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Steelers Activate Martavis Bryant, Release Ventrone

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As expected, the Steelers have activated WR Martavis Bryant to the 53 man roster this afternoon.

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The Steelers had a roster exemption for Bryant who just finished his suspension for violating the NFL’s drug policy. The team had until 4:00 this afternoon to make a move on the 2nd year star receiver, and they took all the time they were given. Bryant only practiced with the team last Monday after coming back from Texas, and was ultimately kept out of the game in San Diego due to a minor knee injury.

To make room for the roster move, S Ross Ventrone has been released. Ventrone injured his hamstring during last night’s win over the Chargers. I imagine the special teams standout will back with the Steelers at some point in the not-too-distant future.

 

 

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Steelers Make Several Practice Squad Moves

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The Steelers have been busy retooling their practice squad this morning. The team has added five new players to the squad, and released 5 others to make room. Here’s the list of signings.

TE Xavier Grimble,

OT Matt Feiler

RB Fitzgerald Toussaint

WR Isaiah Burs

C/G Barrett Jones

To make room for the signings the team released these five players.

TE Harold Spears

WR Jarrod West

RB Dominique Brown

OT Antonio Johnson

OL Reese Dismukes

After these moves, the Steelers currently have 3 players on the practice squad who spent the entire preseason with the team. The flurry of moves is an indicator that the team recognizes that they’ve lacked talented depth. I expect the team to make even more practice squad moves in the near future.

 

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Steelers Re-Sign Doug Legursky, Place Pouncey On Short Term IR

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As expected, the Steelers placed center Maurkice Pouncey on injured reserve/with the designation to return, and signed veteran center Doug Legursky this afternoon.

Pouncey broke his left fibula last month and the team brought in Legursky a few days later. With the short term IR, Pouncey can return as early as November 8th when the Steelers play the Oakland Raiders.

The Steelers now have Legursky and Chris Hubbard as backups behind Cody Wallace until Pouncey possibly returns. The team cut Legursky a couple days ago so they could use his roster spot until Pouncey was placed on short term IR. He will wear number 64.

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Steelers Sign RB Todman, Claim DE Lyons; Waive Chickillo And Grant

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The Steelers made some additional changes to their initial 53 man roster today. The team signed former Jaguars RB Jordan Todman and claimed DE Caushaud Lyons off of waivers from Tampa Bay. To make room for the additions, the team waived LB Anthony Chickillo and CB Doran Grant.

Todman is 5’10, 200 lbs and was recently waived by the Panthers. He was drafted in the 6th round of the 2011 draft by the Chargers. He played behind Maurice Jones-Drew and next to Justin Forsett in Jacksonville. His salary is reportedly fully guaranteed this year.

Lyons is a raw, yet athletic DE. The 6’5″, 295 lb UDFA defneisive lineman was waived by the Bucs this weekend. Here are some of his measurables: 4.87 40 yd, 475 lb bench press, 600 lb squat,  and a 30 1/2 inch vertical.

 

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Steelers 2015 Final Roster Cuts Tracker

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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.

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Steelers Trade P Brad Wing To The NY Giants

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The Steelers have traded punter Brad Wing to the NY Giants for a late round draft pick in 2016.

https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/639824001884291072

I really like this move by the Steelers. The Giants parted ways with long time punter Steve Weatherford this morning to get younger and cheaper. Instead of simply waiving Wing today, the Steelers seized the opportunity and earned back a draft pick for 2016. The team traded away a 6th round pick for Scobee, and a conditional fifth round pick for Boykin.

Berry, 24, averaged 49.8 yards per punt in the preseason.

Update: The Steelers will receive a conditional 7th round pick from the Giants in 2016.

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Steelers Announce 1st Roster Moves And Cuts To Get To 75

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The Steelers have announced their first waive of roster cuts and other roster moves today to trim down to the required 75 man limit.

The following players have been released or waived:

OL Miles Dieffenbach, WR Kenzel Doe, WR C.J. Goodwin, RB Braylon Heard, DE Joe Kruger, DT Joe Okafor, OG Collin Rahrig, CB Jordan Sullen, OT Kevin Whimpey , LB/S Ian Wild, TE Cam Clear (waived/injured), DE Niko Davis (waived/injured), and TE Ray Hamilton (waived/injured).

OT Mike Adams has been placed on Reserve PUP. He will not be able to practice or play for the first 6 weeks of the season. After that, the team will have a 6 week window as to whether or not he’s going to IR, getting released, or returning to active duty.

The Steelers also announced that K Garrett Hartley and CB Senquez Golson will go to IR.

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Steelers Sign Michael Vick

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The Steelers have signed Michael Vick. Vick was in for a visit that lasted a few hours today, and ultimately, signed to a 1 year contract.

https://twitter.com/dlolleyor/status/636319925112557568

Vick is coming off one of his worst years statistically with the NY Jets. There were reports last summer that indicated Jets ownership wasn’t happy with Vick’s effort to compete for the starting job. Vick is 35, and hasn’t played like the Michael Vick of old in a few years. His former coach Rex Ryan was tempted to bring him in recently as their QB situation isn’t very good, but said he thought better of it.

“Our conditions are a little different than most teams,” said Ryan. “And Mike will tell you, he’s not built really for a bad weather quarterback. He doesn’t have great big hands, and the weather affects him some. And he’d be the first one to tell you.”

Fact of the matter is that there really aren’t a lot of options right now in free agency, and the Steelers aren’t comfortable enough with Landry Jones to ride with him and hope for a backup to become available down the road.

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Steelers Sign C/G Doug Legursky, Waive WR David Nelson

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The Steelers have signed former Steelers C/G Doug Legursky this morning. To make room for the signing, the team has placed WR David Nelson on the waived/injured list.

https://twitter.com/steelers/status/636153694908715008

The signing comes just the morning after Maurkice Pouncey had surgery to repair his broken ankle. Legursky started his career in 2008 as a UDFA and spent time on the Steelers practice squad. The following year he got a handful of reps across the line as a backup. He continued as a swing man across the middle until eventually replacing Maurkice Pouncey in the 2010 AFCCG and SuperBowl.

He was a free agent in 2013 and the Steelers didn’t re-sign him. He was signed by Buffalo, and was their starting left guard. Last year he was signed by the Chargers after their starting center fell to injury early in the season. Legursky only played a couple games before tearing his ACL which sidelined him for the year.

Legursky has battled with knee injuries the past couple seasons, and it wouldn’t be inaccurate to say he hasn’t exactly gotten better with age. As I said the other day, I expect the Steelers to roll with Cody Wallace at center, and if he goes down, then Legursky will be the next man up.

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L.J. Fort Claimed Off Waivers, Zumwalt Waived

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The Steelers waived/injured LB Jordan Zumwalt today. Zumwalt has battled the injury bug since last summer. The former UCLA linebacker spent last season on injured reserve. With the open roster spot, the Steelers claimed linebacker L.J. Fort off of waivers from New England.

https://twitter.com/BobLabriola/status/634115766095364096

Fort debuted with the Cleveland Browns in 2012 and played in every game that season. Since then, the veteran linebacker has only seen action in one game, and has been with several different teams. The Patriots waived Fort on Tuesday. He was with the team for 2 weeks.