Today’s a big day for the Steelers as they make their final cuts to whittle down and make the remaining necessary cuts to get to the final 53 man roster. Here are the cuts, waivers, and final roster moves- updated as the news breaks.
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Here is the complete list of cuts the Steelers made over the past two days.
WR Shakim Phillips
WR Jarrod West
RB Jawon Chisholm
RB Josh Harris
LB LJ Fort
LB Shayon Green
LB Howard Jones
DL Mike Thornton
DL Ethan Hemer
DL Matt Conrath
S Jordan Dangerfield
S Alden Darby
S Gerod Holliman
CB B.W. Webb
CB Kevin Fogg
OG B.J. Finney
OG/C Doug Legursky
OL Reese Dismukes
Waived/Injured
OT Mitchell Van Dyk
OT Kevin Palmer
P Brad Wing (traded to Giants for late round pick)
https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/639824001884291072
WR Jarrod West
https://twitter.com/JosinaAnderson/status/639825195100971008
LB Howard Jones
https://twitter.com/JFowlerESPN/status/639838187326713856
RB Jawon Chisholm has been rumored to have been cut. We’ll update when this is confirmed, though he was an obvious cut, so I see no reason for this to be untrue.
LB LJ Fort
https://twitter.com/DraftDiamonds/status/639845655511453700
CB Kevin Fogg
https://twitter.com/JFowlerESPN/status/639848601099870208
DL Mike Thornton
https://twitter.com/JFowlerESPN/status/639855467431374848
Ethan Hemer
https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/639852222877204480
It appears that the Steelers are are keeping FB Roosevelt Nix. According to Chris Adamski, he was in the locker room looking very happy, and was getting congratulated by his teammates.