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The key players who were on the bubble that made it:
- They carry 3 true TEs with Nowakowski as a FB / TE with Tonyan
- Eli Heidenreich appears to have won the RB3 job
- 9 OL, but very interior heavy. Probably need an OT in there
- 2 young DL from this class, Gabriel Rubio and Kevin Jobity Jr., find a way onto the roster
- Both Jenkins and Spears-Jennings make it due to Elliott going to IR. Safety has to be a position they'll look at on the waiver / trade market potentially · Quoting Nick Farabaugh: Steelers' 53-man roster:
QBs: Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, Drew Allar
RBs: Jaylen Warren, Rico Dowdle, Eli Heidenreich
WRs: DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr., Roman Wilson, Germie Bernard, Kaden Wetjen, Ben Skowronek
TEs/FB: Pat Freiermuth, Darnell Washington, Robert Tonyan, Riley Nowakowski
OL: Troy Fautanu, Mason McCormick, Zach Frazier, Spencer Anderson, Brock Hoffman, Dylan Cook, Max Iheanachor, Ryan McCollum, Gennings Dunker
DL: Cam Heyward, Derrick Harmon,…
3 more updatesfrom 2 sources
- Aug 30 Mark Kaboly (X) Eli Heidenreich is listed as a running back/wide receiver on the Steelers' official roster. hmmm
- Aug 30 Mark Kaboly (X) Still a little surprised but good for Eli. · Quoting Mark Kaboly: I do think Eli Heidenreich has an outside shot of making the 53. Still think he's destined for the practice squad but it's closer than you might think.
- Aug 30 Nick Farabaugh (X) The key players who were on the bubble that made it: - They carry 3 true TEs with Nowakowski as a FB / TE with Tonyan - Eli Heidenreich appears to have won the RB3 job - 9 OL, but very interior heavy. Probably need an OT in there - 2 young DL from this class, Gabriel Rubio and Kevin Jobity Jr., find a way onto the roster - Both Jenkins and Spears-Jennings make it due to Elliott going to IR. Safety has to be a position they'll look at on the waiver / trade market potentially · Quoting Nick Farabaugh: Steelers' 53-man roster: QBs: Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, Drew Allar RBs: Jaylen Warren, Rico Dowdle, Eli Heidenreich WRs: DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr., Roman Wilson, Germie Bernard, Kaden Wetjen, Ben Skowronek TEs/FB: Pat Freiermuth, Darnell Washington, Robert Tonyan, Riley Nowakowski OL: Troy Fautanu, Mason McCormick, Zach Frazier, Spencer Anderson, Brock Hoffman, Dylan Cook, Max Iheanachor, Ryan McCollum, Gennings Dunker DL: Cam Heyward, Derrick Harmon,…
- Aug 30 Nick Farabaugh (X) Steelers' 53-man roster: QBs: Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, Drew Allar RBs: Jaylen Warren, Rico Dowdle, Eli Heidenreich WRs: DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr., Roman Wilson, Germie Bernard, Kaden Wetjen, Ben Skowronek TEs/FB: Pat Freiermuth, Darnell Washington, Robert Tonyan, Riley Nowakowski OL: Troy Fautanu, Mason McCormick, Zach Frazier, Spencer Anderson, Brock Hoffman, Dylan Cook, Max Iheanachor, Ryan McCollum, Gennings Dunker DL: Cam Heyward, Derrick Harmon, Keeanu Benton, Yahya Black, Gabriel Rubio, Sebastian Joseph-Day, Kevin Jobity Jr. OLB: T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith, Nick Herbig, Jack Sawyer ILB: Patrick Queen, Payton Wilson, Carson Bruener, Cole Holcomb CBs: Joey Porter Jr., Jalen Ramsey, Jamel Dean, Asante Samuel Jr, Daylen Everette, Brandin Echols S: Jaquan Brisker, Rayshawn Jenkins, Robert Spears-Jennings STs: Cam Johnston, Chris Boswell, Christian Kuntz
- I do think Eli Heidenreich has an outside shot of making the 53. Still think he's destined for the practice squad but it's closer than you might think.
The River 5
- From the 'Heinz Field' seats to the field in a matter of months for Eli Heidenreich -- the storybook year continues for the Lebo guy
- Steelers' Eli Heidenreich doing a little bit of everything. (I missed the special teams drills)
- Omar Khan says Eli Heidenreich 'earned it' to make the 53-man roster. "There's some versatility, playmaking there." When asked if Heidenreich's role will be more of a RB or a WR, Khan says "both." Heidenreich has played RB in the preseason.
- Since drafting James Conner in 2017, here's the list of RBs the Steelers have selected since: R5: Jaylen Samuels (2018) R4: Benny Snell (2019) R4: Anthony McFarland (2020) R1: Najee Harris (2021) R3: Kaleb Johnson (2025) R7: Eli Heidenreich (2026) They found Jaylen Warren through the UDFA pool in 2022.
- Will Howard, Eli Heidenreich and the other Steelers on the fringe with the most to prove in the final preseason game.