Another look at the 53 man roster

but id keep either of them over a 7th CB provided theyre all of equal talent.

Barring injury, I don’t see any chance the Steelers cut Cortez Allen. Allen is a brand new 4th round draft choice with the physical attributes to be a starting CB in this league. Warren does not have those attributes.

 In addition, Allen (like Warren) appears to have good intangibles. This is 2 preseason games after an abbreviated off-season. It is way too early to even consider giving up on Allen.

I agree with most of your choices but I don’t see 7 CB’s. I know its cliche, but I don’t think William Gay would be a big loss, so long as one player between Brown, Allen, Lewis or Butler can provide basic competence as a CB. I think Brown’s development (if it continues) especially hurts Gay, since Brown has the slot short-area quickness to be a competent 3rd CB right now and render Gay superfluous. I like Gay as a person more than as a player.

Also, I think that this may be the year that Steve McClendon pushes out Chris Hoke. He’s been in the system long enough now. Finally, I want Mortty Ivy to make this team, though it does seem an uphill battle.

put in 10-yards into the endzone. I think that alone could have more impact on a team than a 6th WR or a 7th CB each game that won’t play. With Suisham, the Steelers are going to have a lot of runbacks. Thoughts?

Id like it if we traded out Gay for Grey.

But I think that , sadly we may lose a couple of good prospect when the final cut is made. We have got to get a backup for Casey. I want him to be able to go full throttle when he is in there. If he is tired put his backup in. McClendon has an upper hand on Anthony Gray now, because he has gotten more minutes. As much as I would like us to keep Hoke, I would keep the 2 youngsters (Gray and McClendon). Hoke will get picked up by another team because he is still a capable NG – but we need to get younger with our backups. Hope we make Dixon the 3rd QB and give Charlie a Management /Coaching position. If we can stay healthy, this is a Superbowl team.

because Warren/Lewis do the nickel corner job as good or better than Gay is capable of doing it and that way we would not have to try and sneak Cortez to the PS, which will never happen. I don’t think cutting Allen is sensible considering he has the potential to be a lockdown #1 corner.

Would not be shocked if they try to showcase Dixon these next 2 weeks to try and generate some trade buzz around him. Send him away to someone needing a QB (Dolphins) for a 5th round choice. He will walk at the end of the season, so get what you can for him. I am more than comfortbale with having Ben, Byron and Charlie as our QBs this year and try to find some young kid to groom next.

I see Battle, Gay and Foote getting cut, Dixon probably getting traded maybe to Seattle (J Jackson is worthless), which will open the spots for Warren, Batch (1 more year before becoming a QB coach) and Smith. Gray and Harvey will be on the PS. If Cortez keeps being hurt, dont be surprised is he is placed in the IR, which will open the spot for Foote.

How about Tony Hills, all the paper abuse he has taken his first three years, I think he has cemented the RG position, he can pull, pretty good in the pass and will be joining Pouncey down the field in running plays. Which will mean more yards for both M and R-train

Don’t read anything into the Steelers re-signing him at all. They’ve done that sort of thing for years. Bring back marginal players on one year deals that cost them nothing to cut in training camp. It’s covering their asses in case a rookie or second year player can’t take their spot as hoped. So the Steelers need someone to be their nickel DB. If that’s Donovan Warren then Gay will likely be cut, as I expect Mewelde Moore would have been if Baron Batch had earned a roster spot. I doubt very much they would cut Cortez Allen and hope he lasts on the Practice Squad, if Warren or one of the other young CBs we have is unable to beat out Gay for the nickel DB slot then expect Gay to be kept and I would think it would be Warren they’d opt to stash on the practice squad, activating him in the case of a Defensive back injury.

I think Gay is in trouble. All things being equal, they would keep the pieces with upside. While Cortez Allen hasn’t been able to show much this camp due to injury, William Gay has been outplayed by Lewis and Warren, allowing us to stash Cortez and move on from Gay. Let’s hope we see some things out of Cortez these next two weeks to make this all academic!!!

First off, I see Chris Scott holding the backup position over Keith Williams. From what I’ve seen and heard so far, either way its a tough cut.

I would NOT be surprised to see Arnaz Battle dropped if and only if Warren can provide ST support. Warren needs to work his way up through the ranks, but could be a Nick Shields (green bay undrafted nickle corner) that could surprise us if given the shot. And do we really need Arnaz on the WR corps? I doubt it, our WRs are as deep as ever. Browns emerging, Sanders is solid, Cochery is a baller, and Ward and Wallace are studs.

Allen is by far the best specimen on the CB chart and you can’t just cut a 4th round pick in his first camp unless he’s gone full retard.

Another possible solution is cut one TE, Personally I don’t like all the two TE sets anyway, and the 2nd TE mostly just blocks. We could swing Gilbert in there or somebody for those occasions.