Steelers Make Roster Moves, Sign LB Rocky Boiman and CB Corey Ivy
by lightningrod on Nov 24, 2009 4:35 PM EST
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Steelers make roster moves --- Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Steelers Make Roster Moves, Sign Boiman and Ivy
PITTSBURGH ─ The Steelers today announced the addition of veteran LB Rocky Boiman and CB Corey Ivy to their active roster. Financial terms of the one-year deals were not released.
Boiman (6-4, 242), an eight-year veteran from Notre Dame, was originally selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round (133rd overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played with Tennessee from 2002-05 and was in training camp with Tennessee in 2009 before being waived on Sept. 4. Boiman played with the Indianapolis Colts from 2006-07 and with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2008. He has registered 197 tackles on defense, 1.5 sacks and forced three fumbles during his NFL career. Boiman has also recorded 57 special teams tackles.
Ivy (5-9, 180), a nine-year veteran from Oklahoma, originally signed with the New England Patriots and an undrafted rookie in 1999. He made the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ roster in 2001 and played with Buccaneers through 2004. Ivy played in 2005 with the St. Louis Rams and from 2006-08 with the Baltimore Ravens. He was in training camp with the Cleveland Browns in 2009, but was released prior to the regular season. Ivy has recorded 209 tackles, 9.5 sacks and three interceptions during his career. He has registered 96 special teams tackles.
The Steelers also announced the addition of OG Jonathan Palmer to the team’s practice squad. Palmer (6-4, 336) was on the Steelers’ practice squad from December 12 – 26, 2007, and was in training camp in 2009 with the Carolina Panthers. He originally signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted rookie out of Auburn in 2007.
The Steelers made room on their active roster for Boiman and Ivy by releasing second-year LB Donavan Woods and sixth-year CB Keiwan Ratliff. Ratliff signed with the Steelers as an unrestricted free agent this past May. Woods was recently activated from the Steelers’ practice squad on Nov. 17.
Room was made for Palmer on the Steelers’ practice squad when the team released RB Justin Vincent. Vincent had spent time on the Steelers’ practice squad from 2007-09.
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Thank god
They are finally making big moves in hopes of big results.
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I’m glad Keiwan Ratliff is gone
Who’s going to replace him for more playing time now?
Joe Burnett ?
by lightningrod on Nov 24, 2009 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe
Keenen Lewis??
Steelers football is 60 mins.
by tannofsteel84 on Nov 24, 2009 5:26 PM EST up reply actions
A manikin would work
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
by PixburghArn on Nov 25, 2009 7:19 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m not sure Ratliff’s even been in a lot of sub packages lately. I don’t think he’s been active for the last couple of games. Time to check with Wexell…
by BluegrassSteeler on Nov 24, 2009 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
?Woods gone?
that surprises me
"Now that I'm here, I don't want to just be here, I want to be here for a long time." Hines Ward, 1998 4th round draft pick.
by kick him in the head on Nov 24, 2009 4:51 PM EST reply actions
Yea I don’t know why they got rid of Donovon Woods
He was on the Practice Squad in the beginning of the year
by lightningrod on Nov 24, 2009 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Hopefully Woods finds his way back to the PS. Think he has some good upside.
This special teams thing is scaring me a bit. I know it’s been below the line, but do we need to make wholesale changes? I guess Tomlin and staff are turning over more than just rocks at this point. Let’s hope it works.
by Silverback92 on Nov 24, 2009 5:13 PM EST up reply actions
Wholesale changes? Wholesale changes?
We’ve given up four kick returns for touchdowns, two in the past two weeks! Most teams in the NFL have yet to give up a single kick return for a touchdown. No other team has given up more than two.
By the way, if we had decent kick coverage, we would probably be 8-2 and in first place in the AFC North.
So yes, I think wholesale changes are in order.
EXACTLY
This is some of the worst coverage in the history of football. That is not hyperbole, they are already breaking Steeler records. Wholesale changes are in order.
Also, why does the comment box on this site not have “Steeler” in its spell-check repertoire?
theirs ah spelchequer?
"Now that I'm here, I don't want to just be here, I want to be here for a long time." Hines Ward, 1998 4th round draft pick.
by kick him in the head on Nov 25, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
Corey Ivy's...
Divisional expertise may come in handy. He was with the Ravens and more recently the Browns. That kind of stuff doesn’t hurt.
'I’ve learned to become a flat-liner. There’s a lot out there that’ll make your heart jump if you allow it."
-Coach Tomlin
Need to hope
Limas Sweed doesn’t deck Ivy again
by mojo88 on Nov 24, 2009 5:31 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I just hope this works...
…and we get a positive turnover ratio from here on. We need to create more on defense. You aren’t going to win many games when you give it to the other guy 3 times or more. Ivy and Boiman are like assassins or mercenaries – they are being brought in to eliminate the problem.
Yay!
Hopefully these new signings will make a difference on our kickoff team because we’re last in practically every major category when it comes to kickoff coverage and to think that we were awesome last year in terms of kickoff :( we’ll need all the help we can get against the ravens this weekend cuz injuries are going to kill us!
Like Ratliff being gone, I hope Lewis & Burnett get more playing time And the willingness to let guys go should be a hell of a motivator for the fringe ST players. Although it’s kind of strange having a former Raven, it’s good that we sign a decent player for information. Jax used to sign former Steelers just for a week and then cut them right after they played us.
by VinniePie on Nov 24, 2009 8:47 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I still want harrison back on coverage
To me that seems to be the biggest issue, overprotecting Harrison. When has he been injured? Never. Its probably not possible anyway.
Harrison was injured in 2005...
with a high ankle sprain that kept him out of the lineup for a long time.
Who's laughing now, O Line??? Ben Roethlisberger (from the Podium) to his O-Line and the world in Superbowl XLIII
by SteeladyinVA on Nov 25, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
Second week in a row
someone from the team the Steelers are playing this weekend was signed.
Not sayin, just sayin, that’s all.
If you buy a foreign made product you give money to a person who will not be buying an American made produdt that you get paid to make. Think about it next time you're at the store.
Should have gotten Rocky Balboa and Adrianne
Ok maybe clubber lang fool
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
I thought you would mention
"We just have to play better as a whole team." James Harrison
by LongTimeSteelersFan on Nov 25, 2009 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
He was an obvious choice
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
LOL, nicely done
Thanks for bringing Terry to attention, whenever that was, I really enjoy those videos.
"We just have to play better as a whole team." James Harrison
by LongTimeSteelersFan on Nov 25, 2009 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
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