If you haven’t noticed yet, the Birmingham Iron has become Steelers Depot’s de facto Alliance of American Football team over the course of the past month. The Pittsburgh Steelers are among the Iron’s four NFL affiliate teams, which simply means that when a player who most recently played for the Steelers signs up to play in the AAF, they will be allocated originally to Birmingham.
That is why several former Steelers players line their roster. At last count, if memory serves, they have about 10 players who were employed by the team for some period of time, even if only during the offseason or on the practice squad.