Monthly Archives: September 2013

Isaac Redman Was The Starting RB At Practice Today

As expected, Isaac Redman was the starting Tailback in practice today. Redman, who was named starter until Bell returns from his foot injury, said he will try to make it hard for the team to go with anyone else. Bell told media today that he hopes to be back by week two, but can’t make any promises. According to Redman, the coaching staff doesn’t want to do “running back by committee” this year, and he wants to give them reason not to.

Redman suffered a stinger early in preseason and didn’t make an appearance during the remainder of the games. When asked about being injured during preseason, Redman said:

‘I could have played in the final two preseason games but I was held out by coaches.’

When asked if he was surprised about Dwyer being cut, he said, “I can’t say I was surprised…I knew somebody had to go.”

Steelers Elect Team Captains

The Steelers have named their offensive and defensive team captains for the 2013 season. Ben Roethlisberger and Maurkice Pouncey were chosen on offense. Ryan Clark and Brett Keisel were named as defensive team captains. No special teams captain was selected as of yet.

This marks the fifth year that Roethlisberger has been named team captain and the second consecutive year for Keisel.

Steelers Waive John Malecki, Sign Cody Wallace

In what you might call a surprise move, the Steelers have waived John Malecki in order to sign C/G Cody Wallace. Wallace has spent time on various practice squads over the past few years, and was just waived by Tampa Bay during their final roster cuts. Wallace is 6-4, 300 lbs.

Wallace drew somewhat sporadic grades from ProFootballFocus during the preseason. He scored well in run blocking during some games, and poorly in others.  He is a four year veteran.

Alameda Ta’amu Claimed Off Waivers By Arizona

The Cardinals have claimed former Steelers 4th round draft pick Alameda Ta’amu off of waivers. Ta’amu was released by the Steelers yesterday after losing the battle for the backup NT spot to Hebron Fangupo.

Ta’amu was suspended by the team last fall and subsequently released after being arrested for DWI and other charges. The team signed him back to the practice squad last November where he spent the remainder of the season.

He missed a good deal of time during camp due to a hamstring injury, but looked promising in his preseason performance.

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Steelers Sign Eight To Practice Squad

The Steelers have signed the following eight players to their practice squad:

OL Chris Hubbard

OL Joe Long

RB Alvester Alexander

DE Brian Arnfelt

LB Alan Baxter

LB Terence Garvin

DB Devin Smith

WR Justin Brown

Some notable exclusions from that list are Marshall McFadden and 5th round pick Terry Hawthorne.  I expect that Spaeth’s roster spot will open up on Tuesday and most likely one of these guys gets promoted to the active roster.