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Behind the Steel Curtain What positions can we really fill?

  1. O-Line (9 spots of the 53)                                                                                                     Starks, Kemo, Hartwig, Foster and Colon are set. Either Hills or Scott will make the team as a Back up Tackle and Urbik, Essex and Big Legursky will compete for backing up the Interior. My guess is 1 or 2 Rookies will get drafted, probably a Center and a Guard. Maybe even an UDFA Tackle to develop on the Practice Squad
  2. Running Backs (4 spots of 53)                                                                                                We have Mendenhall and Moore.which leaves Summers, Redman and Vincent as competition for the 2 available spots. I can see us drafting a true Fullback in the 6th/7th Round or an UDFA to compete with Summers and someone in the 4th/5th rounds to make it as a back up to Mendenhall. 
  3. QB (3 of the 53)                                                                                                                        We already have 3 (Ben, Dixon, Batch) barring no legal issues for Ben, maybe an UDFA to compete with Batch.
  4. Tight End (3 of the 53)                                                                                                           We have Miller as the Starter and D.Johnson/McHugh as H-Backs and Spaeth as the Back Up. I can see us drafting a TE somewhere in the later rounds or picking up an UDFA.
  5. WR (5 of the 53)                                                                                                            Holmes (after he serves his suspension), Hines, Wallace, Randel-El, should be our 1st 4 with Battle and Sweed (If we don't trade him) to compete for the #5. We also have Grisham & London competing. I can't see us drafting anyone with a legit chance of making the team.
  6. Special Teams (4 of the 53) Reed, Sepulveda, Warren, and Logan. Chery will compete with Logan. Czech and Graessle will also provide competition. I can't see us drafting anyone.
  7. D-Line (7 of the 53)                                                                                                            Aaron Smith, Ziggy Hood, and Keisel are in. Sonny Harris and Eason will compete and we'll probably draft someone in the 5th to provide competition. McLendon has been on the Practice Squad and will also provide some competition.Hampton and Hoke are our Nose Tackles but Hoke is entering the last year of his contract so don't be surprised to see a late round pick on a true NT to groom as his replacement and eventually take over for Hampton.
  8. LB (8 or 9 spots of  53)                                                                                                              The Inside looks set with Farrior, Timmons starting and Foote and Fox as the back ups. At OLB Deebo and Woodley are set which leaves competition for 2 or 3 spots. Frazier, Bailey, Williams and Doggett are competing and I could see us drafting 1 pick in the 3rd round and maybe another one late on Linebackers.
  9. Safety (4 of the 53spots)                                                                                                      Troy, Clark, & Will Allen are set. Mundy and Tuff Harris are competing but we'll probably draft a Safety somewhere in the mid rounds.
  10. Cornerback (5 or 6 spots of the 53)                                                                                          Ike Taylor is entering his contract year, Keenan Lewis, and Smokin Joe Burnett should make the roster. William Gay,Trae Williams, Pittman, and Madison are competing. I think we'll use a high pick on a CB.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               So here is what I think our Draft might look like:                                                                                                                                                                                   1st round Iupati/Pouncey           2nd CB Kareem Jackson/Brandon Ghee                                      3rd Gibson/ Worilds                4th RB Anthony Dixon                        5A Tennant/ Walton (if we didn't draft Pouncey) or Petrus/ Lauvao (if we didn't draft Iupati)               5B DE Neal or Geathers               5C LB Moats/Tracy            6 Safety R Johnson                  7A FB Conner                7B NT Mullins, Ross or Ivey  

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Behind the Steel Curtain The Bubble

Arguably 44 have secured their place on the 09 Team which leaves 36 guys competing for the last 9 seats on the bus.

Here are the 44 who i believe have made the cut so far

 

RB Parker Mendenhall Moore     3
WR Ward Holmes Sweed Wallace McDonald 5
QB Roethlisberger Batch Dixon     3
TE/HB Miller Spaeth       2
OL Starks Kemo Hartwig Essex Colon
    Foster Stapleton Urbik   8
DL A. Smith Hampton Keisel    
  Hood Hoke       5
LB Woodley Farrior Timmons J. Harrison   8
  Frazier Woods Fox Bailey  
CB Taylor Gay K. Lewis Townsend   8
S Polamalu Clark      
ST Reed Sepulveda Warren Logan   4
44

 

This leaves 36 people for 9 slots at this point

On the Bubble
Redman C. Davis Summers Vincent     1 or 2 spots
Baker Nance Williams Grisham Black   0 spots
Reilly   0 spots
Johnson McHugh Sherrod   1 spot
   
Hills Capizzi Parquet Shipley Legursky Stepanovich 1 or 2 spots
   
Harris Kirschke Eason McLendon Paxson   1 or 2 spots
A.Harrison B. Davis Korte Schantz   1 or 2 spots
   
Burnett Madison Ratliff   1 or 2 spots
Carter Mundy R. Lewis Richardson  
Czech           0 spots
36

If you're Tomlin, who do you keep ?

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