The time between mandatory minicamp and the start of training camp is usually a vacuum when it comes to NFL news. Most of the free agents have been signed and there’s no bombshell reports. But that was very different last Thursday, when the Steelers announced that they release ProBowl G David DeCastro, who still had a year left on his contract. At the time, there was speculation about a nagging ankle issue but no one was really sure what happened.
The following day we found out. DeCastro, texting with Joe Starkey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, revealed that he has ongoing issue with his ankle and will require another surgery to deal with some bone spurs.