NICK EASON RUMORS & GOSSIP

While the 2012 compensatory draft picks will not be announced until the league meetings in March, it is pretty easy to guess that the Steelers at worst will receive two 7th round compensatory draft picks for the loss of unrestricted free agents, tight end Matt Spaeth and defensive tackle Nick Eason, last offseason. Compensatory picks are awarded based on a formula that takes into...

NT Dan Williams is out for the season with a broken left arm. David Carter or Nick Eason will start there.

The Cardinals have come to terms with former Steelers defensive end Nick Eason. He joins the team with a two-year deal. Eason will re-join Ray Horton, who was with the Steelers and is now the Cardinals defensive coordinator. In four seasons with the Steelers Eason had three sacks and 63 combined tackles. With the youth movement on the D-line with Cameron Heyward and first-round...

Defensive linemen Nick Eason had offseason foot surgery, according to CBSSports.com. Eason played in 16 games for the Steelers as a backup this past season, making 16 tackles to go along with two sacks.

Defensive End Nick Eason - Steelers 2011 Free Agent Free Agent Classification: UFA (unrestricted free agent) 2010 Salary Estimation: $755,000 Base - $755,000 Cap Charge Analysis: We continue our breakdown player by player at each Steelers free agents as we head deeper into the offseason and free agency. Next up for analysis is defensive end [...]Steelers 2011 Free Agents Player Analysis...

The Tribune-Review reports that Nick Eason should be back and ready to go next to full strength when training camp opens: Steelers defensive end Nick Eason said he should be close to full strength for training camp after missing the final two weeks of voluntary practices following emergency surgery to remove his appendix and part of his colon. Eason, who lost 28 pounds, is seeking...

The Steelers are expected to re-sign DE Nick Eason today. While Eason is an 8 year veteran player, he did miss 8 games last year and only has 3.5 career sacks.

I guess we’ll never know the real talent of Isaac Redmen, as today the team dumped the RB for Nick Eason, who was dumped last week to bring Redman on the active roster: Isaac Redman’s stay with the Steelers was a short one, Redman was released today after two days and one game on the [...]

Today, the Steelers released Nick Eason in order to make room on the roster for the man we affectionately call Redzone Redman. Which means Redman is now active for tomorrow's game. So maybe now if the Steelers get the ball inside the 10 tomorrow, they'll actually score a touchdown. Wouldn't that be something new and different?Fine work, Tomlin. And good luck Redman!Go...

Today, the Steelers released Nick Eason in order to make room on the roster for the man we affectionately call Redzone Redman. Which means Redman is now active for tomorrow's game. So maybe now if the Steelers get the ball inside the 10 tomorrow, someone besides Big Ben will actually score a touchdown on the ground. Wouldn't that be something new and different?Fine work,...