With the Steelers Training Camp in full swing, I started to take a look at their roster and noticed a few players that are in jeopardy of losing their roster spots. Some of these players had impact with the team last season.
Offense
Paxton Lynch, QB
Jaylon Samuels, RB
Kerrith Whyte, RB
Saeed Blacknall, WR
Deon Cain, WR
Zach Gentry, TE
Derwin Gray, OT
Anthony Coyle, OT
Defense
Isaiah Buggs, DE
Cavon Walker, DE
Chris Wormley, DE
Daniel McCullers, DT
Tuzar Skipper, OLB
Ola Adeniyi, OLB
Alexander Myres, CB
Marcus Allen, S
Jordan Dangerfield, S
If I missed anyone or you would take someone off the list let me know.
This is how I believe the Steelers roster will look like when the season starts. It is so good to put Ben Roethlisberger and Stephon Tuitt back on the list.
The NFL has reduced the amount of players you can have on your roster for Training Camp from 90 players to 80. Most teams had 90 or close to 90 players on the roster.
With the Steelers players starting to report to Training Camp tomorrow, I thought of taking a look at the their upcoming Free Agents for the 2021 Season.
They have some key players that this could be their last season in a Steelers uniform like Bud Dupree, Juju Smith-Schuster, James Conner, and Cameron Heyward.
Tier 1 Free Agents (7)
Bud Dupree, OLB
Cameron Heyward, DE
Alejandro Villanueva, OT
Juju Smith-Schuster, WR
James Conner, RB
Mike Hilton, CB
Jordan Berry, P
Tier 2 Free Agents (13)
Matt Feiler, OT
Cameron Sutton, CB
Zach Banner, OT
Tyson Alualu, DL
Chris Wormley, DL
Ryan Switzer, WR
Devlin Hodges, QB
Ola Adeniyi, OLB
Jordan Dangerfield, S
Cavon Walker, DE
Kerrith Whyte, RB
Robert Spillane, LB
Deon Cain, WR
Tier 3 Free Agents (25)
Breon Borders, CB
Paxton Lynch, QB
Trey Edmunds, RB
Marcus Allen, S
Amara Darboh, WR
Anthony Coyle, OT
Christian Kuntz, LB
John Keenoy, C
Aarion Springs, CB
Saeed Blacknall, WR
Tyree Kinnel, S
Jarron Jones, OL
Dwayne Hendrix, OLB
Quadree Henderson, WR
JC Hassenauer, C
Derwin Gray, OT
Christian Scotland-Williamson, TE
John Battle, S
J.T. Barrett, QB
Anthony Johnson, WR
Alexander Myres, CB
Kevin Rader, TE
Christian Dilauro, OT
Ralph Webb, RB
Henry Mondeaux, DT
The Steelers have a total of 45 Free Agents.
Let me know who you would resign and who you let walk.
My take on the top 10 NFL Head Coaches. So many analysts give their top 10 at this time of year. So I decided to do list too.
1. Patriots Bill Belichick: This was a no brainer. No one else belongs in the top spot.
2. Chiefs Andy Reid: He has always been a top coach, but winning the Super Bowl last year gives him the 2nd spot in my rankings.
3. Saints Sean Peyton: He has been an excellent coach for many years. He just continues to win. In my book that gives you the 3rd spot.
4. Steelers Mike Tomlin: He is the 4th best coach in the NFL for 3 reasons. He never had a losing season. He has been in 2 Super Bowls and won 1. Like Belichick and his talent evaluation in the draft process Mike Tomlin is just like him.
5. Ravens John Harbaugh: He has changed his offensive thinking and is still winning. Lamar Jackson is a very good QB/RB. He build the offense around his QB. His running attack is better than most teams.
6. Eagles Doug Pederson: He went from a high school coach to NFL coach. He had a super bowl victory with a back up QB. One more thing he beat Bill Belichick with a backup QB that contemplated retirement the season before.
7. Seahawks Pete Carroll: He can have a team on paper that looks mediocre and will take them to the playoffs. Could it be him or the greatness of QB Russell Wilson? Only time will tell.
8. 49ers Kyle Shanahan: I feel there is not a long enough history to rank him higher than 8th at this time. He has proved that he does belong in the top 10. He is building a very good offense and has one of the best defenses in the league.
9. Rams Sean McVay: I feel the same way about McVay as I did Shanahan. He is a very good coach with the talent he has around him. He has regained the respect in the league for the Rams. They are a very talented team and the credit goes to Sean McVay.
10 Titans Mike Vrabel: It was a genius idea to use Ryan Tannehill as QB. He proves he is a good coach by knocking off both Belichick and Harbaugh in the playoffs last season.
I would like to hear your thoughts on my head coach rankings.
With no live sports or any football mini camps or OTA’s really going on live. I have been watching a lot of old Steelers Games, which got me thinking who are some of the top players to play for the Steelers from 2000 to last season.
The Steelers have had a lot good players, and when I started to make my list the players had to play three or more seasons with the team. The reason being they’ve had several good players that only played one to two seasons with them.
Here are my Top 50 Steelers Players for 2000-2019:
Here are the Steelers Free Agents. The Steelers have a few big name players who’s contracts are up, including Mike Hilton, Matt Feiler, and Zach Banner.
