A Steelers Depot each day phase. A fast hit of some Pittsburgh Steelers-related tales that won’t require an entire article however nuggets price mentioning and passing on to you guys.
Your Depot After Darkish for June 1.
Tomlin Honors Coach
Mike Tomlin congratulated and helped honor his faculty coach at William & Mary, Jimmy Laycock, throughout Locksley’s Corridor of Fame induction ceremony final month. Tomlin was a part of a pre-recorded presentation that additionally featured Buffalo Payments’ head coach Sean McDermott, who performed with Tomlin below Laycock within the early Nineteen Nineties.
“Hopefully you get pleasure from this night, man,” Tomlin mentioned within the video. “You smile a bit of bit. Perhaps even snicker. I want you nothing however one of the best and one other congratulations.”
Laycock was inducted into The Tribe’s Corridor of Fame after a a number of decades-long stint as the varsity’s head coach. Employed in 1980, Laycock served in that position via the 2018 season, the third-longest teaching streak in D-1 historical past. He completed with a profession 249-194-2 document. Laycock received seven common season convention titles.
Steelers In Mexico
Former Steelers OT Max Starks and present Steelers CB Beanie Bishop Jr. are kicking in Mexico till the workforce will get collectively for subsequent week’s session. The Los Steelers Twitter/X account shared a video of the 2 of them attending a flag soccer clinic/match in Monterrey.
“We’ve been seeing a variety of explosive performs. Lots of trickery…my workforce is up going towards Max’s groups. I made a good selection,” Bishop joked.
Bishop is coming into the spring as Pittsburgh’s beginning slot cornerback and trying to construct upon his rookie yr during which he recorded 4 interceptions, second-most ever by a Steelers’ UDFA in his first yr. Solely Jack Butler had extra, intercepting 5 in 1951.
NFL No Remark
Whereas Aaron Rodgers’ absence drew loads of consideration in Pittsburgh, the opposite nationwide OTA storyline this week resides in New England. Beneath contract in contrast to Rodgers, WR Stefon Diggs missed at the least a part of the Patriots’ voluntary periods. As an alternative, social media video surfaced displaying him partying on a ship with an unknown pink substance in his hand.
Per Professional Soccer Discuss, the NFL declined to remark on the matter. New Patriots’ head coach Mike Vrabel was predictably sad with the information.
“It’s one thing that we’re conscious of, and clearly we need to make nice choices on and off the sector,” he mentioned by way of NBC Sports activities.
League self-discipline for Diggs is unlikely but it surely’s not a great way to endear himself to his new coach. New England signed Diggs to a three-year, $63.6 million deal this offseason, although the workforce would have the ability to get out of the deal after 2025.
