Tag: AFC

Steelers Players to Watch: Week 11 vs Bengals

by James Layton

This is a big game for the Steelers. They already have a 1-0 lead on the Bengals for the Season. The Steelers need to start stacking wins if they want to turn their season around.

This is also going to be Rookie QB Kenny Pickett’s first start against a team in the division. Outside Linebacker Alex Highsmith looks to pick up where he left off after the week one matchup where he had three sacks.

Let’s get into the players to watch.

Offense
8 Kenny Pickett, QB
22 Najee Harris, RB
14 George Pickens, WR
88 Pat Freiermuth, TE
83 Connor Heyward, TE
65 Dan Moore Jr, OT
78 James Daniels, G

Defense
99 Larry Ogunjobi, DE
97 Cam Heyward, DT
56 Alex Highsmith, OLB
51 Myles Jack, MLB
90 TJ Watt, OLB
29 Levi Wallace, CB
39 Minkah Fitzpatrick, S
23 Damontae Kazee, S

Special Teams
4 Matthew Wright, K
82 Steven Sims, RS
41 Robert Spillane, ST
13 Miles Boykin, ST

Steelers Injury Report: Week 11 vs Bengals

by James Layton

The Steelers are coming into this game seemingly as health as when the seasons started, with only one player that’s going to be out. The Bengals on the other hand are coming into this game pretty banged up. They are missing a big piece of their offense with WR Ja’Marr Chase still out with a Hip injury. They are also without rookie Safety Dax Hill.

Let’s get into the report.

Steelers
Ahkello Witherspoon, CB Hamstring OUT

Bengals
Chris Evens, RB Knee Questionable
Tre Flowers, CB Hamstring Questionable
Ja’Marr Chase, WR Hip OUT
Josh Tupou, DT Calf OUT
Dax Hill, S Shoulder OUT

Workout Report for Friday 11/18

by James Layton

It wasn’t a slow Friday around the league for workouts. Thirteen players were brought in for tryouts. It was a big day for Defensive Backs and Linebackers to get brought in with more than half of the tryouts were for those two positions.

Let’s get into the tryouts.

Browns
Bubba Bolden, DB
Antoine Brooks, DB
Will Holden, OT
Storey Jackson, LB
Zakoby McClain, LB
Will Richardson, OT

Raiders
Julien Diaz, P
Terez Hall, LB

Steelers
Brock Miller, P

Commanders
Scott Nelson, DB
Aaron Shampklin, RB
David Vereen, DB
Antonio Williams, RB

Transaction Report for Friday 11/18

by James Layton

It was a slow day for Transactions around the league. Only nine transactions were reported for the day.

Let’s get into it.

Eagles
Signed DT Ndamukong Suh

Jets
Signed OL Laurent Duvernay-Tardiff to their Practice Squad
Released OL Myron Cunningham from their Practice Squad

Lions
Placed WR Trinity Benson on IR

Patriots
Signed C Kody Russey to their Active Roster
Placed DT Christian Barmore on IR

Rams
Signed OT Zachary Thomas off of the Bears Practice Squad

Texans
Released DB Thakarius Keyes from their Practice Squad

Updated 2023 NFL Draft Order

by James Layton

Here is the updated 2023 draft order for the first round after Sunday’s games.

Let’s get into it.

  1. Texans (1-7-1)
  2. Raiders (2-7)
  3. Panthers (3-7)
  4. Eagles (3-7) from the Saints
  5. Jaguars (3-7)
  6. Bears (3-7)
  7. Seahawks (3-6) from the Broncos
  8. Lions (3-6) from the Rams
  9. Texans (3-6)
  10. Steelers (3-6)
  11. Lions (3-6)
  12. Falcons (4-6)
  13. Cardinals (4-6)
  14. Packers (4-6)
  15. Commanders (4-5)
  16. Colts (4-5-1)
  17. Chargers (5-4)
  18. Bengals (5-4)
  19. Buccaneers (5-5)
  20. Broncos (5-4) from the 49ers
  21. Patriots (5-4)
  22. Seahawks (6-4)
  23. Jets (6-3)
  24. Bills (6-3)
  25. Ravens (6-3)
  26. Titans (6-3)
  27. Cowboys (6-3)
  28. Giants (7-2)
  29. Dolphins (7-3) Forfeited Pick
  30. Vikings (8-1)
  31. Chiefs (7-2)
  32. Eagles (8-0)

Workout Report for Tuesday 11/1

by James Layton

It was a busy day cause of the Trade Deadline, but surprisingly it even busy day for workouts around the league.

Let’s get into it.

Tryouts

Cardinals
Eric Banks, DT

Falcons
Amani Bledsoe, DE
Aaron Crawford, DT

Lions
Rico Gafford, WR
Troy Pride, CB

Packers
Austin Faoliu, DT
Charles Snowden, LB
Jordin Wilkins, DT

Colts
Benjie Franklin, DB
Tim Harris, DB
Chris Steele, DB
Julian Taylor, DT
Kevin Toliver, DB

Raiders
Jake Bargas, RB
Dominique Dafney, TE

Patriots
Hayden Howerton, G
Michal Menet, C
Jake Snyder, G

Seahawks
Jarrett Gaurantano, QB
Laquon Treadwell, WR

Buccaneers
Joe Ozouqwu, DE

Titans
Darrion Daniels, DT
Christopher Hinton, DT
Donovan Jeter, NT
David Moa, DT

Visits

Cardinals
Rashaad Coward, OT
Kamu Grugier-Hill, LB

Broncos
Zach McCloud, LB

Steelers Injury Report: Week 8 @ Eagles

by James Layton

This is going to be true test for the 2-5 Steelers going against the 6-0 Eagles. The Steelers have been hit hard with the injury bug on defense this season. The Steelers are hoping to get some help this week the potential activation of OLB TJ Watt and Safety Damontae Kazee.

Let’s get into the injury report.

Steelers
Josh Jackson, CB Groin Out
Chris Boswell, K Groin Out
Larry Ogunjobi, DE Knee Out
Levi Wallace, CB Shoulder Out

Eagles
Brandon Graham, DE Hamstring Questionable

Updated: 2023 NFL Draft Order

by James Layton

Here is the updated Draft order after week seven.

  1. Lions
  2. Texans
  3. Panthers
  4. Texans (From Browns)
  5. Seahawks (From Broncos)
  6. Eagles (From Saints)
  7. Steelers
  8. Jaguars
  9. Raiders
  10. Bears
  11. Falcons
  12. Dolphins (From 49ers)
  13. Buccaneers
  14. Commanders
  15. Cardinals
  16. Packers
  17. Patriots
  18. Colts
  19. Lions (From Rams)
  20. Seahawks
  21. Chargers
  22. Bengals
  23. Ravens
  24. Titans
  25. Jets
  26. Chiefs
  27. Cowboys
  28. Vikings
  29. Bills
  30. Giants
  31. Eagles

Workout Report for Tuesday 10/25 and Wednesday 10/26

by James Layton

It’s been a busy couple of days for tryouts around the league. Tuesday was a wild day for workouts with thirty players being brought in.

Let’s get into what happened the last couple of days.

Thursday

Tryouts

Cardinals
Richard LeCounte, DB
Chris Pierce, TE

Falcons
Bryce Cosby, DB

Lions
Eric Banks, DB
Brady Breeze, DB
Adrian Colbert, DB
J.R. Reed, DB

Packers
Josh Babicz, TE
J.J. Howard, TE

Colts
Tyrell Adams, LB
Jordan Berry, P
Nolan Coney, P
Brett Kern, P
Ty Long, P
LaRoy Reynolds, LB
Andre Smith, LB

Jaguars
Aaron Crawford, DT
Jeremiah Attochu, LB

Dolphins
Alex Bachman, WR
Malcolm Butler, DB
Calvin Jackson, WR
Jamal Perry, DB
Dede Westbrook, WR

Giants
Dre Miller, WR

Steelers
Lamont Gaillard, C

Seahawks
Chris Steele, DB
Kary Vincent, DB

Commanders
Cortez Broughton, DT
Christopher Hinton, DT
Marquiss Spencer, DE

Visit

Seahawks
Demarcus Fields, DB

Tryouts

Wednesday

Dolphins
Grant Hermanns, OT
Garrett McGhin, OT
Austin Pleasant, OT

Visit

Texans
Buddy Johnson, LB

Workout Report for Monday 10/24

by James Layton

It was your average Monday for tryouts or visits, very slow only seven players that got a workout. Out of the seven, one player got signed to a practice squad.

Let’s get into the tryouts.

Tryouts

Colts
Isaiah Graham-Mobley, LB
Buddy Johnson, LB
Forrest Rhyne, LB
Ray Wilborn, LB

Eagles
John Reid, DB
Kendall Sheffield, DB

Visit

Eagles
Grag Ward, WR (Signed to the Practice Squad)