The Steelers became the latest team to officially get their roster down to 53 players on Tuesday. More shuffling can be expected in the days to come, but the initial 53 is set. Here’s who didn’t make the cut:
Waived:
- RB Jaylen Samuels
- RB Trey Edmunds
- WR Cody White
- OL Rashaad Coward
- OL B.J. Finney
- OL Chaz Green
- OL John Leglue
- TE Kevin Rader
- LB Cassius Marsh
- LB Quincy Roche
- DB Mark Gilbert
- DB Arthur Maulet
- DB Donovan Stiner
Placed on season-ending IR:
- QB Joshua Dobbs
Some of these names will certainly be familiar, including Samuels. The 2018 fifth-round pick from N.C. State received a lot of run in his first two years as a hybrid player, and got 113 touches in 2019. He fell out of favor last year, playing sparingly and only getting 18 touches. With the team drafting Najee Harris in the first-round, there was no longer any need for him.
Finney was with the Steelers from 2015-19, and started at least two games in four straight years from 2016-19. But he wasn’t able to crack the 53-man roster in his return after spending last year with the Seahawks and Bengals. Notably, former first-round quarterback Dwayne Haskins has made the initial 53-man roster behind Ben Roethlisberger and Mason Rudolph. Dobbs will spend the whole year on IR after getting hurt in the preseason finale.
That’s nice work by Dobbs.
When you are going to get cut after the final game, always better to get hurt during it.
One of the former players who appears on 93.7 the Fan (either Moats or Dickerson) talked about how many guys in training camp would realize after the third game that they were going to get cut and suddenly their backs would start hurting because it was the hardest injury to disprove.
Kept 8 DL for now. Gotta figure that means Tuitt isn’t playing week 1 (at least) and/or someone will go for a waiver wire addition.
Only 4 CBs…. with an unproven Pierre and an aging Haden. This will interesting to see.
Hope at least one if not both Marsh and Roche are able to be stashed on the practice squad but clearly Jamir Jones earned the last OLB roster spot.