Category: AFC North

Workout Report for Tuesday 11/14

By James Layton

It was a busy Tuesday in the NFL for workouts. With twenty-nine players being brought in for a tryout.

Let’s get into the workouts.

Cardinals
EJ Perry, QB
Stanley Berryhill, WR
Tyjon Lindsey, WR
Cam Sims, WR

Commanders
Derek Rivers, DE
Kemoko Turay, DE
Terrell Lewis, LB

Dolophins
Bubba Bolden, DB
Dane Cruikshank, DB
Colby Gossett, G
Wes Martin, G
AJ Moore, DB
Andrew Norwell, G

Lions
Bobby Hart, OT
Bruce Irvin, LB (Signed to Practice Squad)
Cedric Ogbuehi, OT
Michael Schofield, G (Signed to Practice Squad)

Packers
Austin Ajiake, LB
Gabe Houy, OT
John Molchon, G
James Tunstall, OT

Vikings
Tanner Morgan, QB
Daylen Baldwin, WR

Steelers
Ben Mason, TE/FB
John Samuel Shenker, TE

Seahawks
Vi Jones, LB

Buccaneers
Myles Dorn, DB
Jaquan Johnson, DB (Signed to Practice Squad)
AJ Thomas, DB

Titans
Marquez Callaway, WR

2024 NFL Draft: Steelers 7-Round Mock Draft

by James Layton

It maybe only week 10 of the season. And the Steelers are 6-3, but it’s never too early to start doing mock drafts too see what players are going in what rounds and the rankings of the players.

The Steelers do have some big needs for this offseason. These are their needs: CB, S, LB, OT, OC, DL, WR, Edge, QB. As of right now the Steelers have seven draft picks in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Let’s get into the Mock Draft.

Round 1
Pick 23: Kalen King, CB Penn State

Round 2
Pick 54: Rod Moore, S Michigan

Round 3
Pick 88: Zach Frazier, C West Virginia

Round 4
Pick 103: Ladd McConkey, WR Georgia
Pick 123: Curtis Jacobs, LB Penn State*

Round 5
Traded to the Rams as part of the Kevin Dotson trade.

Round 6
Pick 184: Nazir Stackhouse, DT Georgia
Pick 185: Jack Nelson, OT Wisconsin

Round 7
Pick 215: Brady Cook, QB Missouri

* Seahawks traded the 123rd (4th) pick and 184th (6th) pick to the Steelers for the 119th pick and a 2025 7th round pick.

Steelers Workout Report

by James Layton

The Steelers hosted four Safeties for a workout Friday. Among the players brought in, was former Raiders, Titans, and Jaguars safety Tyree Gillespie.

Gillespie was a fourth-round pick of the Raiders from the 2021 draft. Who they traded to the Titans for a 7th round pick.

Here is the complete list.

  • Nico Bolden
  • Tyler Coyle
  • Tyree Gillespie
  • Keidron Smith

Steelers 2024 Free Agents

by James Layton

It may only be week 10 of the season, but it’s never too early to start looking ahead to the offseason. The steelers have eighteen free agents for the 2024 offseason.

Among the free agents are CB Levi Wallace, OLB Markus Golden, and ILB Kwon Alexander. As of right now they have $8.189 million in cap space for the 2024 season.

Let’s get into the complete list.

Unrestricted Free Agents

  • Levi Wallace, CB Age: 29
  • Markus Golden, OLB Age: 33
  • Chandon Sullivan, CB Age: 28
  • Kwon Alexander, LB Age: 30
  • Armon Watts, DE Age: 28
  • Montravius Adams, NT Age: 29
  • Miles Boykin, WR Age: 28
  • James Pierre, CB Age: 28
  • Mason Rudolph, QB Age: 29
  • Elijah Riley, S Age: 26
  • Breiden Fehoko, NT Age: 28
  • Miles Killebrew, S Age: 31

Restricted Free Agents

  • Renell Wren, NT Age: 29
  • Anthony McFarland Jr, RB Age: 26
  • Christian Kuntz, LS Age: 30
  • Godwin Igwebuike, RB Age: 30

Exclusive Rights Free Agents

  • Dylan Cook, OT Age: 26

Steelers Injury Report: Week 10 vs. Packers

by James Layton

The Steelers are coming into this game pretty much as healthy as can be expected at the halfway point of the season. They Packers on the on the other hand are pretty beat up.

The steelers are going to be without safety Minkah Fitzpatrick again this week with a hamstring injury.

Let’s get into the complete injury report.

Steelers

  • Montravius Adams, NT Ankle OUT
  • Minkah Fitzpatrick, S Hamstring OUT

Packers

  • Jaire Alexander, CB Shoulder DOUBTFUL
  • Kenny Clark, NT Shoulder QUESTIONABLE
  • Rudy Ford, S Calf QUESTIONABLE
  • Yosh Nijman, OT Back QUESTIONABLE
  • Jon Runyan, G Neck QUESTIONABLE
  • Quay Walker, LB Groin DOUBTFUL
  • Josh Myers, C Knee QUESTIONABLE

Steelers Workout Report

by James Layton

The Steelers hosted seven players for a workout Tuesday including linebacker Aubrey Miller. Out of the seven the signed two to the practice squad.

Let’s get into the complete list.

  • E.J. Jenkins, WR
  • Caleb Johnson, LB (signed)
  • Darryl Johnson, DE
  • Vi Jones, LB
  • Aubrey Miller, LB
  • Charles Snowden, LB
  • Scotty Washington, TE (signed)

Steelers Updated Practice Squad

by James Layton

The Steelers made a few moves Tuesday to their practice squad. They signed former Patriots TE Scotty Washington and LB Caleb Johnson.

To make room for them the released OL Obinna Eze and TE Noah Gindorff from the squad.

Here is the updated squad.

  1. Jonathan Marshall, DT
  2. David Perales, Edge
  3. Trenton Thompson, S
  4. Kellen Diesch, OT
  5. Joey Fisher, G
  6. Qadree Ollison, RB
  7. Tariq Carpenter, S
  8. Ryan McCollum, C
  9. Luq Barcoo, CB
  10. Duece Watts, WR
  11. Denzel Mims, WR
  12. Dez Fitzpatrick, WR
  13. Jack Colletto, FB
  14. Kyron Johnson, LB
  15. Caleb Johnson, LB
  16. Scotty Washington, TE

Steelers Players to Watch: Week 7 @ Rams

by James Layton

The Steelers look to break their streak of losing the first game following a bye week against the Rams this week. Kenny Pickett gets another weapon back with wide receiver Diontae Johnson back from IR. This is going to be a big test for the secondary trying to contain wide receiver Puka Nucua and Cooper Kupp.

This game is going to be a true test for rookie cornerback Joey Porter jr. He should be seeing more playing time with the release of veteran cornerback Desmond King.

Let’s get into the players to watch.

Offense

  • 8 Kenny Pickett, QB
  • 30 Jaylen Warren, RB
  • 18 Diontae Johnson, WR
  • 14 George Pickens, WR
  • 80 Darnell Washington, TE
  • 87 Rodney Williams, TE
  • 73 Isaac Seumalo, G
  • 61 Mason Cole, C
  • 65 Dan Moore Jr, OT

Defense

  • 95 Keeanu Benton, NT
  • 98 DeMarvin Leal, DE
  • 99 Larry Ogunjobi, DE
  • 90 TJ Watt, OLB
  • 54 Kwon Alexander, ILB
  • 51 Nick Herbig, OLB
  • 29 Levi Wallace, CB
  • 24 Joey Porter Jr, CB
  • 21 Darius Rush, CB
  • 39 Minkah Fitpatrick, FS

Steelers Updated Practice Squad

by James Layton

The Steelers have made a few moves to their practice squad over the past two days.

They have signed WR Denzel Mims, WR Dez Fitzpatrick, TE Naoh Gindorff, and former Lions OT Obinna Eze to the squad. To make room for them they released RB Greg Bell, WR Jalen Camp, and WR Jacob Copeland from the squad.

They also promoted TE Rodney Williams to the active roster, with TE Pat Freiermuth out for at least two-three weeks with a hamstring injury.

Here’s the updated squad.

  1. Jonathan Marshall, DL
  2. David Perales, OLB
  3. Trenton Thompson, S
  4. Kellen Diesch, OT
  5. Joey Fisher, G
  6. Josiah Scott, CB (Injured)
  7. Zander Horvath, FB
  8. Qadree Ollison, RB
  9. Tariq Carpenter, DB
  10. Ryan McCollum, C
  11. Luq Barcoo, CB
  12. Brad Wing, P
  13. Duece Watts, WR
  14. Denzel Mims, WR
  15. Obinna Eze, OT
  16. Dez Fitzpatrick, WR
  17. Noah Gindorff, TE