It seems that while I was away, the Pittsburgh Steelers elected to start chipping away at my namesakes on the 53-man roster, releasing longtime veteran tight end Matt Spaeth with a failed physical designation, citing his slow rehabilitation from offseason knee surgery that would have left him unprepared to contribute. He did not contribute during the spring at all.
That leaves just two long, long, longshots in my name in long snapper Matt Dooley and tackle Matt Feiler, neither of whom, frankly, have much hope of making the roster. Feiler may have an outside chance of making the practice squad, but even that seems unlikely.