Pittsburgh Steelers’ Positional Breakdown: The Wide Receivers

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Published: May 14, 2009

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... sets to create mismatches with the defense.  To be successful doing so, the WR units will need to be deep with talent.

The starters are Hines Ward and Santonio Holmes behind them though; the three through five spots are unsettled as of now. Leading one to speculate concern, being the reason they have so many currently on the roster?  Typically, you would expect five WR’s to make the 53-man roster, but this year six may not be of the question.

The Steelers regime is also fond of the two and sometimes three TE sets as well. Normally a team would retain three on the roster but with so many multiple TE sets, it is possible they hold four this season.

 

Steelers Position Breakdown of the Receivers

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