Pittsburgh Steelers depth chart
AFC North · updated Mon Oct 5
Week 5 (updated Mon Oct 5): the Steelers depth chart lists Aaron Rodgers at QB, Jaylen Warren at RB, DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr. and Roman Wilson at WR, Darnell Washington at TE and Chris Boswell at K.
Depth chart as of · injury tags for Week 5
What changed on the Steelers depth chart
- TE Darnell Washington is the new starter, replacing Pat Freiermuth
- LCB Asante Samuel Jr. is the new starter, replacing Joey Porter Jr.
Compared with the chart as of . 3 other moves are marked in the tables below.
Steelers offense
Swipe for the backups
| Pos | Starter | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Aaron Rodgers | Mason Rudolph | Will Howard | Drew Allar |
| RB | Jaylen Warren | Rico Dowdle | Travis Homer | Eli Heidenreich ▲ Up |
| FB | Riley Nowakowski | |||
| WR1 | DK Metcalf | Germie Bernard | Cole Burgess IR | |
| WR2 | Michael Pittman Jr. | Ben Skowronek | ||
| WR3 | Roman Wilson | Kaden Wetjen | ||
| TE | Darnell Washington New starter was Pat Freiermuth | Pat Freiermuth ▼ Down | Robert Tonyan | |
| Offensive line | ||||
| LT | Troy Fautanu | Dylan Cook | Jack Driscoll | |
| LG | Mason McCormick | Brock Hoffman | Gennings Dunker | |
| C | Zach Frazier | Ryan McCollum | ||
| RG | Brock Hoffman | Spencer Anderson | ||
| RT | Max Iheanachor | Dylan Cook | ||
Steelers defense
Swipe for the backups
| Pos | Starter | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| LDE | Derrick Harmon | Gabriel Rubio | Kevin Jobity Jr. |
| NT | Keeanu Benton | Sebastian Joseph-Day | |
| RDE | Cameron Heyward | Yahya Black | Logan Lee |
| WLB | T.J. Watt | Nick Herbig | |
| LILB | Payton Wilson | Cole Holcomb | |
| RILB | Patrick Queen | Carson Bruener | |
| SLB | Alex Highsmith | Jack Sawyer | |
| LCB | Asante Samuel Jr. New starter was Joey Porter Jr. | Doneiko Slaughter ▲ Up | |
| SS | Rayshawn Jenkins | DeShon Elliott | |
| FS | Jaquan Brisker | Robert Spears-Jennings | |
| RCB | Jamel Dean | Daylen Everette | Daequan Hardy |
| NB | Jalen Ramsey | Brandin Echols | Donte Kent |
Steelers special teams
Swipe for the backups
| Pos | Starter | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K | Chris Boswell | |||
| P | Cameron Johnston | |||
| PR | Kaden Wetjen | Roman Wilson | Rico Dowdle | Donte Kent |
| KR | Kaden Wetjen | Eli Heidenreich | Roman Wilson | Donte Kent |
| LS | Christian Kuntz |
Starters, backups and the marks
Each row is one spot in the formation, starter first and the backups in order behind him. The offense lists three wide receiver spots (WR1–WR3), so the first name in each is a starting receiver. The fantasy positions — quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end and kicker — are in purple, and a player with a page on this site links to it.
New starter, New, ▲ Up and ▼ Down compare this chart with the one from about a week earlier () , position by position: a receiver moved from one WR spot to another is not new.
Out, Doubtful and Questionable come from the team's official injury report for the week, and IR, PUP and the other reserve lists from nflverse's weekly rosters — the same availability every weekly board on the site uses. They cover the fantasy positions; a team's depth chart is often slower to change than its injury report.
A depth chart is the team's own ordering, not a snap count: a listed starter can still split the work. For who actually gets the ball, see the target share leaders and the handcuff rankings; for this week's statuses, the NFL injury report.
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