Bill Cowher has had many chances to return to coaching in the NFL, but he continues to enjoy broadcasting.

“I’ve been blessed to have had opportunities to come back pretty much every year, but I really, really love working at CBS,” Cowher told Bob Glauber of Newsday. “It starts at the top with Les Moonves and Sean McManus. I’ve been here for nine years. This is like a family. It reminds me a lot of the Pittsburgh Steelers, how that was run. I had the best job in football. I wanted to move on.”

Cowher retired from the Pittsburgh Steelers one year after winning a Super Bowl.

Cowher is still just 58 years old.

“Fifteen years, I was 49 years old, and it was time,” Cowher said. “I’m still part of the game, but I also love the freedom it gives me in the offseason, to be able to travel and do things I never did before as a head coach. I don’t have the [scouting] combine, I don’t have the draft, I don’t have OTAs, I don’t have training camp. I start up next month.

“In the meantime, I’ve been able to spend a lot of time with my children, a lot of time personally traveling and it’s a great lifestyle that I wouldn’t have if I was coaching.”

The Steelers have signed free-agent quarterback Michael Vick to a one-year deal, the team announced Tuesday.

Vick met with the Steelers earlier in the day, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and Josina Anderson, as the team was in the market for a backup to Ben Roethlisberger after Bruce Gradkowski dislocated a finger in his left hand during last week's preseason game against the Packers.

Michael Vick will meet with the Pittsburgh Steelers following an injury to Bruce Gradkowski.

Gradkowski is having surgery Tuesday and is expected to miss three to four weeks.

Landry Jones is the only other full-time quarterback on the Steelers' roster behind Ben Roethlisberger.

Discussions about Vick began when Mike Tomlin and several Steelers players attended the Hampton Roads Youth Football camp in July in Virginia.

Vick spent last season with the New York Jets.

Maurkice Pouncey will likely need to undergo surgery on his injured left ankle.

Ha Ha Clinton-Dix rolled into Pouncey's leg on a first-quarter running play, forcing the Pro Bowl center to leave the game on a cart. He was examined on the sideline before being taken to the locker room for X-rays.

"He does bring a different vibe when he's in there," guard Ramon Foster said. "I think everybody can agree with that. But we'll see what happens."

Pouncey has been hurt in two of the past three seasons, missing 15 games with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in 2013. 

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Antonio Brown plan to discuss an extension.

"Holdouts never go well," Brown said at the time. "Just look at history. It always ends badly. It wouldn't be the best decision."

Brown signed a six-year, $43 million contract in 2012. Since that time, he's been one of the top wideouts in the NFL. He is scheduled to make $6 million in 2015 with $8.25 million and $8.71 million coming in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

The Steelers have signed veteran kicker Garrett Hartley to replace injured Shaun Suisham, agent Erik Burkhardt confirmed Tuesday.

The Steelers signed Hartley, a career 81.7 percent kicker in seven NFL seasons, to a one-year deal, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Caplan. Hartley spent six seasons with the Saints and a two-game stint with Cleveland, where he went 3-for-3 last year.

Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham suffered a torn ACL in Sunday's preseason game against the Vikings, according to multiple reports.

Suisham will undergo surgery on his left knee this week and is likely to be placed on injured reserve, ending his season, according to the reports.

Ben Roethlisberger believes Markus Wheaton could be the Pittsburgh Steelers' "breakout player of the year."

"I want that. I want him to have that pressure," Roethlisberger told SiriusXM NFL Radio, "because ... when we're in two-wide receivers he's our No. 2 and we're asking him to play outside. When we go three wide receivers, we ask him to move inside. So he's playing multiple positions.

"I think he's doing an amazing job of it. He's such a good kid, hard worker and he wants to be great wherever he plays."

The Philadelphia Eagles have traded Brandon Boykin to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a conditional fifth round pick in 2016.

The Steelers need depth at cornerback.

The starting slot corner is in the final year of his contract and will make $1.54 million this season. Boykin was the Eagles' best cornerback in 2014 and rated No. 21 overall by Pro Football Focus.