{"id":78989,"date":"2026-01-06T05:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78989\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T05:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:11:14","slug":"steelers-cut-ties-with-6-foot-3-veteran-cornerback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/78989\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Cut Ties with 6-foot-3 Veteran Cornerback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a>\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-transactions\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Transactions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/12-25-2025-Steelers-Practice-8607.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers CB Tre Flowers\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Tre Flowers at practice on Dec. 25, 2025. &#8212; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers have released veteran cornerback Tre Flowers, the team announced on Monday. Flowers will now be subject to waivers.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers, 30, was signed to the 53-man active roster on Christmas Day, taking the roster of wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/nfl-hands-out-harsh-suspension-to-steelers-wr-dk-metcalf\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DK Metcalf<\/a>. Metcalf will be reinstated from his suspension on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers, a 6-foot-3, 203-pound cornerback, appeared in one game for the Steelers, against the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 28, playing on two snaps of special teams.<\/p>\n<p>Before his time with the Steelers, has been with the practice squads of the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions this season, playing in two games with Detroit in October.<\/p>\n<p>Originally a fifth-round pick of the Seattle Seahawks out of Oklahoma State in 2018, Flowers spent his four seasons in Seattle. He started as a rookie for the Seahawks in 2018 and 2019, before losing his starting job in the 2020 season. His best statistical year came in 2019, when he recorded 82 tackles, two for a loss, two quarterback hits, eight passes defended, three interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/HX33799-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers Tre Flowers\" class=\"wp-image-23973\"  \/>Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Tre Flowers makes a tackle against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Nov. 28, 2021. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Flowers was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Bengals, and spent two seasons with the Bengals, primarily serving as specialist defender, covering tight ends. He signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Falcons in 2023, spending the entire season there.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, he split time between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Indianapolis Colts, appearing in a total of five games.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers had been running short at cornerback over the last two weeks, with James Pierre and Brandin Echols both missing time with injury. Both players returned in Sunday Night\u2019s Week 18 win over the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers-transactions\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Transactions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/tre-flowers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Tre Flowers<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News\u2022Steelers Transactions Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Tre Flowers at practice on Dec. 25, 2025. &#8212; Ed Thompson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,1833,1829,37204,37205],"class_list":["post-78989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-steelers","tag-steelers-transactions","tag-tre-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78989","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=78989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}