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Lions Cut Drew Butler, Cardinals Cut Max Starks

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While teams have until 4:00 pm tomorrow to trim their rosters down to 75, many are already doing so. In today’s cuts, some former Steelers are finding pink slips in their lockers.

Aside from Dennis Dixon, former Steelers punter Drew Butler and long time Steelers tackle Max Starks were waived/released. Starks was battling for a backup position on the Cardinals’ offensive line, but like last year with the Chargers and Rams, he couldn’t find a spot on the team.

Butler made the Steelers 53 man roster last year, but was waived a few days later when the team signed his replacement. The Bears cut him in May, and he was with the Lions throughout training camp. I imagine many Steelers fans will ask “will the Steelers sign Drew Butler?” and I can’t imagine the answer being anything but no.

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Max Starks Signed By Arizona Cardinals

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Former Steelers tackle Max Starks has been signed by the Arizona Cardinals today. I’ll try not to make a Steelers West joke.

https://twitter.com/AZCardinals/status/495252474748354561

They also released Hrapmann, who had a couple brief stints with the Steelers. Starks spent 9 seasons with the Steelers and later signed with the Chargers and Rams. The Chargers released him before the 2013 season started, and the Rams released him a few weeks after signing him last September.

Starks rejoins Coach Bruce Arians in Arizona. It’s been said that the 32 year old tackle has lost a lot of weight and is moving very well. Perhaps he’ll stick in Arizona as back up OT.

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Max Starks Released By Rams

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The Rams have released former Steelers tackle Max Starks today. I would speculate that 80% of Steeler Nation is wondering if the team will give Max a call due to the team’s poor depth of talent, and recent struggles of the offensive line. Before his brief time with the Rams, Starks spent training camp with the San Diego Chargers and played with them throughout preseason, before losing the starting battle to King Dunlap. Starks struggled at times during his brief stint with the Chargers and Rams, though, he wasn’t exactly a top tier tackle during his last season with the Steelers, either. While I find the possibility of Max being signed by the Steelers to be pretty slim, you have to wonder if he wouldn’t bring more value to the roster than someone like Guy Whimper.

Max’s vet minimum salary is $840,000. If signed, he would count somewhere in the neighborhood of $600,000, depending on when he were signed.

Max Starks Signs With Rams

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Max Starks has officially signed with the St. Louis Rams today. The former Steeler signed a one year deal, and will serve as a backup on the Rams roster. Many Steelers fans were calling for the return of Starks due to the offensive line’s struggles this season, but Max was not an answer. He struggled in preseason before being released by the Chargers on August 3oth.

Of the signing Jeff Fischer said, “Max is an experienced tackle who has had a lot of plays in this league. We brought him in for a workout and we really liked his workout. He’s been working very hard since he was released and you can’t have enough experience on your offensive line.  We’ll get him ready to play in different packages and ready to back up if we need him.”

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