Mike Tomlin leaves door open for the potential roster move prior to Week 1

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ have made some moves which have certainly raised some eyebrows as the team presses on to their Week 1 matchup vs. the Cleveland Browns. On Tuesday morning Youth Antonio Brown Jersey , Field Yates of ESPN reported the Steelers converted a large portion of Cameron Heyward’s contract into a signing bonus, freeing up valuable salary cap space.Combine that with some money saved after roster cuts on Saturday, and the Steelers now have some ‘wiggle room’, as Yates put it.But why create the cap space with no intentions of doing anything with it? Well, the team might be thinking about making a roster move to the team prior to Week 1. When asked if Mike Tomlin was comfortable with his outside linebacker depth heading into Week 1, he said he was. When asked if the Steelers could still make a roster move, he grinned and said he wouldn’t reveal his plan.The Steelers have options at outside linebacker, now that Ola Adeniyi is on the Injured Reserve list. With Adeniyi protected, they could promote Keion Adams from the practice squad to the 53-man roster Black James Conner Jersey , but would have to cut someone to make room. The other option would be for them to find a pass rusher who was released by another NFL team with the intention of them coming in and knowing just enough to get by with the simple instructions of rushing the passer. Will the team make a move? They have created the salary cap space for it, but whether they pull the trigger on a deal has yet to be seen. Regardless, the reality of the current situation is the team is about to start their preparation for the Cleveland Browns in Week 1 with the following depth chart:Bud DupreeT.J. WattAnthony ChickilloThrow in the fact Watt played zero snaps during the preseason while nursing a hamstring injury, and you have the feeling the team will have to do something to aid their outside linebackers. Unless they feel a player like Matthew Thomas, who did play the outside linebacker position at times during the preseason, is good enough to be their fourth outside linebacker if necessary. In the words of Tomlin, the Steelers are “keeping the light on” for a potential move, and that means you should keep your eyes glued to BTSC as we keep you up-to-date on the latest and greatest surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers.NFL Expert Picks: Without Le’Veon Bell, experts aren’t sold on easy Steelers win vs. Browns The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns will go head-to-head in Week 1 of the 2018 NFL Regular Season for the second straight season Black Jon Bostic Jersey , both of these meetings in Cleveland. Just like 2017, the Steelers’ All-Pro running back Le’Veon Bell decided to sit out the entire preseason, but this year Bell’s holdout is stretching into the regular season. Since Bell hasn’t reported, and isn’t expected to play in Week 1, NFL experts who submit weekly picks are anything but certain about the Steelers’ chances of coming out of Cleveland with a victory. What once was a certainty has now become a question with the insurgence of free agent talent like Tyrod Taylor and Jarvis Landry to Cleveland, along with some high draft picks, like Myles Garrett, who are starting to pay dividends. Compound that with the Steelers missing one of their most lethal offensive weapons and what you have is a whole lot of confusion for those picking the winners. Will Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown Youth Cameron Heyward Jersey , JuJu Smith-Schuster and a very unknown defense be able to make enough plays to win? Or will the Browns hand Roethlisberger just his third loss against the organization since being drafted in the 2004 NFL Draft?According to the experts at USA Today, no Bell equals no problem. The entire panel who picks every game thinks the Steelers will roll into Week 2 with a 1-0 record. However, they were the only panel which was unanimous in favor of the Steelers.The experts at ESPN were close to being all-in on the Steelers, but one expert thinks the Browns will pull off the upset and ignite their home crowd in the process. A similar song can be sung by the haters here at SB Nation. Whenever reading these articles you can always count on these ‘experts’ to go against the grain and pick against the Steelers. However, just like ESPN, only one SB Nation expert thinks the Browns will start the season 1-0.The most Browns-friendly website, if there is such a thing, would be at CBSSports. The expert panel there had two of their eight experts picking the Browns to be victorious in the first AFC North game of the season.While the large majority of these experts listed above think the Steelers will indeed win the Week 1 contest, it is a small sample size when you think about all of the websites who produce weekly NFL picks. This is where our friends at NFL Pick Watch come in. NFL Pick Watch is a website which compiles all of the internet’s expert picks and puts them into one easy-to-read chart. For the Steelers’ Week 1 game http://www.authenticspittsburghsteelers.com/cheap-vince-williams-jersey , 85-percent of the online experts believe the Steelers will win the game Sunday. Will Pittsburgh have enough offensive firepower without Bell to win? That is anyone’s guess, and we all will certainly find out this Sunday at 1 p.m. EDT, but compared to past seasons the experts aren’t just thinking this will be a cake walk for the Steelers, but a game Pittsburgh will have to earn. 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