Gaven Fiene

Father of two. Steelers!

[Gaven Fiene @GavenFiene]

@KevinAdams26 You’re such a pussy

[Chris Cooper @ChrisCooper_NFL]

T.J. Watt’s football IQ on full display. 🧠🎥

[Steelers Depot 7⃣ @Steelersdepot]

Just so everyone is aware:

Christian Gonzalez fully guaranteed is $53,928,482
Devon Witherspoon fully guaranteed is $59,005,702

The rest of the guaranteed money in both deals, totaling over $100M in each case, is reportedly related to injury guarantees.

Both players, before signing, were already working off of fully guaranteed fifth-year options in 2027 along with fully guaranteed salaries in 2026.

For example, Gonzalez was already scheduled to earn a fully guaranteed amount of $20,928,482 through 2027 as part of a 2026 base salary and a roster bonus and another $18,119,000 in 2027 as part of fifth-year option being exercised before signing his new deal. With the $33 million signing bonus he was given, he is now set to earn a fully guaranteed amount of $53,928,482 through 2027. He was essentially fully guaranteed another $33 million to sign his deal as he already had $20,928,482 fully guaranteed via his rookie contract and fifth-year option being picked up.

Make sure you understand the differences between the Witherspoon and Gonzalez situations as former first rounders if you are going to try to compare to JPJ's situation. Not sure how much clearer I can make all this. #Steelers #NFL

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 WOW! Joe Rogan reveals President Trump IMMEDIATELY offered him FDA approval for a psychedelic treatment in a text chain

Because the data was SO CONVINCING and STUNNING

"I wanna tell everybody how this happened. I send President Trump some information."

"With one dose of Ibogaine, more than 80% of people are free of that addiction. With two doses, it's more than 90%. I sent him that information."

"The text message came back, sounds great. Do you want FDA approval? Let's do it. It was literally that quick!"

"For 56 years, we've lived under those terrible conditions. We're free of that now."

"We're free of that now, thanks to all these people that you see next to me, and thanks to President Trump!" — @joerogan

[Gaven Fiene @GavenFiene]

@ribzoftiktok @stoolpresidente @onebite

[Gaven Fiene @GavenFiene]

@ToneDigz all time tweet

[Tone Digs @ToneDigz]

Dads, I don’t know if it’s ready, but after 5 long months of no Z-Turn. This is how my grass is looking at me.

[Gaven Fiene @GavenFiene]

@paulsaladinomd @paulsaladinomd what is the wrapper made of?

[Matthew Berry @MatthewBerryTMR]

I was actually at Kobe's 81 point game & this is very accurate. #mambaforever

[Jacob @Jacobtheclipper]

“Kobe’s 81 point game, he was stat padding too” -Clueless Gen Z fans

I won’t let y’all tarnish Kobe’s legacy and try to REWRITE history. I went back and watched Kobe’s 81 point game.

It was a competitive comeback. The Lakers were down the WHOLE game and ONLY took the lead with barely any time left in the 3rd. The Raptors even cut it to 9 with 5 minutes left in the 4th! they needed every point of Kobe’s to win that game.

Compare that to Bam’s 83 point game: it was a blowout for nearly the ENTIRE second half. Then, to add insult to injury, they fouled the Wizards at the end to extend time for Bam to stat pad. If they tried that with Kobe, he’d have reached 100! But Kobe would never allow such a cheap game plan. Shame on Spoelstra for okaying that ✌️

[Gaven Fiene @GavenFiene]

@RapSheet

[Steelers Depot 7⃣ @Steelersdepot]

Allow me to walk you through all of these numbers from Rapsheet that make this sound like a bigger deal than it is.

Heyward was originally scheduled to earn $14.25M in 2026 with $1.3M being base salary and $12.95M being a mid March roster bonus.

The Steelers added on one additional year, 2027. They also added $18M in "new money". $2M of that new $18M goes to Heyward in 2026. That new $2M is being combined with the $12.95M roster bonus and then converted into a signing bonus and prorated over 2026 and 2027, the new year. Heyward's $1.3M base salary for 2026 is also now fully guaranteed.

$1.3M + $12.95M + $2M = $16.25M, which Rapsheet appropriately calls "fully guaranteed".

So, Heyward goes from earning $14.25M in 2026 to a total of $16.25M in 2026.

What about the rest of the new money? The $16M? That is the total of the money that Heyward can earn in 2027, assuming he plays. It is likely broken down as a $1.345M base salary and a $14.655M roster bonus in March of 2027.

None of that $16M in 2027 should be fully guaranteed.

The new money avg of $18M APY that Rapsheet references is true. As Heyward got one new year and $18M in new money, technically.

So, $14.25M (old money) + $18M (new money) = $32.25M total value.

Everyone straight now?

#Steelers #NFL

[Dalvinthetruth @dalvinthetruth]

jb got no filter dawg😭😭😭😭😭

[Mark Kaboly @MarkKaboly]

Hmmmmm

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

Holy Sh*t: Hall of Fame RB Eric Dickerson goes OFF on the NFL for naming Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime performer.

"Why couldn't we get someone from home. Puerto Rico is not America. The NFL is one of the most corrupt organizations."

😬😬😬

[Gaven Fiene @GavenFiene]

@EmmanuelAcho come on

[Josh Carney @ByJoshCarney]

Alejandro Villanueva? The guy that was a defensive lineman for the Eagles?

Who didn’t switch to OT until moving to Pittsburgh and working under Mike Munchak?

That Alejandro Villanueva?

[Gaven Fiene @GavenFiene]

@LeVeonBell the funnest RB to ever watch play

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

“DAD, HOW GOOD WAS LE’VEON BELL
IN HIS PRIME ON THE #STEELERS…?”

One of the five most special running backs in his prime:
https://t.co/xyCY3u4RPw

[Mason Rudolph @Rudolph2Mason]

William & Mary’s finest. Nineteen seasons, 200 wins, two Super Bowl appearances and a Lombardi trophy at age 36.  A gold jacket career by any measure.

Despite coaching thousands of players — you made time for real conversations with all of us. You cared enough to ask about our parents, grandparents, girlfriends, wives, and so many more. Practice squad, or starter, it never mattered to you.

You drafted me, taught me, challenged me, stayed patient with me, celebrated with me, and most importantly, you kept the same positive energy, win or lose, and never blinked.  You were the unwavering rock for our team and it was a privilege to call you my head coach for seven seasons.  

I will miss our constant banter, your witty one-liners, and the Denzel Washington-like swagger you carried on Sundays.
To the biggest, baddest, most boisterous personality I will likely ever know—Thank you, Mike T.

[Gaven Fiene @GavenFiene]

@BuckSexton @Realrclark25

[Mark Kaboly @MarkKaboly]

KABOLY: This is more than just a job for Mike McCarthy, and that should excite everybody

Mark Kaboly / Steelers Correspondent
For The @PatMcAfeeShow

PITTSBURGH — Some things you can’t fake, and Mike McCarthy can now attest to that.

McCarthy's inability to get through the second sentence of his introductory news conference without his voice cracking, due to the overwhelming emotions triggered by the realization that he was now the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, was something as real as you are going to see in this business.

Now, did it win over the overwhelmingly unhappy fan base that wanted to see a younger coach with new ideas and who would be willing to overhaul the stagnant culture of a once-proud organization?

No, but he sure made a dent in those naysayers, not because he is from Pittsburgh or even that he was once a bouncer at the defunct Station Square night club Chaunceys, but because of his investment he has with this region and this team.

Mike McCarthy is personally invested, not just professionally, and yes, there is a difference … a big difference.

Being the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers isn’t a job; it’s a passion that a guy who grew up less than 10 minutes away from old Three Rivers Stadium can’t accept failure.

And if nothing else, that should provide hope that the Steelers got the right man to lead their franchise for the next five, 15, 19, or 23 years.

“Oftentimes, coaches and players, you put on new team colors, and it takes a minute to feel comfortable in those new colors,” McCarthy read from a prepared opening statement, but only after getting his emotions in check. “But to be blessed beyond any measure one day to put on the colors you wore since you brought home, when you came home from Mercy Hospital …”

McCarthy lost his composure again and started to have some disconnect between his brain and his mouth, but the point was taken.

McCarthy is going to do everything in his power to bring a seventh Lombardi Trophy back to the City of Pittsburgh. You aren’t going to get a coach mailing it in as retirement age approaches for most of us because it’s not just a job for him; it’s a passion and a privilege to coach the Steelers.

And a dream.

Owner Art Rooney II recently said he was “not worried about winning the initial press conference,” and you have to believe he was telling the truth.

But it didn’t hurt to go out there and kill it … and make no mistake about it, Mike McCarthy killed it.

Nearly 20 family members were front row at the Champions Club inside Acrisure Stadium watch ‘Greenfield Mike’ finally realize his dream, and it was something that resonated with not only his family, but with surely more than a handful of fans waiting to torch the hiring from the outset.

“Whew, I've received probably twice as many, at least, text messages and calls as I did when we won the Super Bowl. It's just been overwhelming,” McCarthy said.

You could easily tell that the Steelers picked the right guy just hearing McCarthy talk ball for a half hour. No wonder Rooney II, Omar Khan, and Danny Rooney cut the interview process short and went with McCarthy over Brian Flores and Anthony Weaver.

There was just something about McCarthy’s passion that seemed to have been missing with the Steelers for a couple of years now, and that’s nothing against Mike Tomlin.

Of course, it didn’t seem like that at the time, but when you hear a different voice, I can now understand the meaning behind the thought process of Tomlin’s message getting stale after 19 years on the job.

“I won't say it was an easy decision, but I would say at the end of the day it was an obvious decision for us that Mike was the guy for the job,” Rooney II said.

There is something to being a Pittsburgh guy returning to Pittsburgh.

You see it from transplanted Pittsburghers all over the country, with their Terrible Towels waving and always being proud to be a Pittsburgher.

A lot of times, we use that as a butt of a joke, but it’s real, and McCarthy exudes that more than most.

Hollywood actor Joe Manganiello, a 1995 Mt. Lebanon graduate who recently moved back to the area, tweeted: “There’s nothing like coming back to the city you love … welcome back, Coach Mike.”

Big Mike knows.

Big Mike also knows the expectations associated with being the Steelers' head coach.

He’s not a dummy. He knows what he’s walking into and what’s expected of him and is well aware of the skepticism that surrounds Rooney hiring “another guy with Pittsburgh ties.”

On this day, it mattered not.

“My heart is full, my focus is singular,” McCarthy said as his 84- and 87-year-old parents watched mere feet away. “It's time to bring another championship back to this great city. With that, I just want to make sure that when we do get that seventh trophy, in the case that we start that victory parade at 1137 Greenfield Avenue (address growing up).”

Now, there is a lot that needs to happen before we get there, and we all can acknowledge that, even if McCarthy noted a couple of times that he wasn’t left with an empty cupboard.

The Steelers are just one of five teams that won at least 10 games over the past three seasons and are coming off a division title, but you can also see that they are far away from competing with the teams that played over the weekend in the conference championship games.

First and foremost, McCarthy has to find a quarterback to help them win now (Rooney has made that clear over the past week) and also find the quarterback of the future so that the revolving door of five starting quarterbacks over the past five years is no longer an issue moving forward.

Right now, Will Howard and Mason Rudolph are the only quarterbacks on the roster. The organization is open to bringing back Aaron Rodgers for a last go-around with his former coach of 13 seasons in Green Bay.

“I'd say, look, with everybody we talked to, the conversation of developing the next young quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers was part of it,” Khan said. “I think Mike's resumé speaks for itself, who he's been around. But we're excited about working with Will, and that was a part of it.”

Then he has to figure out the wide receiver room, the left side of the offensive line, the underachieving defense, and the suspect backend of the defense, so it’s the shine of the Black and Gold hometown boy is going to rub off quickly.

It’s a result-oriented business, and everybody knows that.

Sure, the Steelers will give McCarthy more of a leash than any other team to allow their head coach to succeed, and after seeing how much this means to a coach who has already accomplished so much over his career, how can’t you feel like he’s going to get the Steelers back to winning playoff games or even more?

Who cares if he is from Greenfield?

Who cares if the Steelers interviewed only two other candidates in person?

Who cares if his playoff record in Dallas wasn’t good?

Who cares if he is 62?

The moment he opened his mouth on Tuesday, you knew he was the right guy for the job, and that’s all that should matter right now.

“This city, this franchise, and this fan base mean the world to me – because Pittsburgh is my world,” McCarthy said.

Now, get to work.

Graphic by @DerekMurphy32 (DBone)

[Shawne Merriman @shawnemerriman]

I have a Pro Bowl helmet that I walk by almost everyday. It’s signed by some of the best players in the history of the NFL, legends, HOF’ers and real GOAT’s. The Pro Bowl use to be a badge of honor and respected. Things have changed

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨 This woman nails it while Legacy media ignores it.

“Did you guys hear about the illegal immigrant that was arrested in Georgia yesterday for brutally raping an 11-year-old girl at knifepoint and forcing her ten year old little sister to watch after breaking into their bedroom?

Hmm, probably not, because you dumbasses have been so stuck on the five year old that was supposedly detained by ICE that with a 30 second Google search, you would have figured out that his dad actually ran and abandoned him and ICE wasn't going to leave a five-year-old by himself.

You guys are so clinically stupid it hurts.”