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Can't a team sign any player off anyone's PS?
Steelers cut Avery, Oladokun
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Well they can make an offer, but then the player can say no or tell the other team and they can counteroffer… people cant just claim them like waivers… plus there is a rule that you can protect a couple players from being claimed each week
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Did they change the rule about claiming a PS player, that they had to go on the active 53 If claimed from another team’s PS?
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yes, that's the rule. He has to go on your active 53 if you sign him from another team's practice squad. That's why only a few guys get signed from practice squads and it's usually because of an injury and you need an immediate player.
I think Oladukun was drafted to play Lamar and Deshaun in practices. No need for that in preseason but there will be in the regular season. Also, the steelers have to assume either Trubisky or Rudolph are gone next year so they need a developmental guy behind Pickett.
Avery is a surprise. He seemed to be the 3rd OLB. They are already thin there. Maybe this is injury related?
No they still have to do that..
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100%...and madinsomniac said insurance policy against injury. I do think there was an element of...I really believe the Steelers expected to part ways with Rudolph but his performance, and maybe Oladukun's slow progress (i don't know this) triggered plan B...of C or D.
Then it was probably a bad idea to cut him now rather than wait a week, no?
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Oladukun should look to sign elsewhere. Steelers drafted Pickett and with him looking good, it’s pretty much a done deal that he’ll be the starter for years to come. So by signing with the Steelers you are signing to a dead end. I’d be looking for a team with a questionable starter. Someplace like Seattle, Wash. Indy (Ryan is short term), etc.
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I think it’s a bad sign that the Steelers don’t like their current options on the OL and are delaying those roster decisions.
The two have nothing to do with each other. You posited that maybe the Steelers were going to trade Rudolph and add Oladukun as the #3 QB later on. If that is indeed their plan - which I doubt - then cutting him a week before the difficult decisions are due is not a good idea. If the team really plans on dealing Rudolph and keeping Oladukun, then cutting him right now is just plain dumb.
The problems with the offensive line are independent of the wasted draft pick on Oladukun. Or perhaps they are related a bit in that the Steelers passed on any number of potential offensive line additions to add a guy who never saw the field in pre-freaking-season.
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Not necessarily. They had to get down to 80 players, they didn’t have to get down to a certain number of players at each position. Oladokun as the third QB or the PS QB is a luxury. They don’t have anything close to luxuries on the OL. They might be holding on to whatever options they have.
Practice squad doesn't exist until AFTER the cut down to 53 and all NFL players that are cut, clear waivers. You can poach anyone off of any practice squad only if you add them directly to your active roster. I think we lost Skipper that way initially.