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Kevin Gorman’s Take 5: Steelers sit out second round, chase character with WR, CB

When Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin told receivers coach Darryl Drake to watch video of Diontae Johnson, it didn’t take long for the Toledo wide receiver to show why. Watching Johnson proved Tomlin’s point. But Drake wanted to see Johnson up close and personal. “It was important to me what...
Michigan State CB Justin Layne goes to Steelers in 3rd roundVideo

Five minutes after being drafted, Justin Layne already was switching allegiances. Layne, a Cleveland native and the Pittsburgh Steelers’ second pick of the third round Friday night, was redecorating when he talked with reporters on a conference call moments after being selected. “We’re taking all the Browns stuff down right...
Thomas Jefferson grad Chase Winovich goes to Patriots in 3rd roundVideo

Thomas Jefferson graduate Chase Winovich, a third-team All-American and first-team Big Ten outside linebacker from Michigan, was drafted by the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in the third round (No. 78 overall) on Friday night. The 6-foot-3, 256-pound Winovich started only one full season at Michigan, but was a...
Steelers take Toledo WR Diontae Johnson in 3rd roundVideo

Needing a wide receiver to make up for the loss of All-Pro Antonio Brown, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Toledo wide receiver Diontae Johnson on Friday night with their first pick of the third round. The pick was No. 66 overall in the draft. Johnson, a 5-foot-10, 183-pound receiver who doubled...
Penn State, Woodland Hills RB Miles Sanders goes to Eagles in 2nd round

Running back Miles Sanders, who started only one season at Penn State, became the 17th Woodland Hills graduate to enter the NFL when the Philadelphia Eagles picked him in the second round Friday night. The Eagles chose Sanders with the 53rd overall pick, 10 years after they used the same-numbered...
Blend of football IQ, aggressive play defines Steelers’ top pick Devin Bush

Albert Guzzo, the athletic director at Charles W. Flanagan High School, was standing near his team’s bench during the Florida Class 8A state championship game against Osceola. During a break, the referee approached Guzzo with a question. “Do you have Osceola’s playbook?” he said. Guzzo tried not to be offended...
Mark Madden: Steelers fans can feel good again

It’s a good time to be a Steelers fan. Finally. The disenfranchised can return to the fold. The lapsed can be born again. The Toxic Twins are gone. As your favorite super genius said when Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown first reached prominence, you don’t win with guys like that....
Kevin Gorman: Devin Bush makes no secret of his ‘super loyalty’ to SteelersVideo

The knock on Devin Bush, if there was one, is that he was viewed as undersized at inside linebacker. That was before the 5-foot-11, 225-pounder from Michigan was timed at 4.43 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine. The same once was said of Ryan Shazier, who also...
Here we go Steelers fan draft party

The Pittsburgh Steelers are having a get-together. Fans are invited to the team’s annual Draft Party from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. Steelers Nation Unite Members and season ticket holders will enjoy question and answer sessions in the PNC Champions Club with former Steelers Craig Wolfley and Merril Hoge as...
Steelers top pick Devin Bush shows interesting fashion flair

We all know what Devin Bush will be wearing come September — black and gold. But we weren’t exactly sure what he was wearing on Thursday for the NFL draft when the Pittsburgh Steelers selected him in the first round. He’s set to be introduced to the media at 5...
Steelers GM Kevin Colbert has track record of gambling with 1st-round picks

Kevin Colbert is in his 20th draft with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and in only three of them has he moved up in the first round to select a player the organization coveted. The Steelers general manager did it Thursday night. He dealt the 20th overall selection, plus a second-round pick...
Steelers 1st-round pick Devin Bush gets emotional listening to family

Feeling emotional? If you’re not, you will be shortly. Steelers first-round draft pick Devin Bush listened to a message from family before he was picked with the No. 10 overall selection Thursady night. His mother, father and sisters talked about his childhood, how much he means to them, how proud...
NFL Draft Day 1 recap: What Devin Bush means for Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert worked his magic, trading up for the Broncos’ first-round pick to select Michigan inside linebacker Devin Bush at No. 10 in the NFL Draft. Bush was among the most-coveted linebackers in the draft, and most expected he would not have been available by the...
What national experts are saying about Steelers drafting Devin Bush

I’d give the Steelers an “A-” for their move up into the top 10 to draft Michigan linebacker Devin Bush. It would’ve been an “A” if general manager Kevin Colbert could’ve talked Denver into his own line of schtick that the 66th pick is really a second-round pick and not...
Kevin Gorman: Day 1 of NFL Draft puts premium on playmakers in AFC North

The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t just get their target when they traded up in the NFL Draft to select Michigan inside linebacker Devin Bush in the first round. They made a splash by leapfrogging the Cincinnati Bengals to do it. The AFC North rivals both needed to address that position, but...
Tim Benz: Devin Bush can erase a lot of Steelers’ misfortunes

Devin Bush could become a human eraser for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The inside linebacker is coming to Pittsburgh so he can erase quarterbacks on blitzes, running backs at the line of scrimmage and receivers over the middle. But the 2019 first-round choice out of Michigan could erase so much more:...

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