The Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2025 offseason practices concluded in the course of June and subsequent up is the workforce’s annual coaching camp, which is able to get underway within the latter a part of July at Saint Vincent School in Latrobe. Forward of that, we are going to preview the workforce’s offseason roster three gamers at a time as a part of a multi-post collection. This Steelers roster preview, which incorporates an outlook for each participant, will likely be performed alphabetically by final identify to make it straightforward to comply with. This collection figures to exceed 90 gamers this 12 months because the workforce can carry 91 gamers throughout the offseason as a result of allowance of 1 worldwide participant designation.
The following three gamers we are going to preview forward of Steelers 2025 coaching camp are Chris Boswell, Nick Broeker, and Carson Bruener.
Ok Chris Boswell: The Steelers’ kicker since 2015, Boswell had a improbable 2024 season. He made 41 of his 44 whole area purpose makes an attempt in 2024 and all 35 of his extra-point tries. His 41 area targets made led the NFL in 2024 and that was a profession single-season excessive for him in addition.
Boswell made 13 of the 15 fields that tried from 50-plus yards in 2024 and that was additionally a single-season profession excessive for him as effectively. Boswell registered 90 kickoffs throughout the 2024 common season for a 64-yard common. Solely 49 of these kickoffs resulted in touchbacks.
Not surprisingly, Boswell was named a First-Staff All-Professional in 2024 and in addition voted to the Professional Bowl for simply the second time in his profession.
Outlook: So long as he stays wholesome all through summer season, Boswell ought to as soon as once more be the Steelers kicker. That’s not arduous to foretell, particularly with 2024 being considered one of his finest NFL seasons thus far. Hopefully the Steelers will ask Boswell to kick extra additional factors in 2025 and fewer area targets. He nonetheless has a robust leg and there’s no motive to assume he received’t be reliable extra instances than not when requested to try area targets from greater than 45 yards out.
Maybe the largest summer season query with regards to Boswell is whether or not the workforce will give him extra 2025 money earlier than the beginning of the common season. With Boswell presently underneath contract for 2 extra seasons, it’s uncertain that the Steelers will signal him to an extension. Even so, they might transfer some money ahead from 2026, along with giving him a small money elevate this season, in order that he can declare that he’s the very best paid kicker within the NFL with regards to his 2025 money whole.
G Nick Broeker: The Steelers signed Broeker to their offseason roster in Might, not too lengthy after the Houston Texans had waived him. A former seventh-round choose of the Buffalo Payments in 2023 out of Mississippi, Broeker has appeared in 12 NFL video games, all with the Texans and throughout the 2023 and 2024 seasons. All of these 9 offensive snaps got here at proper guard.
Broeker performed fairly a bit at left sort out throughout his school profession. His last school season, nonetheless, included him primarily taking part in at left guard. Broeker weighed in at 6043, 305 kilos with 32.5-inch arms on the 2023 NFL Scouting Mix. He ran a 5.27 40-yard sprint with a 7.75 three-cone. In our draft profile on Broeker his play energy and run-blocking capability had been famous as positives together with good bloodlines and expertise in opposition to SEC competitors.
Outlook: As soon as coaching camp will get underway, Broeker will actually have his work reduce out with regards to him in the end making the lively 53-man roster. He figures to be a second or third-team guard choice at first of camp and greater than doubtless on the proper facet of the road.
Whereas Broeker has seen recreation motion within the NFL over the course of the final two seasons, there hasn’t been a lot of it to have a look at on tape. He needs to be thought of a fringe-roster participant with regards to his skillset and he’ll greater than doubtless be competing this summer season to hold round as observe squad participant.
If Broeker stays in Pittsburgh come Week 1, it should greater than doubtless be with him as considered one of 17 members on the workforce’s preliminary observe squad.
ILB Carson Bruener The Steelers chosen Bruener within the seventh spherical of the 2025 NFL Draft out of Washington. In 4 school seasons, Bruener registered 305 whole tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, 4 compelled fumbles and 5 interceptions.
Bruener, the son of former Steelers TE Mark Bruener, who can also be a present school scout with the group, was a workforce captain at Washington in 2024. He received Washington’s Defensive Most Beneficial Participant award on the workforce’s postseason banquet final season after being considered one of solely two Massive Ten gamers with 100-plus tackles and 3-plus interceptions in 2024. He performed 52 video games throughout his school profession.
Outlook: As a seventh-round choice this 12 months, Bruener is definitely not a lock to make the preliminary 53-man roster later this summer season and particularly with all the skilled gamers forward of him on the depth chart at his place. Even so, Bruener does determine to be an exceptionally good core particular groups choice for the Steelers as soon as coaching camp will get underway and if that winds up being the case, he will definitely assist his trigger in the direction of a roster spot.
The Steelers might do worse than Bruener as their fourth or fifth inside linebacker choice for 2025. He definitely might wind up being an improve over the 2024 variations of Tyler Matakevich and Mark Robinson each as a defensive participant and particular groups participant. Principally, don’t be shocked if Bruener makes the 53-man roster later this summer season. He might wind up getting a helmet for each recreation in 2025 and be considered one of a number of gamers that logs far more than 250 particular groups snaps as effectively.
Ought to Bruener in the end not make the preliminary 53-man roster later this summer season, he greater than doubtless can be requested to stay in Pittsburgh as a observe squad participant.
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