Steelers News: Villanueva, Support, DeCastro
By Kim Myers
The Steelers draft picks have been signed and the offseason workout program is about to wrap up before the long break prior to training camp.
Steelers season never truly ends for Steeler Nation so while the team starts to put in the work to prepare for the 2016 NFL season we’ll be busy looking for mentions of your Black & Gold so we’ve got you covered. Here’s your Steelers Morning Huddle for Tuesday, June 14th.
You can call me Al
Last week Steelers offensive line coach Mike Munchak told us that the left tackle position battle will be sorted out during training camp. After stepping in for the injured Kelvin Beachum last season Alejandro Villanueva is the incumbent left tackle.
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The Steelers signed
from the Denver Broncos this offseason to compete for the starting position.
Teresa Varley has Villanueva’s remarks on how he utilized the offseason workouts to get himself ready for that position battle in training camp.
"“I look at myself as being part of the offensive line. My job right now is not the starting left tackle of the Pittsburgh Steelers. My job is to compete to become one of the five starters for the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line. It’s something I have to work really hard for. Nothing is going to be handed to me. There are great players here. I don’t know who the starting left tackle is. Nobody has been announced.” – Alejandro Villanueva"
Keep in mind that until last season Villanueva hadn’t played a down of football as an offensive tackle. He really did a remarkable job.
Burgh Proud
On Sunday night the Pittsburgh Penguins won their 4th Stanley Cup in franchise history making Pittsburgh once again the City of Champions. Your favorite Pittsburgh Steelers players were rooting right along with the rest of us and shared their excitement when the home team won.
Congratulations to the @penguins, 2016 #StanleyCup Champions. #BurghProud pic.twitter.com/bdHf1Dmwyy
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) June 13, 2016
Another one for the #CityOfChampions. #BurghProud pic.twitter.com/05vi7PC6Bg
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) June 13, 2016
Bring it home @penguins #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/3uOD9Y6Im0
— AB (@AB84) June 13, 2016
City of Champions welcomes another cup to the Trophy Case! Congratulations @penguins! Well done!!! Lets celebrate!!!
— Brett Keisel (@bkeisel99) June 13, 2016
Man I love these @penguins so happy to bring the Stanley Cup back to Pittsburgh where it belongs. Congrats and it was a pleasure watching
— Cam Heyward (@CamHeyward) June 13, 2016
Congratulations @penguins #BurghProud #LetsGoPens
— Mike Mitchell (@iammikemitchell) June 13, 2016
Lord Stanley coming home #StanleyCup #StanleyCupChamps https://t.co/DPgK8yWASe
— Ross Ventrone (@RustyBenson35) June 13, 2016
The city is stoked. Parade on Wednesday and then hopefully again in February.
Who’s up first?
With the Steelers about to head into their summer vacations after the mandatory minicamp wraps up this week there will be contracts to think about. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler thinks that offensive guard David DeCastro will be the first one to land a new deal with the team.
Next: Double dominent tight end set for Steelers?
The Steelers haven’t done any contract extensions yet this season so those with the giant camp numbers like Lawrence Timmons and Ben Roethlisberger remain, for now. It’s unclear whether or not the team will restructure/extend some players before they offer new deals because they don’t really need the cap space.