The 2022 NFL league yr obtained underway on Wednesday and we will now verify that the Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t unique rights tender two gamers, cornerback DeMarkus Acy and defensive deal with Demarcus Christmas.
The nontendering of these two gamers was anticipated with each gamers coming off accidents that resulted in them spending 2021 on the Reserve/Injured listing. The 2 gamers at the moment are free brokers.
Christmas, who was initially signed to the Steelers follow squad in November of 2020, was signed to a Reserve/Future contract after ending that 2020 season on the groups follow squad. The previous Florida State defensive deal with wound up on the Steelers Reserve/Injured listing in July after struggling an undisclosed damage. He spent the whole 2021 season on that listing and thus by no means performed a snap for the workforce. He has a little bit of an damage historical past on the NFL stage after initially being chosen within the sixth spherical of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks.
As for Acy, like Christmas, he spent the whole 2021 season on the Steelers Reserve/Injured listing. He landed on the listing after tearing an ACL throughout an August coaching camp follow and that damage clearly wanted to be surgically repaired. Up to now, Acy has solely been a follow squad participant for the Steelers.
In complete, the Steelers entered the offseason with 4 gamers eligible to obtain unique rights tenders. Certainly one of them, lengthy snapper Christian Kuntz, re-signed earlier within the offseason. The opposite participant, heart/guard J.C. Hassenauer, was unique rights tendered by the Steelers earlier than the beginning of the league yr.
