Antonio Brown is working out with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday just days after saying not to expect him at voluntary workouts.

Brown is seeking a new contract.

Pittsburgh typically does not renegotiate contracts, but Brown had 129 catches and 1,698 yards last season and is underpaid.

The NFL nearly scheduled the Philadelphia Eagles as the New England Patriots' Week 1 opponent.

The Pittsburgh Steelers were instead scheduled as the only team that will visit the Patriots in 2015 coming off a playoff appearance.

The Eagles have been one of the NFL's most fascinating teams in the offseason.

The New England Patriots will kick off the 2015 season against the Pittsburgh Steelers with a Thursday night opener.

The NFL kicks off the start of their season with the previous season's Super Bowl champ.

Antonio Brown is seeking a new contract from the Pittsburgh Steelers and missed the first day of offseason workouts.

Brown signed a five-year, $42.5 million extension in 2012, which has three years remaining.

Brown led the NFL in catches (129) and receiving yards (1,698) last season.

Brown will turn 27 in July and is due a base salary of $6 million this season.

Ike Taylor has announced his retirement after 12 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

"Other than having my son, playing for the Steelers has been the best experience in my entire lifetime," Taylor told the team's website. "It is rare; in this day of free agency that is super rare to play for one team. For me to have this opportunity says a lot about how they felt about me, what I gave back to the organization.

"I wasn't cut, I wasn't released. It was just my contract was up and it was time to retire. If you want to have pride, well, that is the kind of pride I have, being able to play my contract out."

The Steelers took Taylor in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL draft and he became a full-time starter in 2005. 

Taylor never made a Pro Bowl in Pittsburgh in large part because chronic drops limited him to 17 career interceptions, including the postseason.

Troy Polamalu has decided to retire after a 12-year playing career, he told the Herald-Standard of Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

Polamalu said the decision to walk away from the game ultimately came down to wanting to spend more time with his wife, Theodora, and young sons, Paisios and Ephram.

"Since the end of the season I've had a chance to enjoy my family on a level that I never had before. It was awesome," Polamalu told the newspaper.

"Thank God football has provided me the ability to be able to sit back and see what the options are. But I'll definitely be the best father I can be."

The Steelers had been patient with Polamalu, who turns 34 later this month, hoping he would retire rather than forcing them to release one of the most beloved and unforgettable players in franchise history.

Le'Veon Bell will be suspended for the first three games of the 2015 NFL season for violating the league's Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.

Bell has been officially notified of his punishment and will appeal his suspension.

Bell was sentenced in February to 15 months probation in a first-offender's program stemming from the incident.