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It was July 26, 2022, and the Steelers were in a place that managed to be both completely familiar and totally unfamiliar at the same time. They were back at Saint Vincent College for the opening day of training camp for the 54th summer after being away for the previous two because of Covid-19, but for the first time of the Mike Tomlin era the top line on their quarterback depth chart was going to contain a name other than “Ben Roethlisberger.” After four perfunctory housekeeping questions on that July afternoon, the media got right to it at Tomlin’s introductory news conference. “I understand that’s the elephant in the room. We’re not going to micromanage or over-manage this quarterback competition,” said Tomlin. “The depth chart will not rest on every throw.…

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It was just a little over a week after the season ended when quarterback Kenny Pickett walked into the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex and headed back to the locker room. I While many of his teammates were nowhere to be found, Pickett was coming into the building to get a workout in, a workout he thought was going to wait for a month or so, but he was already getting antsy from inactivity. “I was planning on taking a lot more time off, but I’ve never taken a lot of time off,” said Pickett. “I took a couple of days off, and I wasn’t acting myself, and my fiancée, Amy, said, ‘You got to get back to training.’ I’m just happy doing this. I genuinely like doing it. I genuinely like being…

It’s a massive class of 19 Steelers whose contracts have expired and who face the prospect of free agency when the period officially begins on March 15 at 4 p.m. By the same token, there really aren’t a lot of “must (re-)signs” for the Steelers. Of course, there are some. Here’s my top 10: 1. CAM SUTTON, CB: The starting right cornerback was third on the defense with 931 snaps and, appropriately, third on the team in interceptions with three. The Steelers finished tied for the NFL lead with 20 interceptions and would’ve won that title outright – and perhaps even made the playoffs – had Sutton held onto at least one of those he dropped. Normally sure-handed, Sutton is a team leader who just turned 28. He’s in his prime and should…

From the notebook of a sportswriter who – in spite of the loss by the Eagles in the Super Bowl – is excited to see if the Steelers can draft like them for a spell: • For a spell? Is this the 1950s? Sorry, but I get freaked out trying to discern between “a while” and “awhile.” • So, I went with “for a spell.” • It was a spell of time during which Andy Weidl helped build the Eagles. But for the past year he’s been the Steelers’ assistant to the general manager. • Wait. That’s assistant general manager. • Sorry to those who don’t watch “The Office” and get my regional manager jokes. • Anyway, Art Rooney II mentioned Weidl while answering a question about how first-year general manager Omar Khan might do things…

Like geese migrating south for the winter, so too do offensive linemen need to move in formation. If one goose gets out of formation, it affects the aerodynamics for the rest. For offensive linemen, if one player misses his assignment, it can often look like the entire group messed up. And when that happens, the offense fails. As the 2022 season progressed, the Steelers’ offensive line performed like a skein, staying perfectly in formation time and again. And they can attribute that ability to stay on the same page to the continuity they had during the 2022 season along with the camaraderie they built from countless hours spent together both on and off the clock. “It’s a lot tighter group, a lot closer,” second-year left tackle Dan Moore Jr. said. “It just feels…