Steelers 53-man roster prediction: How does the draft chance the outlook?

Practice Squad (cont.):

Carlos Davis, Marcus Allen, James Pierre, Anthony McFarland Jr., Rico Bussey, Chris Steele, T.D. Moultry, Donovan Stiner

This slide wraps up the entire 16 player practice squad. The team could always keep a kicker or punter on hand, but that did not shake out like that here. Carlos Davis makes the squad after losing out to a talented defensive line group. Marcus Allen has a lot of experience both on defense and on special teams that will be valuable on the practice field.

James Pierre lost to Justin Layne to make the final roster but will work on his game before getting called up. Anthony McFarland Jr. has been a bust since coming out of college and needs to collect his game or he will be out of the NFL soon. Rico Bussey had a solid camp in 2021 and sat on the practice fields and will continue developing there, while he also provides slot receiver depth.

Chris Steele has the size that most teams are looking for in cornerbacks and will try to develop his game more in Pittsburgh. The Steelers decided to keep another undrafted free agent in T.D. Moultry with hopes of turning him into a solid player in another year or so. Donovan Stiner makes it back onto the practice squad as the team seems to really like this player.

This was another group of the practice squad that filled some extra depth pieces that the team missed out on. Not every position can have a bunch of players behind the starters and these guys help accomplish that task some more. They got some experienced players and some young and developmental guys for a good group during practice.

The Steelers will have a lot of evaluating to do with their newly retooled team. There are a bunch of new faces entering the fold that will be fighting for one of these final 53 spots on the opening day roster.