{"id":299540,"date":"2026-10-04T09:50:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T09:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/299540\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T09:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T09:50:24","slug":"steelers-already-paying-the-price-for-releasing-elandon-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/299540\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers already paying the price for releasing Elandon Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Midway through the 2026 preseason, the Pittsburgh Steelers made the very popular decision to bring back linebacker Elandon Roberts. The Steelers\u2019 linebacking corps was in need of a true thumper and run-stopper, and there was a spot for Roberts to slot in as a big part of the rotation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Instead, the Steelers surprisingly released Roberts during final roster cuts, meaning they made no additions to the room from a season ago. In Thursday night\u2019s loss to the Cleveland Browns, it was clear that they could have used No. 50.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Per Mina Kimes, the Steelers allowed 108 yards on missed tackles against Cleveland. It wasn\u2019t a great night for Patrick Queen or Payton Wilson, but especially Wilson. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/fan.sumersports.com\/players\/stats?position=linebacker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sumer Sports<\/a>, Wilson was credited with three missed tackles and no run stops. That gives Wilson seven missed tackles on the season, which leads the NFL. Queen has four on the year, and led the league in missed tackles a season ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Browns took advantage of Pittsburgh\u2019s poor tackling, and it was a massive difference-maker in the game, especially on Cleveland\u2019s first score that saw running back Jaleel McLaughlin break multiple tackles on his way to the end zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Moving on from Roberts is just another poor roster decision for the Steelers that unfortunately continue to stack up. They should amend their mistake and bring Roberts back to put in the middle of their defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Midway through the 2026 preseason, the Pittsburgh Steelers made the very popular decision to bring back linebacker Elandon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,35221],"class_list":["post-299540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}