The Pittsburgh Steelers have made some procedural strikes to scrub up their injured listing throughout coaching camp. DL Jacob Slade cleared waivers and reverted to IR. In the meantime, WR Montana Lemonious-Craig was waived with an damage settlement and DL Dean Lowry was positioned on IR.
Slade was one among three Pittsburgh Steelers defensive linemen who injured a knee at follow over the past week. Due to his damage, he was waived/injured on Friday afternoon because the workforce signed DT Kyler Baugh to backfill his place. Slade has now cleared waivers and reverted again to IR on a break up wage, per the NFL transaction sheet.
Relying on the severity of the damage, he might get waived with an damage settlement subsequent week. Provided that this was a knee damage, their fast roster transfer isn’t encouraging for Slade. For now, that break up wage must be $490,000.
Slade initially entered the league as an undrafted free agent out of Michigan State to the Arizona Cardinals. He bounced on and off their follow squad for many of his rookie season earlier than signing with the Steelers in January of 2024. He’s been with the workforce, both on their offseason roster or follow squad, ever since.
Slade had lengthy odds of constructing the 53-man roster in a crowded defensive position room, however they preferred him sufficient to maintain him round on the follow squad all final 12 months. He had an honest shot of returning there if he stayed wholesome.
Steelers first-round rookie DT Derrick Harmon credit Slade for instructing him how one can play. Slade was a veteran at Michigan State when Harmon was simply beginning out in school ball.
Lemonious-Craig suffered a gentle tissue damage early in coaching camp. Initially waived/injured and positioned on injured reserve, a settlement was anticipated and confirms that Lemonious-Craig suffered a much less critical damage.
Signed by the workforce following a rookie minicamp tryout within the spring, Lemonious-Craig went via simply 4 practices with the workforce. Unable to complete the Sunday session on July 27, he was waived/injured two days later as a part of a flurry of roster strikes the Steelers made. Per our charting, he caught only one go within the workforce intervals for 15 yards on two whole targets and struggled to achieve reps on the backside of Pittsburgh’s broad receiver depth chart.
Damage settlements usually pay a participant for the projected size of the damage, often one to a few weeks. As soon as wholesome, Lemonious-Craig can be eligible to signal with any workforce. He may even return to Pittsburgh, although NFL guidelines dictate an extra multi-week ready interval to be eligible to re-sign.
The Lowry information broke earlier with the Steelers signing Breiden Fehoko to assist exchange him and the opposite injured defensive linemen. You may examine that right here.
With a prolonged damage report on the finish of Saturday’s follow, we will count on extra roster shuffling within the coming days.
