After the Pittsburgh Steelers played their final preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons Thursday night, the coaching staff and front office begin the process of deciding who is going to stick on the league-mandated 53-man roster for the regular season and who will get cut as Pittsburgh makes 37 cuts to get down from the 90-man roster they have carried through training camp.
By August 29 at 4pm EST, every NFL team will have to have their roster cut down. However, when Bob Labriola of Steelers.com asked head coach Mike Tomlin how soon he plans on making those necessary roster cuts after the Falcons game, Tomlin said that he isn’t planning on rushing the process as the team has time between the game and the deadline to make those decisions as thoroughly as possible.