Steelers cut roster
Tuesday was the deadline for NFL teams to cut their rosters to 75 players. In order to get down to 75, the Steelers made several roster changes. Frankly, most of the names that were released are players that most Steelers fans are unfamiliar with anyway.
The most well known of the players who was cut was veteran linebacker Andre Frazier. Frazier has been a backup linebacker for the Steelers for many years. He has primarily played special teams, but he has also played as a backup linebacker as well.
Frazier got hurt this summer and was placed on the injured reserve list. However, linebacker is going to be one of the hardest positions to make the team at this year. The Steelers brought back Larry Foote, and then they also drafted 3 rookies who are all challenging the veterans for a roster spots. So backup linebackers like Andre Frazier and Patrick Bailey were going to have a difficult time remaining with the team unless they had an outstanding training camp and preseason. Once Frazier got hurt, his chances of remaining with the team went out the window.
The team also cut fullback Dwayne Wright, guard Adrian Jones, linebacker Brandon Renkart, and cornerback David Pittman.
In another move, rookie offensive lineman Chris Scott was placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform list.
This was the easy cut. None of these players are going to be missed. The next one is going to be much more difficult. I am waiting anxiously to see how the linebacker position shakes out. There are some very difficult decisions that are going to have to be made.
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i like the people who got cuts i just hope redman stay for the 1 year steelers try to get
1Ken Laird 1250 ESPN Radiohad a good article today. Here’s the gist:
Ken Laird’s bubble ins and outs:
IN: Stefan Logan, Tony Hills, Frank Summers, Arnaz Battle, Patrick Bailey, Anthony Madison, Jason Worilds, Thaddeus Gibson OUT: Charlie Batch, Justin Hartwig
PRACTICE SQUAD (Attempted): RB Jonathan Dwyer, WR Tyler Grisham, WR Brandon London, CB Crezdon Butler, DE Sunny Harris, LB Stevenson Sylvester, DE Doug Worthington, TE Eugene Bright
IMHO, Dwyer, Butler, Harris & Stevenson will not make it through waivers. If the Steelers like these players, they will have to be on the roster. Can Hartwig play Guard? If not, he’s gone. I think that Logan & Bailey will be out in favor of the guys above. (I hope they can hang on to Grisham.) Battle makes it because of his ST ability and experience.
The O-line is a question again. Urbik, Hills and Scott are not the answer. Foster, Essex and Legursky are average at best. We have some serious re-building to do there.
2John #21,
3Interesting take. I won’t share my thoughts on this just yet, because I am working on an article to predict the final roster. As I’ve been saying all along, linebacker is going to be a very difficult position to make cuts on. O-line as well. Unfortunately, O-line is the opposite of the linebackers. With the linebackers the team will have to figure out which talented players to cut. With the O-line, they have to figure out which untalented players to keep.