This is the story of scientific inquiry into the nature of Sir Jarvis of Jones.
FANS: A BUST! A BUST! A BUST! We’ve got a BUST! A BUST!
YINZER #1: We have found a bust, might we burn him?
FANS: Burn him! Burn!
BLOGGER: How do you know he is a bust?
I’ll do an updated post when the official terms are available. This gives everyone a sense for where they’re starting. His cap number spikes dramatically next year when there is no huge dead money hit from Woodley or Colon and they expect another substantial increase in the cap.
Basically it’s a 4 year extension at $21.85 Million per year.
Updated May 12th
Based on the week 17 depth chart and the players who are under contract for 2015 as of today (January 13, 2015), this is where I believe things stand. Think of this as a living document that will be updated as things develop and reflect a date of revision. Please feel free to offer any feedback you might have. As Copa might write, everything will be considered but not every point of view will be taken into account. That said, sometimes out of the box thinkers bring about fresh perspective.
OPEN slots on the depth chart are marked in bold. Those openings are based on the anticipated number of players that would be kept on a 53 man roster, except at TE. They’ll likely keep 3 and there wasn’t room to reflect that and the free agents at that spot.
Free Agents are italicized and underlined. UFA is unrestricted free agent. RFA is restricted free agent. ERFA is exclusive rights free agent.
| WR | 84 | Antonio Brown | 10 | Martavis Bryant | 14 | Sammie Coates | ||
| LT | 68 | Kelvin Beachum | 76 | Mike Adams | ||||
| LG | 73 | Ramon Foster | 74 | Chris Hubbard | ||||
| C | 53 | Maurkice Pouncey | 72 | Cody Wallace | ||||
| RG | 66 | David DeCastro | ||||||
| RT | 77 | Marcus Gilbert | 76 | Mike Adams | ||||
| TE | 83 | Heath Miller | 89 | Matt Spaeth | 87 | Rob Blanchflower | 81 | Jesse James |
| RB | 26 | Le’Veon Bell | 34 | DeAngelo Williams – UFA signee (Panthers) | 40 | Josh Harris | 13 | Dri Archer |
| FB | 46 | Will Johnson | ||||||
| QB | 7 | Ben Roethlisberger | 5 | Bruce Gradkowski | 3 | Landry Jones | 2 | Tajh Boyd – UFA signee (street) |
| WR | 11 | Markus Wheaton | 88 | Darius Heyward-Bey | 18 | CJ Goodwin | ||
| LDE | 97 | Cam Heyward | 93 | Cam Effin Thomas | 65 | Joe Kruger | ||
| NT | 90 | Steve McLendon | 62 | Dan McCullers | ||||
| RDE | 91 | Stephon Tuitt | 96 | Clifton Geathers | 78 | L.T. Walton | ||
| LOLB | 55 | Arthur Moats | 48 | Bud Dupree | 54 | Shawn Lemon | 40 | Anthony Chickillo |
| LILB | 50 | Ryan Shazier | 51 | Sean Spence | 57 | Terence Garvin | ||
| RILB | 94 | Lawrence Timmons | 98 | Vince Williams | 56 | Jordan Zumwalt | ||
| ROLB | 95 | Jarvis Jones | 92 | James Harrison | 44 | Howard Jones | 48 | Shayon Green |
| LCB | 22 | William Gay | 41 | Antwon Blake | 27 | Senquez Golson | ||
| FS | 23 | Mike Mitchell | 21 | Robert Golden | 31 | Gerod Holliman | ||
| SS | 29 | Shamarko Thomas | 20 | Will Allen | 35 | Ross Ventrone | 42 | Jordan Dangerfield |
| RCB | 28 | Cortez Allen | 39 | BW Webb | 24 | Doran Grant | ||
| P | 9 | Brad Wing | 8 | Richie Leone | 4 | Jordan Berry | ||
| PK | 6 | Shaun Suisham | ||||||
| LS | 60 | Greg Warren | ||||||
| H | 9 | Brad Wing | 4 | Jordan Berry | ||||
| KR | 11 | Markus Wheaton | 13 | Dri Archer | 40 | Josh Harris | ||
| PR | 84 | Antonio Brown | 13 | Dri Archer | 11 | Markus Wheaton |
