{"id":1032321,"date":"2026-08-30T04:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T04:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1032321\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T04:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T04:22:17","slug":"steelers-announce-first-roster-cuts-before-53-man-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1032321\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers announce first roster cuts before 53-man deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh Steelers announce first round of cuts before Sunday roster deadline<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, Aug. 30 is the deadline to reach the 53-man roster limit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/news-team\/c360cb38-2137-4eeb-9644-1c830309ce44\" aria-label=\"Andrew Stockey profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c360cb38-2137-4eeb-9644-1c830309ce44_1657224497.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Andrew Stockey\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><strong class=\"css-ncbpmr\">PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The Pittsburgh Steelers released 11 players on Friday and two others on Saturday, just two days ahead of the NFL&#8217;s 53-man roster deadline.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Thirteen players were cut, including Mt. Lebanon High School graduate Alex Tecza and two former Pitt defensive backs, Brandon Hill and Tamon Lynum.<\/p>\n<p>STEELERS ROSTER CUTS (AUGUST 28)<\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"3\">\n<li>Jaheim Bell, TE<\/li>\n<li>Greg Crippen, OL <\/li>\n<li>Jaylon Guilbeau, DB<\/li>\n<li>Jack Henderson, DB<\/li>\n<li>Brandon Hill, DB<\/li>\n<li>Jakobie Keeney-James, WR<\/li>\n<li>Tamon Lynum, DB<\/li>\n<li>Daryl Porter, DB<\/li>\n<li>Cornell Powell, WR<\/li>\n<li>Alex Tecza, RB<\/li>\n<li>Isaiah Winstead, WR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AUGUST 29 <\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"5\">\n<li>Jamin Davis, LB<\/li>\n<li>Levi Wentz, WR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S NEXT<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">The deadline to reach the 53-player roster limit is 6 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Pittsburgh will host the Atlanta Falcons in the season opener Sept. 13.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\"><strong>Looking for more news in your area <\/strong>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WTAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers announce first round of cuts before Sunday roster deadline Sunday, Aug. 30 is the deadline to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1032322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[412919,412909,412910,412911,412912,2385,31985,51534,412917,45913,5208,324108,412913,338120,218500,92380,412914,50,1232,93781,1545,9323,99529,62,412918,2779,412915,412916,67,132,68,384177,405798],"class_list":["post-1032321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-53-player-roster-limit","tag-alex-tecza","tag-brandon-hill","tag-cornell-powell","tag-daryl-porter","tag-day","tag-deadline","tag-download","tag-first-roster-cut","tag-first-round","tag-friday","tag-greg-crippen","tag-isaiah-winstead","tag-jack-henderson","tag-jaheim-bell","tag-jakobie-keeney-james","tag-jaylon-guilbeau","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-p-m-sunday","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-player","tag-roster-cuts","tag-sports","tag-steeler","tag-steelers","tag-steelers-roster","tag-tamon-lynum","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wtae","tag-wtae-youtube-channel"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117182554069047032","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1032322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}