A Steelers Depot each day section. A fast hit of some Pittsburgh Steelers-related tales that will not require a whole article however nuggets value mentioning and passing on to you guys.
Your Depot After Darkish for Jan. 28.
Prime 50 Prospects
Tuesday, lead NFL Community draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah posted his first Top 50 prospect list of this yr’s cycle. And it’s all the time value a learn.
Taking the highest spot is Penn State EDGE Abdul Carter, who shined in the course of the Nittany Lions’ playoff run. Colorado’s Travis Hunter is true behind, listed as a large receiver over a nook. Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty is third although he’ll seemingly be drafted later than that given his lack of positional worth.
Jeremiah’s prime quarterback is Miami (Fla.)’s Cam Ward, who clocks in at No. 10. Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders is true behind at No. 11.
Notable prospects the Steelers may covet embody Michigan NT Kenneth Grant at No. 18, Oregon DL Derrick Harmon at No. 22, and Ohio State WR Emeka Egbuka at No. 25.
D-Line Prospect Injured
Texas A&M DL Shemar Turner, a prospect probably on the Steelers’ radar, has hit a velocity bump in his pre-draft course of. Per NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport, Stewart remains to be coping with a stress fracture from fall camp. He needed to pull out of the Senior Bowl in consequence and doesn’t look poised to work out on the NFL Scouting Mix, resting till his Professional Day as an alternative.
Texas A&M DL Shemar Turner, a probable Prime 50 choose, needed to pull out of the Senior Bowl after studying {that a} stress fracture from camp, that wanted a rod inserted into it, by no means absolutely healed, sources say.
Turner, who performed on all of it season, was suggested to haven’t any impression on his… pic.twitter.com/hfcpIBqoZf
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 28, 2025
Turner, listed at 6-4, 285 kilos, racked up 61 tackles and 10 sacks all through his Aggies profession. Mock Draft Database presently lists him as a third-round pick.
Watt Again To Work
Pittsburgh Steelers exterior linebacker T.J. Watt shared a photograph of him on the crew facility Tuesday. He snapped this photograph of the load room, getting again into his routine after presumably taking a bit time without work to relaxation and rehab.
Watt completed 2024 with 11.5 sacks and a league-best six compelled fumbles. He’s a DPOY finalist although not the favourite when the award is introduced this Thursday. On the docket this summer season is a possible contract extension, one thing proprietor Artwork Rooney II seems to prioritize getting done.
Browns Backside Out
ESPN’s Kevin Clark spoke with former Cleveland Browns DB Jason McCourty who skilled a winless season with the 2017 Browns. As if 0-16 wasn’t dangerous sufficient, Clark requested McCourty for the bottom level of the bottom yr. It got here when the crew’s app despatched an alert that wasn’t meant for everybody.
“You get a notification in your telephone, and it says, ‘We might be releasing so-and-so right now to make room for whoever,’” McCourty instructed Clark. “I’m assuming this was imagined to exit to pick out people. Not the whole crew.”
McCourty says after just a few moments deliberating with teammates, somebody received up and grabbed the soon-to-be reduce participant from the load room, unaware of the notification, to share the dangerous information.
Take a look at the entire clip beneath. And hopefully you’ll really feel a little higher in regards to the state of the Steelers.
I requested @JasonMcCourty the worst second of the 2017 0-16 Browns. There are heaps however he settled on one:
The crew by chance despatched out an alert to all gamers that they had been planning on chopping a man. One other participant needed to go discover the man within the weight room to interrupt it to him. pic.twitter.com/5FLDL2J9os
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) January 28, 2025