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Colbert: AAF Signings ‘Players That We Would’ve Added’ As Futures Signing In January

The Pittsburgh Steelers have a higher percentage of their offseason 90-man roster filled out heading into the 2019 NFL Draft than they typically do. All told, they will account for 76 out of 91 roster spots (because of one exemption), meaning that they will only be able to sign five college free agents if they use all 10 of their draft picks. They normally sign two to three times as many, though of course they can sign others and release players currently on the roster.

That is not necessarily what is going to happen, because this year the Steelers had available to them players from the Alliance of American Football, from which they signed six players.