge on this. They haven’t shown a lot of interest in trading Cousins. It would take a hefty price tag for another team to wiggle that out.”
🏈 The NFLPA released a clip of Kaleb Johnson at the Rookie Premiere.
🏈 Colin Cowherd of FS1 thinks Aaron Rodgers doesn’t believe the Steelers are a good fit.
“The Steelers are a shaky fit, and Aaron knows it,” Cowherd said on The Herd. “He doesn’t wanna offend Mike Tomlin. It may be, if he wants to play, his best spot. But they can’t figure out offense. I’ve gone over this a million times. They’re tone deaf to offense. I think they’re now making moves just to make moves. I just think Aaron is too smart to think the Steelers are a good fit.”
🏈 Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com believes Omar Khan is not a top 10 general manager in the NFL.
“The quarterback position obviously is a huge negative, and so he pays for that. If it wasn’t for the quarterback, if he had traded for Geno Smith a couple of years ago or something. If they had fixed the quarterback position to an above-average level a couple of years ago, he’d probably be in my top 10, but that’s a pretty big knock on the team,” Rosenthal said on his podcast NFL Daily.
🏈 Former Steelers outside linebacker Greg Lloyd celebrated his 60th birthday on Monday.
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🏈 Mason Rudolph Controlling What He Can Control Amid Steelers Wait on Aaron Rodgers: ‘Nothing New to Me’
🏈 Steelers Practice Report: What We Learned from First Day at OTAs
🏈 Steelers OT Troy Fautanu Knows Pressure Is On After Freak Knee Injury Ruined Rookie Year
🏈 Patrick Queen Optimistic About Steelers Defensive Changes
🏈 Cameron Heyward Doesn’t Feel Need to Recruit Aaron Rodgers: ‘Train Keeps Moving’
🏈 Schefter: Amazing Steelers at Mercy of Aaron Rodgers
🏈 Calvin Austin III Has No Clue if Contract Extension is Coming
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