Category: 2021 Steelers roster

Steelers announce multiple roster moves on Saturday

The Steelers shuffled the roster ahead of Sunday’s game with the Bengals.

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On Saturday the Pittsburgh Steelers announced a handful of roster moves as they prepare to take on the Cincinnati Bengals. The big moves are tight end Eric Ebron and offensive lineman J.C. Hassenauer headed to the Reserve/Injured list.

However, the Steelers made several other roster moves. To relace Hassenauer on the roster, the Steelers have signed swing lineman John Leglue to the 53-man roster.

The Steelers also elevated defensive lineman Daniel Archibong and wide receiver Anthony Miller to the active roster from the practice squad. Both guys will revert back to the practice squad automatically.

To fill Leglue’s spot on the practice squad, Pittsburgh brought back kicker Sam Sloman.

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Steelers promote S Karl Joseph to 53-man roster, sign WR Cody White to active roster

The Steelers announced multiple roster moves on Saturday.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers announced a trio of roster moves on Saturday. With cornerback Cameron Sutton out for Sunday’s game with the Denver Broncos, the Steelers promoted safety Karl Joseph to the 53-man roster for the game.

Pittsburgh also announced they were signing wide receiver Cody White to the 53-man roster and in turn will release guard Rashaad Coward. White could see some action this week against the Denver Broncos with James Washington out.

Joseph is a former first-round pick and starter for the Las Vegas Raiders. He also spent time with the Cleveland Browns. Joseph has 285 total tackles in 63 career games.

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Steelers swap pass rushers on 53-man roster

The Steelers have promoted OLB Derrek Tuszuka to the 53-man roster.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers called up outside linebacker Derrek Tuszka from the practice squad last week less than two days before its game with the Cincinnati Bengals. Tuszuka showed enough on Sunday against Cincinnati that the team has decided to keep Tuszuka on the 53-man roster and waive fellow outside linebacker Jamir Jones.

Mostly likely, if Jones clears waivers, the Steelers will sign him back to the practice squad to replace Tuszuka there. Tuszuka played his college football at North Dakota State University. The second-year pro had two tackles on Sunday as the Steelers continue to deal with injuries at outside linebacker.

Steelers elevate wide receiver, pass rusher from practice squad to active roster

Pittsburgh has promoted two players from their practice squad for this week’s game.

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In response to the rash of injuries on the roster, the Pittsburgh Steelers have made a couple of roster moves ahead of its division showdown with the Cincinnati Bengals.

With wide receiver Diontae Johnson out with a knee injury, Cody White has been elevated to the 53-man roster. Johnson hurt his knee on the final play of last week’s loss to the Las Vegas Raiders and was unable to practice this week.

Edge rusher Derrek Tuszka was also moved from the practice squad to the active roster in response to injuries. The Steelers are set to play without both starting outside linebackers as T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith are both dealing with groin injuries.

Tuszka played his college ball at North Dakota State and was a seventh-round pick of the Denver Broncos in 2020. The Steelers also had the option of moving up newly acquired edge rusher Taco Charlton but opted for a player more familiar with the system. Tuszka should be the team’s third edge rusher behind Melvin Ingram and Jamir Miller and could see a significant workload.

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1 bold prediction for every Steelers positional unit

Let’s make some bold predictions for the upcoming season.

We are just a week away from the start of the NFL regular season. The Pittsburgh Steelers are looking to make people forget about that dreadful playoff loss that ended the 2020 season. Let’s take a look at each positional unit and make one bold prediction for each one.

Steelers trading with Seahawks for CB Ahkello Witherspoon

The Steelers are getting some help in the secondary.

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Despite the first regular-season game just a week away, the Pittsburgh Steelers continue to tweak their roster. According to NFL reporter Ian Rapoport, the Steelers have worked a trade with the Seahawks for cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon.

Witherspoon was the third-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 2017 and started 33 games over four seasons. Witherspoon signed with the Seahawks as a free agent in this offseason but his time with the team was short-lived.

The addition of a Witherspoon gives Pittsburgh a long, rangy boundary cornerback and really offers the secondary some freedom in their sub-package defense. There’s been no official word about the terms of the trade but we will keep you updated.

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Projecting the Steelers Week 1 starting defense vs the Bills

Will this be the starting defense versus the Buffalo Bills?

In just over a week, the Pittsburgh Steelers will take the field against the Buffalo Bills. Free agency and injuries hit the Steelers hard and they could start the season with multiple new starters on defense. Here is our Week One projection for the Steelers starting defense.

Ranking the Steelers defensive positional units after cuts

Which defensive positional unit is on top?

The dust is finally settling on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster and we have a pretty good look at what this roster is going to be at the start of the regular season. Unfortunately for the defense, they will be starting the season without defensive end Stephon Tuitt which moves everyone up on the DL depth chart.

Here is how we ranking the defensive positional units heading into the start of the regular season.