The Jaguars were awarded Long Snapper Luke Ingram off waivers yesterday.
Link: Jaguars announce claiming Ingram off waivers.
Ingram, a UDFA out of Hawaii, was released by the Steelers Thursday to make room for the signing of Cornerback Buddy Jackson.
Former Steelers Tight End Leonard Pope signed with the Chicago Bears today.
https://twitter.com/ChicagoBears/status/363663873301168128
This spring, the Steelers signed former Bear (and Steeler) Matt Spaeth. Spaeth was ranked the best blocking Tight End by ProFootballFocus, and the second highest ranked free agent TE this year. Pope, who played under Todd Haley in Arizona/Kansas City and was familiar with his terminology last spring, made little impact here last season, and has historically had trouble blocking in the run game due to his massive height.
Viewing this as a roster swap of sorts, it’s hard not to cheer ‘Go Steelers!’ as the team clearly came out on top.
Adam Caplan of ESPN reports that the Steelers will be hosting D’Anthony Batiste for a workout.
https://twitter.com/caplannfl/status/363441623671119872
Batiste is a free agent Tackle who started ten games with the Cardinals last season. Batiste is a 7 year veteran who has seen time on various teams, most recently the Cardinals, Broncos, and Redskins. He was ranked 43rd out of 43 available free agent Tackles by ProFootballFocus earlier this year.
The Steelers claimed CB Anthony “Buddy” Jackson off waivers, after being released earlier today by the Kansas City Chiefs. Jackson, a UDFA out of Pitt last year, was originally signed by the Colts and spent time on the Redskin’s Practice Squad last fall. He was waived by the Giants and Eagles this Spring before being picked up by the Chiefs. Jackson missed a couple days of practice last week with a hamstring injury. Long Snapper Luke Ingram was released to make space on the roster for his signing.
On a related note, the Broncos claimed CB Nigel Malone off waivers, who the Steelers released on Tuesday.
Jim Wexell of pit.scout.com, reports that David Johnson had knee surgery last Friday. Wexell states that his projected recovery time is two weeks, which (if it holds true) would put him back in the mix for the first week of preseason, coincidentally almost exactly a year after tearing his ACL in the preseason game against the Eagles.
While the details are not yet known, the projected recovery time indicates a knee scope, which can carry a recovery time of as soon as two to three weeks. The Steelers signed TE John Rabe yesterday to add depth while Johnson is sidelined. David Paulson and Matt Spaeth are the likely 1 and 2 TE’s while Heath Miller recovers. This latest setback for Johnson definitely isn’t going to help his hopes of making the 53 man roster.
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The Steelers released the first depth chart of the year today. There aren’t really any surprises on the chart, and it should only be taken with a grain of salt. These change quickly Continue reading