Steelers News: Boswell, Williams, Bell

The Steelers are officially on summer vacation as the offseason workout program wrapped up and they won’t come back together until reporting to training camp later this month.

Steelers season never really ends for Steeler nation so while the Steelers players get their minds and bodies right to embark on the 2016 regular 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 Sunday, July 3^rd.

The Wizard of Boz

Now that the Steelers have made it official that the kicker of the future is Chris Boswell Jamie Swimmer give us the details on his inspirations and football motivations. Boswell faces the tremendous pressure of having to follow up his first season with the Steelers with more impressive kicks from longer distances.

The Boz explains what he loves about us Steelers fans the most is our dedication and loyalty.

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"“Just how dedicated and loyal they are. They expect perfection, we expect perfection. Just the city of Pittsburgh and sports in general, you have to be successful to have a program here and it carries onto the field.” – Chris Boswell"

Hot takes

NBA free agency has opened up and apparently anybody and everybody is getting Andrew Luck money by the NBA owners. Now us fans are almost always pro-labor except for when it comes to learning how many millions of dollars athletes are making. Then we get all judgy and whatnot.

Steelers DeAngelo Williams is among other players who have voiced their reactions to the contracts that are being signed by NBA players this offseason.

Break out the bubble wrap

Conor Orr suggests the potential divide between Steelers ownership and coaching and running back Le’Veon Bell in regards to his recovery from the MCL and PCL injury. Bell has been working in Miami and plans to show up in Latrobe ready for full participation.

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The Steelers, on the other hand, may have different plans that involve a more protective and cautious start of the training for Bell. The safest bet is to keep Bell from action until it is absolutely necessary. We’ll see how that goes.