Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said that assembling a 53-man roster is mostly a “cut and dry” process. On the whole, you know about 50 of the 53 players any year, give or take a couple, with few real discussions necessary to close the gap between two players. That is before you weigh into the waiver wire and all other considerations, though.
All of this is a long way of saying the Steelers didn’t really surprise with their 53-man roster this year. There was one surprise, though, and I think that’s worth discussing.