QB. Ben, Rudolph Dobbs Wish they would keep Devlin instead of Dobbs RB. Conners, Samuel . Snell FB. Nix One of the best players on this team WR. JuJu, Washington, Montcrief, Johnson, Switzer TE. Stiff Arm, Gentry, Grimble Oline, Al, Pouncey, Decastro, Foster, Fieler, Finney, Okafer, Fred Johnson, Zach Banner Defense Line. Tuitt, Heyward, Hargrave, Alua, Buggs, McCullers ILB. Bush, Barron, Williams, Gilbert, Metakavich OLB Watt, Dupree, Skipper, Abynio CB Haden, Nelson, Burns, Hilton, Layne, Sutton Safety. Davis, Edmunds, Kelly, Allen, Dabgerfield K. Bozwell P. Berry LS. Canady This is my 53 man roster Chickillo has to go to keep Skipper and Metakavich is a ST demon.
This looks pretty good. Idk if they cut/trade Rogers though...I think they keep Rogers and try to get Allen on the PS but other then that, Super 53 roster
Tomlin's sideline interview just basically confirmed that UGIII is on the team This team has a lot of young talent at WR and LB
I just saw the original post. Slim to none they only keep 5 WRs...and Slim's on The Bus out of town Too many safeties
And Skipper ain't gonna make it. No apparent special teams value and Chick has pics of someone. Been clamoring for his release for years
Skipper is a sack machine along with Abenjidi. Who would have thought that Toledo was a pass rush factory?
Actually, if I was the Steelers I would trade DuPree and use Andynija and Skipper. DuPree has never lived up to his billing. I just don’t believe DuPeee will ever be better than average. The Toledo gang looks like a pack of hungry wolves and the QB is their prey.
Johnson is a turd he’s PS bound no way you keep Gilbert and Skipper off the roster. They both excelled in ST last night . Skipper wasn’t asked to play much preseason ST so .... Last night was his dress rehearsal. He’s on this team 0ur backup OL suck moose —-
Kozora nails it ......exactly .... I agree 100% with each and every one of his picks. He is spot on. https://steelersdepot.com/2019/08/kozora-steelers-roster-prediction-final-version/ To summarize from the link (although the link is still worth a read as his rationale for the bubble picks is full proof, including practice squad: "Offense (24) Quarterbacks (3) – Ben Roethlisberger, Mason Rudolph, Josh Dobbs Analysis: Devlin Hodges didn’t do enough to bump Dobbs off the roster but I don’t want to forget how good he looked until Thursday night, in large part due to a crummy offensive line and receivers/backs who couldn’t hang onto the football. Rudolph will be your #2. Running Backs (3) – James Conner, Jaylen Samuels, Benny Snell Analysis: Shuttling Trey Edmunds back to the practice squad. Numbers crunch with the LBs impressing as much as they did. Snell embraced special teams enough to make a positive impact there and Edmunds could get called back up when there’s an injury to any part of the roster. Fullbacks (1) – Roosevelt Nix Analysis: Never a doubt. Wide Receivers (6) – JuJu Smith-Schuster, Donte Moncrief, James Washington, Diontae Johnson, Johnny Holton, Ryan Switzer Analysis: I wish me putting Holton on here made my roster feel different but I’m in lockstep with Dave Bryan and Matthew Marczi. Holton offers a different element to the offense, some great special teams value, and this offense thrives when there’s a vertical threat. Not that Holton would play a lot early, though he’ll dress, but if there’s an injury, he can step in to be the new Sammie Coates. Tight Ends (3) – Vance McDonald, Xavier Grimble, Zach Gentry Analysis: Certainly possible the team adds a tight end. If they stay in-house, it’ll definitely be Gentry getting the nod. Offensive Linemen (8) – Maurkice Pouncey, David DeCastro, Ramon Foster, Alejandro Villanueva, Matt Feiler, BJ Finney, Chukwuma Okorafor, Zach Banner Analysis: Final roster spot came down to Fred Johnson versus Tuzar Skipper. Skipper gets onboard. Simply the better player and there are some injuries, though they seem minor, at outside linebacker. Defense (26) Defensive Linemen (6) – Cameron Heyward, Stephon Tuitt, Javon Hargrave, Tyson Alualu, Isaiah Buggs, Daniel McCullers Analysis: Group’s locked in. As secure as any position on this roster. Inside Linebackers (5) – Vince Williams, Mark Barron, Devin Bush, Tyler Matakevich, Ulysees Gilbert III Analysis: Gilbert III seemed to cement himself with the field goal block he recorded against theCarolina Panthers, Athletic with starter traits down the line who can help you out on special teams right now. Outside Linebackers (5) – Bud Dupree, T.J. Watt, Anthony Chickillo, Ola Adeniyi, Tuzar Skipper Analysis: Welcome to the show, Tuzar. He accepted every challenge and answered every question this summer. If that isn’t good enough to crack the lineup, nothing is. He likely will still begin the year inactive, however. But props to him. What a month it’s been for him. Cornerbacks (6) – Joe Haden, Steven Nelson, Mike Hilton, Cameron Sutton, Artie Burns, Justin Layne Analysis: We’ll see what happens to Layne and his injury but for now, I assume he’s healthy enough to avoid IR-to return. He’ll still open the year inactive, injured or not. Safeties (4) – Sean Davis, Terrell Edmunds, Kameron Kelly, Jordan Dangerfield Analysis: Swapping Marcus Allen and bringing back Dangerfield. Since I didn’t keep Trey Edmunds, Danger’s special teams value is important especially with him functioning as the PP on the punt coverage unit. But this could be a fluid spot and there’s still an outside chance they add someone not currently on the roster. Specialists (3) Kicker (1) – Chris Boswell Analysis: Boswell didn’t kick in the finale which tells you his spot is secure. He’ll get his roster bonus. Punter (1) – Jordan Berry Analysis: Ian Berryman made a late push but I don’t think it’s going to be enough. Long Snapper (1) – Kameron Canaday Analysis: Canaday had a good camp and is locked in. Game Day Inactives (7) QB Josh Dobbs WR Diontae Johnson OT Zach Banner DL Isaiah Buggs OLB Tuzar Skipper OLB Ola Adeniyi (injury) CB Justin Layne Practice Squad (11) QB – Devlin Hodges RB – Trey Edmunds WR – Tevin Jones TE – Christian Scotland-Williamson OL – Derwin Gray, Fred Johnson DL – Henry Mondeaux OLB – Sutton Smith ILB – Robert Spillane CB – Dravon Askew-Henry S – Marcus Allen Hodges is still worth keeping around. You don’t cut talented quarterbacks. Edmunds is as safe a bet as any for the practice squad. They like Jones, CSW is exempt, with Gray and Johnson rounding out the offensive line. Mondeaux has been on my list for awhile and Smith flashed enough in the finale to hold onto. For now, at least. Spillane should make it assuming he’s healthy, got dinged in the finale, while Askew-Henry has slot/safety value and Allen did enough late in the process to keep around."
Wow Gid, great work ... as good / close as it gets before perfection ! Also, Christmas came early for us as we kept Ulysses and Tuzar ... thought Fred was supposed to be good so i'll be looking forward to bites commentary as to the reality of the situation.
Is Artie Burnt sitting on a stash of polaroids that Tricky doesn't want the world to see? How does this guy (25) still have a job here?
