Pittsburgh Steelers Team Page

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin, $5 mil

Offensive Coordinator: Chan Gailey, $2.5 mil

Defensive Coordinator: Rob Ryan, $2.5 mil

Trades are in Bold. FA pickups are in Bold and underlined.


Quarterbacks ($5,635,000.00)
Roethlisberger,Ben QB, $4,750,000.00
Losman, J.P. QB, $500,000.00

Runningbacks ($5,065,000.00)
Parker, Willie, RB, $3,350,000.00
White, Lendale, RB, $530,000.00
Rhodes, Dominic, RB, $500,000.00
Hester, Jacob, FB,$385,000.00
Goodson,Mike,RB,$400,000.00(signed)

Wide Receivers ($8,935,000.00)
Ward, Hines, WR, $5,800,000.00
Hawkins, Lavelle, WR, $385,000.00
Hardy,James, WR, $450,000.00
Randle El, Antwan, WR, $1,000,000.00
Furrey, Mike, WR, $1,000,000.00
Lloyd,Brandon,WR,$300,000.00

Tight Ends ($2,760,000.00)
Speath, Matt, TE, $460,000.00
Crumpler,Alge ,TE, $2,000,000.00
Butler, Carson, TE,300,000.00


Offensive Line ($12,105,000.00)
Stapleton, Darnell, RG, $460,000.00
Salaam,Ephraim RT,$845,000.00
Diem, Ryan,RT,$3,750,000.00
Womack, Floyd, RG, $600,000.00
Starks, Max, LT, $3,000,000.00
Raiola, Dom, C, $950,000.00
Unger,Max,C,$600,000.00(signed)
Otah,Michael,LT,$700,000.00(signed)
Williams,Bobbie,LG,$500,000.00
McKinney,Seth,LG,$300,000.00
Isdaner,Greg,OG,$400,000.00(signed)
Kemp, Andy, OT,$300,000.00

Defensive Tackles ($5,590,000.00)
Dawson,Kenyunta, DT $460,000.00
Williams, Jamal, NT, $3,900,000.00
Jolly, Johnny, DT, $530,000.00
Hill, Sammie Lee,NT,$400,000.00(signed)


Defensive Ends ($2,795,000.00)
Brown, Alex, RDE, $785,000.00
Brayton, Tyler, LDE, $300,000.00
Brock, Raheem, DE, $600,000.00
White, Stylez G.,DE, $825,000.00
Bryan,Copeland,DE,$300,000.00

Linebackers ($9,820,000.00)
Brackett, Gary,LB,$2,415,000
Bullock, Kieth, LB,$5,500,000.00
Humpal, Mike, LB, $385,000.00
Sessions, Clint,OLB, $460,000.00
Blackburn,Chase,OLB, $645,000.00
Roach,Nick, OLB,$300,000.00
Ivy,Mortty,LB,$400,000.00(signed)

Cornerbacks ($7,750,000.00)
Taylor, Ivan, CB, $3,500,00.00
Finnegan,Courtland, CB.$2,150,000.00
Florence, Drayton, CB, $1,500,000.00
Martin, Derrick, CB, $300,000.00
Strickland,Donald, CB, $300,000.00

Safeties ($5,645,000.00)
Carter, Tyrone, S, $745,000.00
Clark, Ryan, S,$1,700,000.00
Polamalu, Troy, S, $2,900,000.00
McGowan, Brandon, S, $300,000.00

Kickers/Punters ($760,000.00)
Reed, Jeff, P/K, $300,000.00
Sepulveda, David, P/K, $460,000.00

54 active players.

Team Salary
$66,475,000.00
Over/Under
-$525,000.00





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Draft Picks​

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1st Round
Michael Oher,OT, Ole Miss
16th via Car. $700,000.00
2nd Round
Max Unger,C, Oregon
56th via Ten. $600,000.00

4th Round
Sammie Lee Hill,DT/DE, Stillman
115th overall.$400,000.00

6th Round
Greg Isdaner,OG, West Virginia
170th overall(via Ten.via Oak.) $400,000.00


7th Round
Mike Goodson,RB, Texas A & M
205th overall via. Car. $400.000.00

Mortty Ivy,LB, West Virginia
209th overall


$2,900,000.00

 

trades​

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Cuts​

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Fred Taylor RB 5,000,000.00
Scott Paxson DT 385,000.00
Travis Kirschke DE 1,150,000.00
Nick Eason DE 620,000.00
Greg Warren Ol 650,000.00
Jared Retkofsky OL385,000.00
Jason Capizzi OL
Craig Stevens TE 385,000.00
Kyle Clement DT 310,000.00
Brian Young DT 1,500,000.00
Tony Hills LT 385,000.00
Mike Humpal LB 385,000.00

 

Free Agency ​

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Brandon Lloyd 300,000.00
26 rec. 364 yds. 2 tds

Seth McKinney 300,000.00

Nick Roach 300,000.00
38 tckls

Donald Strickland 300,000.00
30 tckls 5pd 1ff

Bobbie Williams 500,000.00

Jeff Reed 300,000.00

Dom Raiola 950,000.00

Mike Furrey 1,000,000.00
10.7 ypc avg.

Max Starks 3,000,000.00
6-8 OT only 27 yrs old.

Derrick Martin 300,000.00
24 year old depth pickup

Floyd Womack 600,000.00
0 sacks allowed in 2008

J.P. Losman $500,000.00
(2008 Stats) 5 GP 4 Tds. 584 Yards

Tyler Brayton $300,000
(2008 Stats) 40 tackles 4.5 sacks 1 forced fumble.

Antwan Randle El $1,000,000
(2008 Stats) 53 rec. 593 yds 4 Tds. Career 298 rec. 3684 Yards 15 Tds.

Dominic Rhodes $500,000
152 attempts 538 yards 6 Tds.

Aaron Halterman $300,000

Raheem Brock $600,000
30 Tackles 3.5 Sacks 2 Forced Fumbles

Brandon McGowan $300,000
4 Tackles in 2008 before going on IR. 2007 #s 68 Tackles 2 Ints. 4 PD.

 

Tentative Starting Lineup.​

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Special Teams potential starters ​

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K- Jeff Reed P- David Sepulveda

KR-Rhodes, Randle El

PR- Randle El

 

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Off Season summary for the Pittsburgh Steelers

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Coaching changes:

Much to the Steelers dismay both coordinators left for different opportunities and the Steelers brought in exemplary replacements. Chan Gailey and Rob Ryan.

FA pickups:
Lendale White was brought in to stop the Steelers troubles in the red zone, who last yr finished very low in red zone TD %. With White and Rhodes added to the roster a weakness becomes a strength.

Jamal Williams adds not only great vet presence and a huge frame in the middle, but he also is a great locker room influence on our younger DT's. Along with Jolly, Greg White, and Alex Brown, the front line of the D should free up the LB's to cause mayhem. Brackett, who at 29 is one of the best MLB's in the game along with Bullock and Chaseburn followed by great depth highlighted by Clint Sessions.

2008 Pro Bowl starter Courtland Finnergan, added with Pro Bowl safety Troy Polamalu, Ryan Clark, and Ike Taylor, with depth coming from Drayton Florence and Tyrone Carter, makes arguably the best secondary in the NFL.

Another weakness in the Steeelers in 2008 was its inconsistent and weak offensive line. This too was addressed in FA. Dom Raiola and Floyd Womack, along with the resigning of Max Starks, compliment the newly acquired Diem, and Bobbie Williams nicely.

Antwan Randle El who set a career high in receptions in 2008, returns to Pittsburgh, as well as Mike Furrey and Brandon Lloyd, with James Hardy and Lavelle Hawkins coming in by trades as well as Alge Crumpler, give Ben alot of options in the passing game.

The 2009 Draft:
The Steelers felt the best way to go in the draft was depth.The Offensive line needed youth and with that idea, the Steelers drafted Michael Oher, Max Unger and Greg Isdaner.

Sammie Lee Hill was a beast in college and under the 4-3 in a couple of yrs, should be a solid if not PB caliber player.

Mortty Ivy has the potential to play Strong side or middle linebacker and is a welcome addition.

Mike Goodson adds a good receiving back to our back chart. And has a high ceiling.

 

2009 Pittsburgh Steelers Depth Chart

Offense Ran: Balanced, smashmouth.​

QB: ​

Starter: Ben Roethlisberger
Bench: J.P. Losman

RB: ​

Starter: Willie Parker
3rd down Back: Lendale White
Bench: Dominic Rhodes, Mike Goodson

FB:​

Starter: Jacob Hester
Bench: Lendale White

OL:​

LT: Max Starks/ Michael Oher/Andy Kemp
LG: Bobbie Williams/ Seth McKinney/ Greg Isdaner
C: Dom Raiola/ Max Unger
RG: Floyd Womack/ Darnell Stapleton/Greg Isdaner
RT: Ryan Diem/ Ephraim Salaam/Andy Kemp

WR:​

#1WR: Hines Ward/Mike Furrey/James Hardy
#2WR: Antwan Randle El/ Brandon Lloyd/ Lavelle Hawkins

TE:​

Alge Crumpler/ Matt Spaeth

4-3 Defense​

DL:​

NT: Jamal Williams/ Raheem Brock/Sammie Lee Hill
DT: Johhny Jolly/ Kenyunta Dawson
LDE: Stylez Greg White/ Tyler Brayton
RDE: Alex Brown/ Raheem Brock/ Bryan Copeland

LB:​

SLB: Kieth Bullock/ Clint Sessions
MLB: Gary Brackett/ Chase Blackburn/ Mortty Ivy
WLB: Chase Blackburn/ Nick Roach

CB: ​

#1CB: Courtland Finnegan/ Drayton Florence/ Donald Strickland
#2CB: Ike Taylor/ Donald Strickland/ Derrick Martin

S:​

FS: Ryan Clark/ Tyrone Carter
SS: Troy Polamalu, Brandon McGowan

ST:​

K: Jeff Reed
P: David Sepulveda
KR: Antwan Randle El/Dominic Rhodes/ James Hardy
PR: Antwan Randle El/ Brandon Lloyd/ Mike Goodson​