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Steelers Daily: Trade Market Heating Up, Steelers at WWE Raw

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August 30, 2022

Alan Saunders

Alan Saunders and Nick Farabaugh combined for their final Steelers 53-man roster projection.

Steelers GM Omar Khan again reiterated that he has no desire to trade quarterback Mason Rudolph.

Could the Steelers make a trade the other way, for Chicago Bears tackle Teven Jenkins?

Mitch Trubisky aced his final test in the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback competition on Sunday.

Cornerback Joe Haden refuted a report that the Steelers reached out to him about a potential return.

Final cuts: The Steelers have reportedly cut ties with CB Linden Stephens, TE Jace Sternberger and OLB Ron’Dell Carter.

Steelers Injury Updates: CB Carlins Platel underwent surgery after suffering a late-game injury on Sunday.

Kenny Pickett led his rookie class in preseason passing stats.

T.J. Watt was named the sixth-best NFL player by his peers in the NFL Network Top 100.

Dan Orlovsky of ESPN’s Get Up thinks the Steelers have problems beyond QB1. “Here is the reality for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and this is the truth, it don’t matter who your quarterback is going to be,” Orlovsky said. “Your offensive line is still not very good. Your offense looks the same as it did last year. We’re going to throw a bunch of short passes and then we are going to take some go shots on the outside. Either quarterback is going to be playing under duress. So, they’ve got issues no matter who the quarterback is.”

The Steelers have received trade calls for Mason Rudolph, but to this point they’ve been reluctant to deal him, per Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. Mark Kaboly of The Athletic heard the same thing from sources and added, “They have zero interest in trading Rudolph UNLESS they are blown away by an offer. Steelers view Rudolph as an insurance policy and won’t just give him away for a late pick.”

Peter King of NBC Sports said that he wouldn’t be surprised if George Pickens gets more targets than Chase Claypool this year.

According to Ben Fennell of the NFL Network, the Steelers used 13 personnel (one running back, three tight ends) seven times in Sunday’s preseason win over the Detroit Lions. Fennell said the Steelers used 13 personnel on only 14 snaps last year.

Cam Heyward, Connor Heyward, Chris Wormley and Alex Highsmith were at “Monday Night Raw” in Pittsburgh. PatFreiermuth was also on the titantron doing the DX chop, according to Sean Gentile of The Athletic, who was in attendance.

Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe said on Twitter that the Steelers’ 1974 draft class is unquestionably the greatest draft class ever. Sharpe mentioned that the Steelers drafted four future Hall of Famers in Lynn Swann, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth and Mike Webster, along with signing Donnie Shell as an undrafted free agent, who got inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year.

Offensive line guru Duke Mayweather thinks Pittsburgh fans have to patient with the offensive line. “For your 3rd year players, this is their 3rd coach in as many years. For your 2nd year players this is their 2nd coach. It takes time,” Mayweather said on Twitter. Mayweather trains Dan Moore Jr., Kevin Dotson and Kendrick Green in the offseason.

Michael Irvin said on ESPN’s First Take that Mike Tomlin will achieve his 16th straight winning season. “I believe (the Steelers are) better at quarterback right now than they were at quarterback,” Irvin said. “Mike T will inch by again and not have a losing season.”

According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Chicago Bears offensive tackle Teven Jenkins and Las Vegas Raiders offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood are possible trade candidates. With left tackle Dan Moore Jr. struggling during the preseason, the Steelers might have an interest.

According to Jason Fitzgerald of Over The Cap, the Steelers have the fewest number of originally-drafted/signed players still playing in the league with 57. In contrast, the Baltimore Ravens have the most with 112.

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