Steelers News: Bell, Brown, Mayock

The Steelers players head into the offseason for recovery and the coaches head out to prepare for free agency and the draft.

Steelers season never truly ends for Steeler Nation so while the offseason starts to heat up we’ll be busy looking for mentions of your Black & Gold so we’ve got you covered. Here’s your Steelers Morning Huddle for Thursday, Feb. 25^th.

No guarantees

Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell returned last offseason from a hyperextended knee that kept him out of the Wild Card game against the Ravens in the 2014 playoffs in the best shape anyone can possibly be in. Unfortunately, his knee ran into Vontaze Burfict in early November and he had to have surgery to repair his injured MCL.

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Steelers GM Kevin Colbert told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler

that the team isn’t going to assume that Bell will be ready for the season opener. They aren’t placing any restrictions on his rehab and are letting him return on his own time.

"“We can’t even say he’ll be ready for the regular season because we won’t know that until he goes through the whole process. His health and his ability to return at 100 percent is the most important.” – Kevin Colbert"

Lemme ask you this

Apparently Steelers GM Kevin Colbert is arming himself with one important question to ask cornerbacks he’ll see at the NFL Scouting Combine this week. He’s going to ask, “Can he cover Antonio Brown?”

Which only leads me to wonder why the hell our corners are so bad in the first place if they have to go up against him in practice every day???? I suppose that speaks to how good Brown is but geez; couldn’t they have picked up a thing or two about not giving up a crap-ton of yards?

Also, in the world of Brown and business being booming and all the Twitter rumor-mill is hard at work speculating that Brown might be on the cast of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars soon. Please don’t Antonio. I can’t do that again. I watched for Hines Ward and I haven’t watched a minute of that crap since and I just can’t do it again. Please do a mix tape like Le’Veon instead. I’m sure it would be straight fire.

Tight end in the first round?

Tis the time of year when the NFL Draft nerds shine in the spotlight and anything and everything they say can be met with at least one, “Yeah, I could see that.” NFL.com’s Mike Mayock suggests that with the departure of Heath Miller the idea of drafting a tight end with the 25^th overall pick isn’t out of the question.

Next: Steelers Free Agency: Defensive Line and Linebackers

Mayock suggests Arkansas TE Hunter Henry, even though he’s projected to be a mid-second round pick because “he would fit with what Pittsburgh likes to do.” Yeah, I could see that. Sure.