Harrison to meet with NFL on Thursday


By Gerry Dulac

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

PITTSBURGH

Steelers linebacker James Harrison has been informed that his meeting with NFL investigators is 11 a.m. Thursday at the Steelers practice facility, the Post Gazette has learned.

The date meets the requirement the league sent out last week that Harrison and two other players — Green Bay Packers linebackers Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers — must submit to interviews by Aug. 25 or face possible indefinite suspension. Harrison, Matthews and Peppers were among five players who were linked to performance enhancing drugs in an Al Jazeera America documentary last December.

Even though the source for the report later recanted his story, the NFL decided to investigate the matter.

Harrison’s interview will take place shortly before the Steelers leave for their preseason game Friday night in New Orleans.

STEELERS SIGN WILLIAMS

Linebacker Vince Williams signed a three-year contract Tuesday with the Steelers that will keep him in Pittsburgh through the 2018 season.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Williams, a 2013 sixth-round pick out of Florida State, is one of the Steelers’ top reserve inside linebackers. He has played in 47 career games, making 13 starts. He has 85 tackles, a half-sack and two fumble recoveries on defense. On special teams, Williams, 26, has 26 tackles and one fumble recovery.