Behind The Steel Curtain

Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images A short-lived stint for the trade deadline acquisition The Pittsburgh Steelers have officially released veteran linebacker Preston Smith, the team announced Friday evening. Preston, 32, was acquired from the Green Bay Packers at the 2024 NFL trade deadline in November in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. He … [Read more...] about Steelers save $13.4 million with release of OLB Preston Smith

Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Welcome back to BTSC’s Friday night open thread: It’s Valentine’s Day, BTSC — and with draft season in full gear following the Super Bowl, it seems appropriate to talk about draft crushes. Who are the prospects you “love” early on in the process, preferably names that aren’t already oversaturated in the … [Read more...] about Friday Night Happy Hour: Valentine’s Day Edition

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The Steelers’ new inside linebacker coach is a Pennsylvania native who has worked with some great linebackers in Dallas. The Steelers have reportedly added their second new coach of 2025, with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gerry Dulac reporting that Pittsburgh has signed former Cowboys linebackers coach Scott McCurley to the staff as the team’s … [Read more...] about Report: Steelers hire new LB coach

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Pittsburgh should have plenty of cap space to do some damage on the open market Hopefully, the dust settles soon on the “wheel of quarterbacks” game in the Steel City so we can get back to what really matters—mock drafts!! Of course, the signal-caller position is the first ball to drop, but in this exercise, let’s say the Steelers re-sign QB … [Read more...] about 1 free agent, 1 trade target and 3 draft picks who could define the Steelers’ 2025 offseason

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The path Philly took to their latest Super Bowl win feels like exactly what the Steelers hoped for in 2024... only they did it better. It’s been just days since the Philadelphia Eagles stunned with a 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, defeating the team that, throughout each of the past three seasons, has felt … [Read more...] about The 2024 Philadelphia Eagles are everything the Pittsburgh Steelers wished they were