80 -> 53 by Saturday

[ricardisimo]

Most of these decisions are cake to predict, but the last four or five are kind of coin tosses. I'm "cutting" Lefty to IR, and predicting 3TEs (Saunders) instead of six WRs (Battle) I'm also going out on a limb that Cortez Allen gets the nod over guys like McClendon, which is probably unwise, but otherwise this year's draft starts looking really pathetic:

# Name Pos. Age Exp.
64 Legursky, Doug C 25 3
53 Pouncey, Maurkice C/G 22 2
28 Butler, Crezdon CB 24 2
23 Lewis, Keenan CB 25 3
22 Gay, William CB 26 5
20 McFadden, Bryant CB 29 7
24 Taylor, Ike CB 31 9
39 Allen, Cortez DB 22 R
40 Brown, Curtis DB 22 R
96 Hood, Ziggy DE 24 3
99 Keisel, Brett DE 32 10
91 Smith, Aaron DE 35 13
95 Heyward, Cameron DE 22 R
29 Mundy, Ryan FS 26 3
25 Clark, Ryan FS 31 10
79 Essex, Trai G 28 7
68 Kemoeatu, Chris G 28 7
55 Sylvester, Stevenson ILB 23 2
51 Farrior, James ILB 36 15
6 Suisham, Shaun K 29 7
94 Timmons, Lawrence LB 25 5
50 Foote, Larry LB 31 10
60 Warren, Greg LS 29 7
76 Hoke, Chris NT 35 10
98 Hampton, Casey NT 33 11
97 Worilds, Jason OLB 23 2
56 Woodley, LaMarr OLB 26 5
92 Harrison, James OLB 33 8
61 Scott, Chris OT 24 2
9 Sepulveda, Dan P 27 4
10 Dixon, Dennis QB 26 4
7 Roethlisberger, Ben QB 29 8
16 Batch, Charlie QB 36 14
27 Dwyer, Jonathan RB 22 2
33 Redman, Isaac RB 26 3
34 Mendenhall, Rashard RB 24 4
21 Moore, Mewelde RB 29 8
26 Allen, Will S 29 8
54 Carter, Chris LB 22 R
43 Polamalu, Troy SS 30 9
73 Foster, Ramon T 25 3
66 Hills, Tony T 26 4
74 Colon, Willie T 28 5
72 Scott, Jonathan T 28 5
65 Gilbert, Marcus T 23 R
85 Johnson, David TE 24 3
83 Miller, Heath TE 28 7
44 Saunders, Wesyle TE 22 R
84 Brown, Antonio WR 23 2
88 Sanders, Emmanuel WR 24 2
17 Wallace, Mike WR 25 3
82 Cotchery, Jerricho WR 29 8
86 Ward, Hines WR 35 14

*** IR ***

4 Leftwich, Byron QB 31 9

*** Cuts ***

54 Miller, Colin C 23 R
30 Warren, Donovan CB 22 1
31 Harris, Macho DB 25 3
71 Bryant, Corbin DE 23 R
61 Crittenton, Jarrett DE 23 R
69 McLendon, Steve DT 25 2
72 Malecki, John G 23 1
62 Williams, Keith G 23 R
5 Waters, Swayze K 24 1
48 Ivy, Mortty LB 25 1
46 McCoy, Chris LB 24 1
47 Atkins, Baraka LB 26 4
44 Harvey, Mario LB 24 R
35 Greenwood, Brett S 23 R
67 Jolly, Kyle OT 24 1
55 Turner, Trevis OT 24 R
13 Kapinos, Jeremy P 27 4
41 Johnson, James RB 26 2
38 Clay, John RB 23 R
42 Cromartie-Smith, Da'Mon S 24 1
45 McCoy, Jamie TE 24 1
89 Gilmore, John TE 31 10
19 Grisham, Tyler WR 24 1
15 Lyons, Wes WR 23 1
81 Battle, Arnaz WR 31 9
14 Robinson, Armand WR 23 R

[ETL]

Brent Greewood and Cortez Allen make the team?

I see 2 out of these 4 make it instead of them:

McClendon
Chris Carter
Warren
Battle

[MACH1]

SWEEEEEEED.

:chuckle:

[ricardisimo]

Brent Greewood and Cortez Allen make the team?

I see 2 out of these 4 make it instead of them:

McClendon
Chris Carter
Warren
Battle
No, Greenwood was an oversight on my part. I foresee Colbert and Tomlin leaning/erring in favor of their own draft picks, so Allen stays, and maybe Carter as well instead of Greenwood.

[Fixed it above as well]

[ETL]

No, Greenwood was an oversight on my part. I foresee Colbert and Tomlin leaning/erring in favor of their own draft picks, so Allen stays, and maybe Carter as well instead of Greenwood.

I agree with you - they do favor their own draft picks. But they have cut draft picks before (Frank Summers - 5th round, Kris Farris - 3rd round, Danny Farmer - 4th, Fred Gibson - 4th, Nathaniel Adibi - 5th)

I don't see how Allen can stay since he hasn't played at all this preseason and there is no threat of any other team putting him on their active roster. I say he gets cut and added to practice squad.

Chris Carter is another guy that may get cut and added to practice squad but in general, we keep 8 LB and I think he will be kept.

Here is my prediction after this week's game:

QB(3): Roethlisberger, Batch, Dixon
RB (3): Mendenhall, Redman, Moore
FB(1): D. Johnson
TE (2): Miller, Saunders
WR (6): Ward, Wallace, Sanders, Brown, Crotchery
OL(10): Colon, Legursky, Pouncey, Kemoeatu, J. Scott, Gilbert, Essex, Foster, Hills, C. Scott

DL (6): A. Smith, Hampton, Keisel, Hood, Hoke, Heyward,
LB(8): Harrison, Farrior, Timmons, Woodley, Worilds, Foote, Sylvester, C. Carter
S(4): Polamalu, Clark, Mundy, Allen
CB(7): Taylor, McFadden, Gay, Lewis, Brown, Butler, Warren

Special(3): Suisham, Sepulveda, Warren

[DanRooney]

I agree with you - they do favor their own draft picks. But they have cut draft picks before (Frank Summers - 5th round, Kris Farris - 3rd round, Danny Farmer - 4th, Fred Gibson - 4th, Nathaniel Adibi - 5th)

I don't see how Allen can stay since he hasn't played at all this preseason and there is no threat of any other team putting him on their active roster. I say he gets cut and added to practice squad.

Chris Carter is another guy that may get cut and added to practice squad but in general, we keep 8 LB and I think he will be kept.

Here is my prediction after this week's game:

QB(3): Roethlisberger, Batch, Dixon
RB (3): Mendenhall, Redman, Moore
FB(1): D. Johnson
TE (2): Miller, Saunders
WR (6): Ward, Wallace, Sanders, Brown, Crotchery
OL(10): Colon, Legursky, Pouncey, Kemoeatu, J. Scott, Gilbert, Essex, Foster, Hills, C. Scott

DL (6): A. Smith, Hampton, Keisel, Hood, Hoke, Heyward,
LB(8): Harrison, Farrior, Timmons, Woodley, Worilds, Foote, Sylvester, C. Carter
S(4): Polamalu, Clark, Mundy, Allen
CB(7): Taylor, McFadden, Gay, Lewis, Brown, Butler, Warren

Special(3): Suisham, Sepulveda, Warren

Pretty much how I have it. Stop putting Ward's name before Wallace though :chuckle:

[Kingmagyar]

It really does come down to the final 4-5.

OT Chris Scott is long gone. I don't think Donovan Warren makes it either. The guy can tackle that's for sure but all he is does is let receivers catch the ball in front of him. I haven't seen him close to breaking up a ball all pre season. At least get near a few like Keenan Lewis. However he may fit the Steeler's isea of CB perfectly.

Jonathan Dwyer is somewhat of a luxury on the roster, but they usually always keep 4.

TE Saunders who I wanted the Steelers to even draft is making just enough mental errors to not make the team and be signed to the practice squad. I haven't seen Gilmore really make any errors and he has a lot of experience. I would like to see Saunders stick though.

Then it comes down to if you want a 6th receiver or 9th LB, or 7th D lineman.

And of course what happens every year those last guys to make the team usually get cut because of some injury and having to sign someone else even if it is temporary.