Steelers Keep Four ILB On 53-Man Roster

The Pittsburgh Steelers chose to keep four ILB on the active roster as opposed the the five they have kept for the past few seasons.

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00:00 Any name that stood out to you or any thoughts that you had on the 53 man roster that you

00:05 went, oh, okay, can't wait to talk about that one.

00:07 Yeah, I mean, I was a little surprised at Tanner Muse getting cut.

00:10 I mean, that was one that was made yesterday, but I was, I'm surprised they kept only four

00:18 inside linebacks.

00:19 I thought they were going to keep at least five.

00:21 It could have been Kwiatkowski.

00:24 I thought it was going to be Muse.

00:25 I thought Muse is probably the better option there, but they ended up only keeping four

00:28 with Holcomb, Roberts, Kwon Alexander, and Mark Robinson.

00:34 I don't know if I would, they're not thin at inside linebacker, but I just thought Muse

00:39 was deserving of a roster spot.

00:43 But like, the more I look over this, the more I'm like, I guess I don't know where you'd

00:48 make from four.

00:50 Maybe they kept one more ride receiver than I thought they would.

00:53 Maybe that's where the switch comes.

00:55 But yeah, I was surprised by that one.

00:56 I thought Tanner Muse had looked really good.

00:59 Yeah, they kept, they only kept four.

01:02 And just like you said, like the wide receivers, I thought they'd keep five and I thought Gentry's

01:07 cut would have made room for it.

01:09 Instead, it makes room for a fifth corner.

01:12 So it just, I mean, they're going to rely a lot on Mark Robinson to play special teams

01:17 and a lot of Nick Herbig to play special teams.

01:19 And maybe they feel like that's enough.

01:21 I don't know if I'm sending like a Landon Roberts or Kwon Alexander back there and saying,

01:26 Hey, go cover a punt.

01:27 Like I just don't know if I feel good about that, but I don't know.

01:32 That's what they're, that's what they're going to do.

01:34 It's a big Mark Robinson year, but just like you said, like I was surprised once Tanner

01:36 Muse left, I thought, okay, like that was a bit shocking because I thought he had the

01:41 upper hand over Kwiatkowski, but I was almost certain that Kwiatkowski was sticking around

01:46 at that point.

01:47 And the fact that he didn't, you just looked at, Oh, okay.

01:50 Cause I've been here, this is your five for me.

01:52 And in the five seasons, they have always kept five inside linebackers.

01:57 So I was a bit surprised there and to keep five corners and six wide receivers, it just,

02:03 you know, the special teams values there.

02:05 And they just must see different special teams values in different areas.

02:08 But Tanner Muse is a special teams ace.

02:09 So I was a little bit, a little bit shocked there.

02:12 [Explosion]