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Steelers 2016 Pre-Draft Roster Lock Exercise

With the start of the 2016 NFL Draft now almost one full week away, I thought that today would be the perfect time to conduct our annual pre-draft exercise that centers around the discussion of perceived locks when it comes to the Pittsburgh Steelers 2016 53-man roster.

Below, I have already made my choices as to which players I think should be considered locks to make the Steelers 53-man roster this year ahead of the draft. As you can clearly see, that list includes 37 players. Below my proposed locks is the list of 10 players who I believe are on the roster bubble ahead of the draft.

Now, it is up to you to present arguments against any of my selections included in both lists. Is there a bubble player who should be considered a lock? Are any players who I consider to be locks deserve to be on the bubble? Additionally, feel free to make a case for any of the players who were left out completely as to whether or not they should be on the bubble list.

PROPOSED LOCKS
# NAME POS.
3 Jones, Landry QB
7 Roethlisberger, Ben QB
9 Boswell, Chris K
11 Wheaton, Markus WR
14 Coates, Sammie WR
21 Golden, Robert S
22 Gay, William CB
23 Mitchell, Mike S
26 Bell, Le’Veon RB
27 Golson, Senquez CB
31 Cockrell, Ross CB
34 Williams, DeAngelo RB
45 Nix, Roosevelt FB
48 Dupree, Bud OLB
50 Shazier, Ryan ILB
51 Johnson, Steven ILB
53 Pouncey, Maurkice C
55 Moats, Arthur OLB
60 Warren, Greg LS
62 McCullers, Daniel DT
66 DeCastro, David G
68 Harris, Ryan T
72 Wallace, Cody C/G
73 Foster, Ramon G
77 Gilbert, Marcus T
78 Villanueva, Alejandro T
80 Green, Ladarius TE
81 James, Jesse TE
84 Brown, Antonio WR
88 Heyward-Bey, Darrius WR
90 Mathews, Ricardo DE
91 Tuitt, Stephon DE
92 Harrison, James OLB
94 Timmons, Lawrence ILB
95 Jones, Jarvis OLB
97 Heyward, Cameron DE
98 Williams, Vince ILB
PROPOSED ON THE BUBBLE
# NAME POS.
4 Berry, Jordan P
24 Grant, Doran CB
29 Thomas, Shamarko S
33 Toussaint, Fitzgerald RB
49 Zumwalt, Jordan LB
56 Chickillo, Anthony LB
67 Finney, B.J. C/G
74 Hubbard, Chris G/T
89 Spaeth, Matt TE
96 Walton, L.T. DE
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