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The Steelers, like all NFL teams, will have to cut 5 players from their roster. Here are our predictions for who that might be.

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Although many of the numbers for the Steelers 2021 draft picks had been floating around, the Steelers officially announced the jersey numbers for their entire 2021 draft class on Thursday. JERSEY NUMBERS It had previously been announced that first round draft pick Najee Harris would be wearing his number 22 just like he did in his four seasons at Alabama. The rest of the jerseys are also now official from the Steelers. Pat Freiermuth will be donning number...

Courtesy of the Steelers PR Department Steelers PR Department Undrafted out of LSU in 2019, John Battle caught on with the Steelers practice squad early in the 2020 season. Battle was signed to a Reserve/Future contract in January. Trevor Williams went undrafted in the 2016 NFL draft out of Penn State, but was signed by the Chargers shortly after. Playing in Los Angeles for three seasons, Williams appeared in 37 games with 27 starts from 2016 to 2018. After brief stints in Arizona and Philadel...

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images After the Pittsburgh Steelers selected nine players in the 2021 NFL draft, they continued to adding to the roster with eight undrafted free agents. With many draft profiles focusing on those players towards the top and middle of the NFL draft, it is time to get to take a look at these other members of the Pittsburgh Steelers who will have just as much opportunity to make the roster in 2021 as those who were selected in the draft, despite the more difficult path....

Lets get to it: EDITORS NOTE: In what has become an annual occurrence, I again provide what I hope serves as a cautionary tale for fans who have spent the last couple of days consuming the grades/critiques written in the immediate aftermath of the 2021 NFL Draft. In 1974, the NFL Draft was a two-day event, with the first five rounds being picked on the first day with the final 12 rounds picked the following day. What the Steelers accomplished on those two days in 1974 deserves to be recogni...

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With the 2021 NFL Draft now in the books, the Pittsburgh Steelers will quickly switch their attention to eligible prospects who went undrafted. Long before the seventh-round ended, the Steelers will have reached out to players they were interested in who were expected to be available and it should not take long for the first few signings to be made. Undrafted players are allowed to sign with whoever they chose, with the more popular names ...

Donovan Stiner, S, Florida Jamar Watson, LB, Kentucky Brown and Wade were linked to the Steelers throughout the draft process as potential late-round picks, but Pittsburgh was able to add them post-draft instead.  In 2020, Brown had five interceptions in seven games. Hes assumed to be a slot corner but will likely use his versatility to become more of a Swiss army knife in the NFL.  Wade is a Pennsylvania native from just outside of Pittsburgh. A dynamic player, the former Nittany Lion adds d...