53 Man Roster | 8/31 Roster Cuts Thread

Seriously, how many snaps per game are we going to need a 5th wide receiver for? 1? 2? I wouldn't even want that many, because it would mean removing Miller/Rainey/Mendenhall/Redman/Dwyer. If we lose a WR in a game, are we really gonna die if we can only play with 3 + Miller/Rainey/Mendenhall/Redman/Dwyer for the rest of that game? If this 5th receiver was deserving, that would be one thing. But that guy just wasn't here.

 

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beachum got better every week and has looked good the last two weeks. just as adams has. yes he did earn it. yes he will get better and they will most likely expand his role to center too before it's over. he will be the next 5 spot guy and i think better then essex was at each of them. ya gotta give these guys some time. if they inprove each week thats all you can ask for. they will improve his stregnth over time as they do with most guys. i think they have a i'm talking about linemen, why would you compare him to other positions? we could say colon isn't as good as rainey at his position. so what? beachum beat out a guy that not only was drafted alot higher then he was and a guy thats been part of this line for the last 7 years. 28 of them starts and many fill-ins. when last year this guy was playing at SMU. are you saying the steelers have been wrong for 7 years about essex? are you saying they just put beachum on the roster because he's the least sucky player around? would the steelers do this? yea, i think the kid earned his spot no matter how meaningless it is to you. the kid , i'm sure worked his butt off to win the spot. i think they did draft him for depth and having the ability to play that LT spot in a pinch was part of they're thinking. at least since they tried him there. which i might add was also against that 9 wide defense that we struggled with all night. the smarts he has is also a big plus but essex was smart too. they saw potential and looked at his whole body of work. is he there yet, maybe not as a 7 year vet but by then i'll bet he's better then now,and i'll bet he earns that too. [/quote]


absolutely !!!!!! without a doubt

 

I did not see Ford listed as waived - did I miss something? I assume he was waived/cut.

 

Agree - it would be silly to have a problem with lack of depth at WR, and a problem with stacks of depth with RB, and to solve this problem by picking up a sub-par WR and dropping a devent RB. Especially when one of those RBs is Rainey and (at some point) Mendenhall, who can both catch in the open field well. Plus Wes Saunders when he gets back.

I agree that it feels odd to go in with only 4 WRs, but it does make sense if we are going to play to our talents.

 

pretty sure he was cut before game 4

 

Yeah, he was. Supposedly he had an injured hamstring. Just as well. His good play was really making things complicated.

 

Yup me too. Gilreath might make it back but it will depend on whether they bring Essucks back

 

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2012/09/do ... time-soon/

what colbert thinks about beachum. sounds familiar.

 

Essex & Beachum, otherwise known as the dynamic duo, are painful to watch even as a mere fan. Beachbum has just started, badly, the stay of execution was issued on his first time up. Essux's call is long overdue.

I agree he'll be here though, in the long run, he's always here...

 

i don't think so. i think we have seen the last of essex.

 

if we put decastro on 8week ir , i will bring lee from the ps