Steelers Release Players to Adjust Roster to 53

Steelers reduce roster to 53
Saturday, September 5, 2009

PITTSBURGH ? The Steelers finalized their regular season roster today by releasing 21 players and placing another on the Reserve/Injured List to reach the NFL-mandated 53-player limit.

The team’s final roster includes three quarterbacks, four running backs, six wide receivers, three tight ends, nine offensive linemen, seven defensive linemen, eight linebackers, 10 defensive backs and three specialists (kicker, punter and long snapper).

The Steelers released the following players to reach their 53-man roster limit: quarterback Mike Reilly; running backs Carey Davis, Isaac Redman and Justin Vincent; wide receivers Dallas Baker, Tyler Grisham and Brandon Williams; tight end Dezmond Sherrod; offensive linemen Jason Capizzi, Jeremy Parquet and A.Q. Shipley; defensive linemen Sonny Harris, Steve McClendon and Scott Paxson; linebackers Bruce Davis, Tom Korte, Andy Schantz and Donovan Woods; defensive backs Roy Lewis and Anthony Madison; and kicker Piotr Czech.

Sixth-year veteran tight end Sean McHugh was placed on the team’s Reserve/Injured List and will miss the entire 2009 season after injuring his knee during training camp.

All NFL teams must trim their rosters to 53 players by 6 p.m. (ET) Saturday, September 5. Clubs may establish a practice squad of up to eight players after noon (ET) Sunday, Sept. 6.

The Steelers will kick off the NFL season at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 when they host the Tennessee Titans at Heinz Field.

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2009 Steeler Pre-Season is Underway

I’ve said this every year for the past 5 years on the Blog, I hate the pre-season. Sure, it gets me somewhat excited for the upcoming season but what a waste of time for football fans. It is very clear that pre-season NFL football is for revenue generation ONLY. I can’t wait until the NFL gets rid of 2 games and adds them to the regular season.

Why do I hate the NFL Pre-season?

It’s pretty obvious to most NFL fans, I would imagine. The starters rarely play and it’s nothing but a chance to end a players season before it even starts.

I’m not sure why anyone would spend the cash to go to a pre-season game. Why would I want to watch players that I’ve never heard of, that will never play again and watch a game that means absolutely nothing in the pursuit of the Lombardi Trophy. I just don’t do it. Heck, I don’t even watch the games on TV.

Having said that, I am getting stoked for the 2009-10 football season. There are a couple of reasons I’m excited. Reason 1, The Pittsburgh Steelers are the defending Super Bowl Champions! That should be reason enough but..Reason 2, we are coming back with relatively the same team as last year, actually, I think we have a better team than last year and an easier schedule.

I know, it’s very hard to repeat as champions in the NFL but this is the best chance we’ve had in a very long time. Since the 70’s anyway. LOL

Is it too early to start the SEVEN slogans??

Is it a coincidence that Polomalu’s jersey number adds up to 7?

Big Ben is #7

Win # Seven for #7

Win # 7 as Myron smiles down from Heaven!

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Steelers Draft 8 Players in 2009 NFL Draft

It looks like the Steelers have drafted 8 players and have filled every need and are able to add depth to a roster of returning Super Bowl Champions!! I’m not gonna say REPEAT yet…

Here is a breakdown of the draft. Click the link to see the full profile on each player.

DL Evander ‘Ziggy’ Hood in the first round

G Kraig Urbik in the third round

WR Mike Wallace in the third round

CB Keenan Lewis in the third round

CB Joe Burnett in the fifth round

FB Frank Summers in the fifth round

DE Ra’shon ‘Sonny’ Harris in the sixth round

C Allan ‘A.Q.’ Shipley in the seventh round

TE David Johnson in the seventh round

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Steelers Draft Day Not Very Exciting

As I posted earlier, the Steelers don’t have any huge holes to fill due to free agency so the first day of the draft was as predicted, boring.

There were a bunch of trades, and three quarterbacks among the top 17 picks. There were two centers picked in Round 1 for the first time in, well, forever, and another head-scratcher by the Oakland Raiders.

The NFL pushed the start of its 2009 draft back to 4 p.m. to accommodate ESPN, and whether the first 64 picks packed enough drama to merit the move can be debated. But for Steelers fans, the theme of the day took on the time-honored television phrase: stay tuned.

The Steelers closed the first round by picking Missouri defensive lineman Ziggy Hood, and when their turn came at the end of the second round, Director of Football Operations Kevin Colbert and Coach Mike Tomlin surveyed their board and decided the best course of action was to defer. And so the Steelers ended the day by trading their second-round pick, plus their No. 4 selection, to Denver for both of the Broncos third-round picks – the 79th and 84th overall.

And so, when the draft resumes at 10 a.m. on Sunday, the Steelers will have three picks in the third round – the two they acquired from Denver – plus their own, which will be the 96th pick of the draft.

“It was a chance to pick up some extra picks,” said Colbert. “It was a nice group of guys who were left and rather just taking one of those guys I think we will have a good chance at getting three. It was inviting. Like I said hopefully we’ll come out of it with three quality guys tomorrow.

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Steeler News, Signings and Schedule

Well, I haven’t been around much since the Super Bowl but with the draft coming up, the Steelers are back in the news and I’m starting to think about the Repeat!! Oh yeah, I didn’t forget about Steeler Football, just sitting back and enjoying being the World Champs!

Let’s see, what’s new.. James Harrison made the Steelers Pay for cutting him twice.. literally, to the tune of 6 years 51.75 million. Very nice James, very frigging nice, you deserve it.

Byron Leftwich has left us for Tampa, he must have enjoyed the area so much while at the Super Bowl, he decided to stay for a couple more years. I’m glad for him, he deserves a starting job BUT, that system is not a good fit for him. He will be the backup by week 3.

The 2009 schedule was released today and I haven’t had time to analyze it yet and will talk about it more later.

Here is the Steelers 2009 Schedule.

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