Top 5 Steelers free agents to sign in the offseason

Here are our priority in-house Steelers free agents.

We don’t expect the Pittsburgh Steelers to focus heavily on in-house free agents this offseason. The team is in need of a reset and this means the front office could turn over a significant portion of the roster. But here are the five in-house free agents the Steelers should prioritize.

Looking at the big causes for the Steelers awful start

Why are the Steelers so bad? That isn’t an easy question to answer with so many potential causes.

Right now, the Pittsburgh Steelers fanbase has turned on the team. Two close wins and two blowout losses have raised many doubts as to the real potential of this team. But what is the cause? The answer to that question depends on who you ask. The reality is there isn’t one singular reason this group is playing so poorly. Let’s take a look at the four big arguments for why this team is so bad and you might realize the answer is probably all of the above.

Who will be the Steelers hot hand in Week 8?

Who will be the top dawg this week for the Steelers: Claypool, Conner, JuJu, Washington, Diontae?

Round and round it goes. Where it stops, nobody knows.

That’s the schematic beauty of the Steelers 2020 offense. With so many offensive weapons and assorted plays from week-to-week, defenses are rattled.

As the saying goes, “Always go with the hot hand.” Tomlin has said it a million times. But Pittsburgh hasn’t had the variety of weapons it does in 2020 and so it’s changed from week-to-week. The first week, it was JuJu. The second week, it was Diontae Johnson. Versus Houston, it was James Conner. In Weeks 5 and 6, it was Chase. Johnson stepped up again in Week 7 after the Titans shut down Claypool.

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is right, it’s hot in the AFC North kitchen — temperatures are going to be flaring today.

Who do you think will be the hot hand today?

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Steelers sign WR Cody White to practice squad

The Steelers bolstered their practice squad depth at wide receiver on Thursday.

Per the Pittsburgh Steelers, wide receiver Cody White was signed to their practice squad on Thursday. The team brought him in for a visit on Tuesday and must’ve liked what transpired.

We all know that Big Ben loves him some big receivers, and White fits the bill. The Kansas City Chiefs initially signed the 6-3 Michigan State product as an undrafted free agent after the 2020 NFL draft. White also spent time on the offseason rosters of the New York Giants and was most recently with the Denver Broncos.

White has football in his blood. His father, Sheldon White, was a cornerback for the New York Giants, Detroit Lions, and Cincinnati Bengals from 1988 to 1993. As a Lion, the elder White had an interception returned for a touchdown in 1991, which was — believe it or not — the last season Detroit won a postseason game.

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