Preseason Gameday 4: Carolina Kitty-cats

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Tonight will be the last time for those on the “roster bubble” to make the team. It wouldn’t surprise us to see some of the guys that we cut wind up on other teams’ rosters.

So for one final time we look at the roster. From what we can tell, there are 35 “roster locks” that will no doubt make the team.

Beyond these 35, there are 18 spots that are up for grabs tonight. The numbers following the position are the position they are competing for. For example, “QB2” would be the backup QB job. Players are more or less listed in the approximate place on the depth chart, based on where they’ve played so far this preseason. The players competing for these spots are:

Offense

FB1: Carey Davis, Frank Summers

RB4: Isaac Redman, Frank Summers, Justin Vincent

WR4: Mike Wallace, Shaun McDonald, Dallas Baker, Brandon Williams, Tyler Grisham (note: the Steelers will keep either 4 or 5 WRs, so two of these might make the team)

TE3: Sean McHugh, David Johnson, Dezmond Sherrod

OL(entire 2nd string): Doug Legursky (C), Kraig Urbik (G), Jeremey Parquet (G/T), Jason Capizzi (G/T), Ramon Foster (G/T), Tony Hills (T), A.Q. Shipley (C)

Defense

DE4: Nick Eason, Travis Kirschke, Ra’Shon Harris, Steve McLendon

OLB3: Arnold Harrison, Andre Frazier, Patrick Bailey, Bruce Davis (note: it is likely the Steelers will keep 4 or 5 OLBs, so 2 or 3 of these might make the team)

ILB4: Donovan Woods, Andrew Schancz, Tom Korte

CB4: Keenan Lewis, Anthony Madison, Joe Burnett, Keiwann Ratliff, Roy Lewis (note: the Steelers may choose to keep 5 CBs and 3 safeties, in the hopes that one of their corners can fill a back-up safety role.)

Other players on the bubble:

Ryan Mundy (S) — The Steelers cut Derrick Richardson, leaving Mundy as the 4th safety on the roster, but they may only keep 3 on the team.

Stefan Logan (KR/PR) — Logan has a chance to steal someone’s roster spot by being explosive once again on special teams. He has been great in two games so far, and the Steelers are looking for one last performance out of him tonight. Unlike Joe Burnett, he has a steady grip on the ball, and having him back there would give Mike Wallace the freedom to work on learning the offensive playbook.

Where we’ll be:

John is out in Amish country where they’ve never heard of football

Ian will be at Karaoke night at Hough’s in Greenfield watching the game and making a fool out of himself.

For some pre-game enjoyment, we recommend reading The Angry Bureaucrat’s G-20 Visitor’s Guide to Pittsburgh:

Part I

Part II