On the eve of cut down day, the Steelers appear to have already decided arguably their two biggest roster battles. Although the moves are not yet official, they are terminating P Cameron Johnston’s contract and waiving ILB Mark Robinson. Consequently, they are presumably signaling that P Corliss Waitman and ILB Carson Bruener will be on the 53-man roster.
Although some beat writers seemed excessively sure there would be no punting competition, Johnston managed to lose the roster battle anyway. Perhaps the Steelers end up trading him, but he will not be on their roster. You don’t go from announcing somebody’s contract to reversing course and keeping him.