Early 53

[SteelerDayTrader]

Presumptive 53 +

Rookies = Bold
On the bubble = { }

Offense 25


3 QB Wilson Fields {Allen Plumlee}
4 RB Harris Warren Patterson {Heyward Edwards}
4 TE Friermuth Washington Williams Pruitt
5 WR Pickens Austin Jefferson Watkins Wilson
9 OL Fautanu McCormick Frazier Daniels Jones Anderson Herbig Moore Seumalo


Defense 25


7 DL Heyward Benton Ogunjobi Adams {Loudermilk Leal Lowry Lee }
4 OLB Watt Highsmith Herbig {Perales Windmon}
4 ILB Wilson Queen Roberts Robinson ( Holcomb IR )
3 SS Kazee Elliot {Killebrew Watts}
2 FS Fitzpatrick {Thompson Watts}
5 CB Porter Jackson {Rush Trice Barcoo Watts Bishop}

[Mick]

I think Lowry is guaranteed a spot, Loudermilk pretty gone.

[Steelafan77]

Not bad for post draft April. Lot of variables going forward.

Still have F/A 2.0 to navigate. I do agree Lowdermilk was a reach and has essentially confirmed it.

I believe Leal will make the group unless he shows up outta shape and stinks it up in Camp/ OTA’s.

[Steelafan77]

The team as it is Now…

Montravius Adams 57 DT 6-4 304 28 8 Auburn

Kyle Allen 4 QB 6-3 210 28 6 Houston

Spencer Anderson 74 OL 6-5 305 23 2 Maryland

Calvin Austin III 19 WR 5-9 162 25 3 Memphis

Luq Barcoo 35 CB 6-1 180 25 2 San Diego State

Kalon Barnes 31 DB 6-0 186 25 1 Baylor

Tyler Beach 69 OT 6-6 290 24 R Wisconsin

Keeanu Benton 95 DL 6-4 309 22 2 Wisconsin

Beanie Bishop Jr. -- CB 5-9 182 N/A R West Virginia

Chris Boswell 9 K 6-2 185 33 10 Rice

Marquez Callaway 17 WR 6-2 204 26 4 Tennessee

Jack Colletto 45 FB 6-3 237 25 1 Oregon State

Dylan Cook 60 OT 6-6 305 26 2 Montana

James Daniels 78 OL 6-4 327 26 7 Iowa

Kellen Diesch 72 OT 6-7 300 26 1 Arizona State

Daijun Edwards -- RB 5-9 202 N/A R Georgia

DeShon Elliott 25 S 6-0 210 27 7 Texas

Jalen Elliott 41 S 6-1 205 25 2 Notre Dame

Troy Fautanu 76 OT 6-4 317 23 R Washington

Breiden Fehoko 96 NT 6-3 300 27 4 LSU

Justin Fields 2 QB 6-3 227 25 4 Ohio State

Joey Fisher 79 G 6-4 296 26 1 Shepherd

Dez Fitzpatrick 82 WR 6-2 208 26 2 Louisville

Minkah Fitzpatrick 39 S 6-1 207 27 7 Alabama

Zach Frazier -- C 6-3 314 N/A R West Virginia

Pat Freiermuth 88 TE 6-5 258 25 4 Penn State

Thomas Graham Jr. 37 DB 5-10 196 24 3 Oregon

Devery Hamilton 67 OT 6-6 310 26 1 Duke

Anderson Hardy 68 OT 6-6 301 N/A R Appalachian State

Keilahn Harris 89 WR 6-0 180 23 1 Oklahoma Baptist University

Najee Harris 22 RB 6-1 242 26 4 Alabama

Nate Herbig 71 G 6-4 334 25 6 Stanford

Nick Herbig 51 LB 6-2 240 22 2 Wisconsin

Cameron Heyward 97 DT 6-5 295 34 14 Ohio State

Connor Heyward 83 TE/FB 6-0 230 25 3 Michigan State

Alex Highsmith 56 LB 6-4 242 26 5 Charlotte

Cole Holcomb 55 LB 6-1 240 27 6 North Carolina

Donte Jackson 26 CB 5-10 180 28 6 LSU

Van Jefferson 11 WR 6-1 200 27 5 Florida

Kyron Johnson 53 LB 6-0 235 25 3 Kansas

Cameron Johnston 5 P 5-11 194 32 7 Ohio State

Broderick Jones 77 OT 6-5 311 22 2 Georgia

Damontae Kazee 23 S 5-11 174 30 8 San Diego State

Miles Killebrew 28 S 6-2 222 30 9 Southern Utah State

Christian Kuntz 46 LS 6-1 228 30 4 Duquesne

DeMarvin Leal 98 DE 6-4 290 23 3 Texas A&M

Logan Lee -- DT 6-5 286 N/A R Iowa

Isaiahh Loudermilk 92 DT 6-7 293 26 4 Wisconsin

Dean Lowry 94 DT 6-6 296 29 9 Northwestern

Jonathan Marshall 91 DT 6-3 310 26 2 Arkansas

Ryan McCollum 62 C 6-5 300 26 2 Texas A&M

Mason McCormick -- G 6-4 310 N/A R South Dakota State

Nathan Meadors 38 S 5-9 194 27 1 UCLA

Denzel Mims 15 WR 6-3 207 26 4 Baylor

Jeremiah Moon 49 LB 6-5 247 25 2 Florida

Dan Moore Jr. 65 OT 6-5 315 25 4 Texas A&M

Tyler Murray 40 LB 6-1 227 25 1 Memphis

Larry Ogunjobi 99 DT 6-3 305 29 8 Charlotte

Cordarrelle Patterson 84 RB/KR 6-2 220 33 12 Tennessee

David Perales 33 LB 6-3 255 25 1 Fresno State

George Pickens 14 WR 6-3 200 23 3 Georgia

John Rhys Plumlee -- N/A R UCF

Joey Porter Jr. 24 CB 6-2 193 23 2 Penn State

MyCole Pruitt 81 TE 6-2 258 32 9 Southern Illinois

Patrick Queen 6 ILB 6-0 232 24 5 LSU

Elandon Roberts 50 LB 6-1 238 30 9 Houston

Mark Robinson 93 LB 5-11 235 24 3 Mississippi

Darius Rush 21 CB 6-2 198 24 2 South Carolina

Josiah Scott 42 DB 5-9 185 25 4 Michigan State

Isaac Seumalo 73 G 6-4 303 30 9 Oregon State

Aaron Shampklin 33 RB 5-10 195 24 1 Harvard

Jacob Slade 79 DT 6-4 305 24 1 Michigan State

Trenton Thompson 17 S 6-1 196 26 2 San Diego State

Cory Trice Jr. 27 DB 6-3 206 23 2 Purdue

Jaylen Warren 30 RB 5-8 215 25 3 Oklahoma State

Darnell Washington 80 TE 6-7 264 22 2 Georgia

Quez Watkins 16 WR 6-0 193 25 5 Southern Mississippi

T.J. Watt 90 LB 6-4 252 29 8 Wisconsin

Duece Watts 85 WR 6-1 196 24 1 Tulane

Ryan Watts -- DB 6-3 212 N/A R Texas

Rodney Williams 87 TE 6-4 235 24 2 Tennessee-Martin

Payton Wilson -- LB 6-4 238 24 R N.C. State

Roman Wilson -- WR 5-10 186 22 R Michigan

Russell Wilson 3 QB 5-11 206 35 13 Wisconsin

Matthew Wright 8 K 5-11 174 28 3 UCF

[tbsteel]

I think Lowry is guaranteed a spot, Loudermilk pretty gone.

I think Loudermilk is safe, at least compared to Leal.

Leal is on his way out based on his PT and then removal of even getting a helmet for gamedays towards the end of last season.

[SteelerDayTrader]

Mighty Mouse QB Plumlee gets Steelers record setting UDFA signing bonus

https://steelersdepot.com/2024/04/steel ... from-team/

[K_C_]

Not bad for post draft April. Lot of variables going forward.

Still have F/A 2.0 to navigate. I do agree Lowdermilk was a reach and has essentially confirmed it.

I believe Leal will make the group unless he shows up outta shape and stinks it up in Camp/ OTA’s.

The next play Leal makes will be his first.

[Mick]

I think Lowry is guaranteed a spot, Loudermilk pretty gone.

I think Loudermilk is safe, at least compared to Leal.

Leal is on his way out based on his PT and then removal of even getting a helmet for gamedays towards the end of last season.

loudermilk got helmets over leal late in the season for ST play. He got 3 snaps or less on D in 4 of the last 7 games. When we actually needed someone to play defense, Leal started over Loudermilk. I wouldn’t be surprised if both get cut, but Leal at least has #3 DE upside. Loudermilk has no chance of being a top 5 DL on a decent roster at this point.

[SteelerDayTrader]

I think Lowry is guaranteed a spot, Loudermilk pretty gone.

I think Loudermilk is safe, at least compared to Leal.

Leal is on his way out based on his PT and then removal of even getting a helmet for gamedays towards the end of last season.

loudermilk got helmets over leal late in the season for ST play. He got 3 snaps or less on D in 4 of the last 7 games. When we actually needed someone to play defense, Leal started over Loudermilk. I wouldn’t be surprised if both get cut, but Leal at least has #3 DE upside. Loudermilk has no chance of being a top 5 DL on a decent roster at this point.

I can see that

I’ll add Loudermilk to the bubble

[K_C_]

I think Lowry is guaranteed a spot, Loudermilk pretty gone.

I think Loudermilk is safe, at least compared to Leal.

Leal is on his way out based on his PT and then removal of even getting a helmet for gamedays towards the end of last season.

loudermilk got helmets over leal late in the season for ST play. He got 3 snaps or less on D in 4 of the last 7 games. When we actually needed someone to play defense, Leal started over Loudermilk. I wouldn’t be surprised if both get cut, but Leal at least has #3 DE upside. Loudermilk has no chance of being a top 5 DL on a decent roster at this point.

I've actually seen Loudermilk make a play here and there. Once in a blue moon he's been impressive.

I've honest to Christ never seen Leal do a fucking thing. Not once. Ever.

[Steelafan77]

Not bad for post draft April. Lot of variables going forward.

Still have F/A 2.0 to navigate. I do agree Lowdermilk was a reach and has essentially confirmed it.

I believe Leal will make the group unless he shows up outta shape and stinks it up in Camp/ OTA’s.

The next play Leal makes will be his first.

Ok, I never stated I had any allegiance to either player. The reason I picked Leal over Loudermilk is simple.

Lowdermilk has done less longer. Been on this team and has never developed beyond what ever the hell he is now.

When you compare the two it’s obvious which player sees more playing time. I wonder why that is?

Anyway….

On defense Lowdermilk had 181 snaps and 82 snaps on ST’s in 2023. Did fuck all.

On defense Leal had 206 snaps and 23 snaps on ST’s in 2023. Did fuck all.

They both suck. Now if you have to chose you look at who’s been here longer and has been played less and done less.

Simple logic for me to cut the fat and look at next man up. Perhaps both are sent packing.

[SteelerDayTrader]

The sad fact is both Leal and Loudermilk have been on a bad DL multiple years and not really done ANYTHING of note

If we had a solid starting DL unit maybe you could justify both as try hard backups but that’s not the case

Both are bubble players.

I have the DL at 7 but it could very be 6

At least one and maybe 2 of Lee Leal Loudermilk and Lowry are getting cut. And let’s be honest. None of them are gonna be a big loss

[steelmann58]

Yes Milk and Leal misses so far one will be cut

[K_C_]

Not bad for post draft April. Lot of variables going forward.

Still have F/A 2.0 to navigate. I do agree Lowdermilk was a reach and has essentially confirmed it.

I believe Leal will make the group unless he shows up outta shape and stinks it up in Camp/ OTA’s.

The next play Leal makes will be his first.

Ok, I never stated I had any allegiance to either player. The reason I picked Leal over Loudermilk is simple.

Lowdermilk has done less longer. Been on this team and has never developed beyond what ever the hell he is now.

When you compare the two it’s obvious which player sees more playing time. I wonder why that is?

Anyway….

On defense Lowdermilk had 181 snaps and 82 snaps on ST’s in 2023. Did fuck all.

On defense Leal had 206 snaps and 23 snaps on ST’s in 2023. Did fuck all.

They both suck. Now if you have to chose you look at who’s been here longer and has been played less and done less.

Simple logic for me to cut the fat and look at next man up. Perhaps both are sent packing.

Oh, I'm not slamming what you wrote at all. Both players very, very possibly will be gone before the season starts.

That said, my only point is this: I have actually (rarely, but it has happened) seen Loudermilk make a nice play or 2.

Leal literally hasn't done ANYTHING. I'm not sure I've ever seen a somewhat heralded player like Leal honest to Christ never even make one halfway decent play.

So, both suck. I won't deny that, but Leal is a paycheck thief of the highest order and whatever happens with Loudermilk, Leal is a far more disappointing player.

[Steelafan77]

Brian Batko’s Steelers roster.

I believe This is a really good guess to what may actually unfold for roster.

One thing I would add is perhaps a veteran player added post June 1. We’ll see.

Locks
1. Russell Wilson, QB1 2. Justin Fields, QB2

3. Najee Harris, RB1 4. Jaylen Warren, RB2 5. Cordarrelle Patterson, RB3/KR

6. George Pickens, WR1 7. Roman Wilson, WR2

8. Pat Freiermuth, TE1 9. Darnell Washington, TE2

10. Broderick Jones, OL1 11. Troy Fautanu, OL2 12. Isaac Seumalo, OL3 13. Zach Frazier, OL4 14. Mason McCormick, OL5

15. Cam Heyward, DL1 16. Larry Ogunjobi, DL2 17. Keeanu Benton, DL3

18. T.J. Watt, OLB1 19. Alex Highsmith, OLB2 20. Nick Herbig, OLB3

21. Patrick Queen, ILB1 22. Elandon Roberts, ILB2 23. Payton Wilson, ILB3

24. Joey Porter Jr., CB1 25. Donta Jackson, CB2

26. Minkah Fitzpatrick, S1 27. DeShon Elliott, S2 28. Miles Killebrew, S3

29. Chris Boswell, K 30. Cameron Johnston, P 31. Christian Kuntz, LS

Pretty ‘Dan/Dam’ close to locks
32. Dan Moore, OL6 33. James Daniels, OL7

34. Damontae Kazee, S4

Probables
35. Calvin Austin III, WR3

36. Connor Heyward, TE3

37. Dean Lowry, DL4

38. Cole Holcomb, ILB4

Can’t feel too safe
39. Van Jefferson, WR4 40. Quez Watkins, WR5

41. Nate Herbig, OL8

42. DeMarvin Leal, DL5 43. Montravius Adams, DL6

44. Darius Rush, CB3 45. Cory Trice, CB4

On the fringe
46. John Rhys Plumlee, QB3

47. Spencer Anderson, OL9

48. Logan Lee, DL7

49. Kyron Johnson, OLB4

50. Mark Robinson, ILB5

51. Ryan Watts, CB5 52. Beanie Bishop, CB6

53. Trenton Thompson, S5

Interesting note from article: “If there’s a notable name not among the aforementioned, you may count Isaiahh Loudermilk, but it feels as if he’s regressed since his rookie year. The defensive line group is a particularly tough one to crack, too.”

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 2405050073