The Pittsburgh Steelers must decide on their 53-man roster by 4 pm ET
on
Saturday
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for all the players released by the Black-and-gold over the weekend. At 1 pm ET
on Sunday, the rush to sign players to the practice squad will begin, and most
of the names the Steelers are expected to add should come from their current,
90-man roster.Pittsburgh can sign a maximum of 10 players to their practice
squad, 11 if one of them is International Player Pathway program member
Christian Scotland-Williamson. To be eligible for the practice squad, a player
cannot have spent more than three previous seasons on any NFL practice squad
before. He also cannot have more than two accrued seasons to his name ¡ª a season
in which a player was on a 53-man roster, or injured reserve, or PUP for six or
more regular-season games. However, of the 10 practice-squad names, only four
players in the group can have as many as two accrued seasons.All players are
paid weekly and must earn a minimum of $7600 a week in 2018. There is no maximum
a team is allowed to pay a practice-squad player, but the cost of the group must
be included in the team¡¯s salary-cap allowance.Practice-squad players can take
part in all team meetings and practice sessions, but cannot dress on game day
unless they¡¯re promoted to the active roster. While a player can be promoted at
any time during the week, a player on the active, 53-man roster must be released
or added to injured reserve to create room for the incoming player.If a player
is promoted to the active
roster
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if he¡¯s released before having spent three weeks on the 53-man roster. A
released player must then clear waivers before he can be re-signed to the
practice squad.Any NFL team can sign a player from the Steelers¡¯ practice squad
throughout the season without compensation, but he must be added to their active
roster. The only restrictions are when that team is an upcoming opponent and, in
this case, the player must be signed at least six days before such a matchup or
10 days in advance if Pittsburgh is on a bye-week.There are currently 56 players
on the roster in 2018 eligible to to be signed to the practice squad this year,
but it¡¯s worth noting that several of them are obvious candidates to make the
final 53-man roster regardless.Mike Tomlin baffled with NFL not reversing fumble
on Browns¡¯ punt return In the aftermath of the Pittsburgh Steelers¡¯ weird tie
with the Cleveland Browns in Week 1, many who know me personally, and some who
don¡¯t on social media, have asked my thoughts on the game. It was disappointing,
but one play stood out to me regarding a situation which turned the tide in the
game. After the Steelers¡¯ scored their third touchdown to take a 21-7 lead, the
defense forced a punt on the ensuing drive. The punt ¡®appeared¡¯ to glance off
rookie running back Nick Chubb¡¯s face mask and was recovered by safety Sean
Davis. It was a huge play, but the ruling on the field was Davis simply downed
the football, not recovered a fumble. Mike Tomlin challenged the call, but it
was not
overturned
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conference, Tomlin was asked about what happened on the play, and an explanation
which might have followed by the league office.He suggested he had no idea why
the play was upheld, and not overturned.To add onto this, Tomlin spoke about how
the league office made it a point to say a Myles Garrett roughing the passer
call should not have occurred, but hasn¡¯t said a word regarding what looked to
be a botched call.Calls are missed every game, but the purpose of replay is to
correct mistakes like that one. To make sure the call is correct.Needless to
say, if the Steelers would have been granted the football, there is a strong
chance they are 1-0, and not 0-0-1, heading into Week 2. The Browns didn¡¯t score
on their next drive, but it was after this call when the Browns clawed their way
back into the game via back-to-back turnovers by the Steelers.An unfortunate
turn of events, but also befuddling how the league hasn¡¯t mentioned it since the
game ended on Sunday.