The Pittsburgh Steelers are now preparing for their first preseason

Mike Tomlin addressed the media prior to the Steelers’ first preseason game Ben Roethlisberger Jersey , and discussed who will, and won’t, be playing Friday night." Latest News2019 Preseason Week 1: Steelers vs. BuccaneersSteelers vs. Buccaneers, Preseason Week 1: Only Ben Roethlisberger ruled out vs. Tampa BayNew,24commentsMike Tomlin addressed the media prior to the Steelers’ first preseason game, and discussed who will, and won’t, be playing Friday night.EDT action of 2019 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday night at Heinz Field. While fans are excited about seeing the Steelers back on the field for the first time since their 2018 Week 17 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, there is a strong chance the team will be a shell of the one you will see when they travel to play the Patriots in Week 1.Head coach Mike Tomlin addressed the media Wednesday to talk about the upcoming game, and in doing so detailed who will, and won’t, be playing on Friday when Bruce Arians and his team come to town.To the surprise of many, the only player who was officially ruled out was quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Instead, it will be Joshua Dobbs to get the start under center Antonio Brown Jersey , with Mason Rudolph following and Devlin Hodges to bring up the final leg of the quarterback team.Last year not only did the Steelers rotate starts between Dobbs and Rudolph, but they also split time in the first half. Dobbs would play the first quarter, Rudolph the second. With this being a highly contested camp battle, these parameters might change on Friday night.Other than that, Tomlin stated no player will be excluded from playing due to injury. However, there is a good chance several starters who have been banged up won’t see the playing field. Some of those would include:Sean Davis (finger)T.J. Watt (hamstring)Maurkice Pouncey (undisclosed)Alejandro Villanueva (shoulder)...and possibly others.In other words, other than Roethlisberger, you will have to tune in Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET to watch the Steelers and Buccaneers kick off to see who is, and isn’t, playing. If you want to see the likes of James Conner, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Vance McDonald, you might want to watch the game early because they likely won’t be on the field long, if at all.Stay tuned to BTSC for more on Tomlin’s press conference, as well as other news surrounding the team heading into Week 1 of the NFL preseason.To see the full Mike Tomlin press conference Greg Lloyd Jersey , see the video below: Last year, receiver Sammy Watkins got to the open market and signed a contract that, in many respects, was better than Odell Beckham’s eventual new deal. Now, Antonio Brown‘s revised deal is better than the contract signed last year by Watkins.Watkins, who was unrestricted and could have gone anywhere, will make $48 million over three years, with $30 million fully guaranteed at signing. Brown, who was under contract for three more years and supposedly had no leverage at all, will make $50.125 million over the next three years, with $30.125 million fully guaranteed. That’s an average from signing of $16.7 million — higher than the value of any receiver deal when assessed as a full-value, moment-of-execution deal. (Beckham’s deal is worth $16.4 millon from signing, but he’s under contract for five more years.)It’s unclear how much of the $50.125 million Brown actually will make. Watkins likely will be released after 2019, but he’ll still exit with $34 million over two years Kevin Greene Jersey , an average of $17 million per year.Brown, if he stays only two years, will earn at least $30.125 million — and he’ll have a shot at the open market at the age of 32 going on 33 (not to be confused with 32 going on 73). Issues like whether he’s likely to stay with the Raiders for all three years along the amount of money he’s expected to earn as a practical matter will become more clear when the final terms surface. For now, though, Brown has a deal that trumps all others under a new-money analysis, and that rises to the top of the stack when considering the value of the contract at signing.Of course, that may not last very long. But, for now, Brown is the king of the receiver hill, again.