Tag: Bud Dupree

Steelers Top 50 Players From 2000-2019

By James Layton

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:

  1. Ben Roethlisberger, QB 2004-Present
  2. Troy Polamalu, S 2003-2014
  3. Jerome Bettis, RB 1996-2005
  4. Maurkice Pouncey, C 2010-Present
  5. James Harrison, OLB 2002, 2004-2012, 2014-2017
  6. James Farrior, ILB 2002-2011
  7. Antonio Brown, WR 2010-2018
  8. Alan Faneca, G 1998-2011
  9. Hines Ward, WR 1998-2011
  10. Heath Miller, TE 2005- 2015
  11. David Decastro, G 2012-Present
  12. T.J. Watt, OLB 2017-Present
  13. Casey Hampton, NT 2001-2012
  14. Le’Veon Bell, RB 2013-2018
  15. Chris Boswell, K 2015-Present
  16. Cameron Heyward, DE 2011-Present
  17. Santonio Holmes, WR 2006-2009
  18. Brett Kesiel, DE 2002-2014
  19. Willie Parker, RB 2004-2009
  20. Lamar Woodley, OLB 2007-2013
  21. Ike Taylor, CB 2003-2014
  22. Lawrence Timmons, ILB 2007-2016
  23. Ryan Clark, S 2006-2013
  24. Ryan Shazier, ILB 2014-2019
  25. Joe Haden, CB 2017-Present
  26. Aaron Smith, DE 1999-2011
  27. Shaun Suisham, K 2010-2015
  28. Joey Porter, OLB 1996-2006
  29. Deshea Townsend, CB 1998-2009
  30. Mike Wallace, WR 2009-2012
  31. Kordell Stewart, QB 1995-2002
  32. Kimo Van Oelhoffen, DT 2000-2005
  33. Larry Foote, ILB 2002-2008,2010-2013
  34. Marvel Smith, OT 2000-2008
  35. Jeff Reid, K 2002-2010
  36. Ramon Foster, G 2009-2019
  37. Bud Dupree, OLB 2015-Present
  38. Vince Williams, ILB 2013-Present
  39. Alejandro Villanueva, OT 2014-Present
  40. William Gay, CB 2007-2011, 2013-2017
  41. Juju Smith-Schuster, WR 2017-Present
  42. Greg Warren, LS 2005-2016
  43. Stephon Tuitt, DE 2014-Present
  44. Matt Speath, TE 2007-2010, 2013-2015
  45. Jesse James, TE 2015-2018
  46. Jason Worilds, OLB 2010-2014
  47. Javon Hargrave, NT 2016-2019
  48. Mike Mitchell, S 2014-2017
  49. Marcus Gilbert, OT 2011-2018
  50. Martavis Bryant, WR 2014-2017

Steelers Possible Cap Casualties and Restructures

By James Layton

The Steelers have at this point $1,430,975 in Cap Space. This is a big offseason for Kevin Colbert to create enough cap space to keep Bud Dupree, and to be able to make some moves in Free Agency.

Here are some possible Cap Casualties:

  1. Ramon Foster, G Cap Savings: $4,000,000 Dead Money: $1,575,000
  2. Vance McDonald, TE Cap Savings: $5,672,000 Dead Money: $1,455,000
  3. Anthony Chickillo, LB Cap Savings:$5,000,000 Dead Money: $1,097,000
  4. Daniel McCullers, DT Cap Savings: $1,500,000 Dead Money: $125,000

Total Cap Savings: $16,172,000 Dead Money: $4,252,000

Here are some possible Restructures:

  1. Ben Roethlisberger, QB Cap Savings: $9,977,500
  2. Stephon Tuitt, DE Cap Savings: $5,453,333
  3. Maurkice Pouncey, C Cap Savings: $3,477,500
  4. Joe Haden, CB Cap Savings: $2,977,500

Total Cap Savings: $21,885,333