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HR 2: Top Free Agent Players Left, Standard by the Number: 69-60

March 11, 2026·46 min·4 clips

The Steelers have filled some voids, but quarterback, guard, and safety remain big question marks.

The hour starts with unfinished business. The Steelers have handled wide receiver, running back, and corner, but quarterback, guard, and safety still need sorting out. Ed keeps the setup loose and brings Brian Batko into the free agency or draft question without acting like the excerpt has tidy answers waiting. Then the notebook causes trouble. A pen bleeds through Ed's roster notes, which turns the recap into a small running joke before they get back to football. The move into the number countdown works cleanly enough. They start the 60s with a heads-up that offensive linemen are going to take over this stretch. Number 69 does not have a deep bench. Kevin Dotson gets time for his Steelers run from 2020 to 2022 and for what he became later with the Rams. That makes the ranking a little messy. Brian points out that Dotson would be tempting if the whole NFL career counted, even though the segment's rules seem to keep the choice tighter. Steve McClendon comes up, then the list reaches back to Hillebrand and Ariel Solomon, with Solomon connected to the early Bill Cowher defensive lines. Doug Nestor is the current footnote. As a former West Virginia offensive lineman on the practice squad, he shows that the number is still in use, even if the history is not packed. Gabe Rivera changes the room a bit. They treat him less like a trivia answer and more like one of the saddest Steelers draft what-ifs. Senior Sack, from Texas Tech, gives the segment some life before the conversation returns to the car accident in his rookie year and his death in 2018. It stays local and grounded. The hour ends up as a roster check with some jersey history, old names, bad breaks, and a little booth silliness mixed in.

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Roster holes and jersey-number history make this Steelers episode quick, familiar, and easy to follow.

The Steelers Standard starts with a straightforward roster check: wide receiver, running back, and corner look covered, while quarterback, guard, and safety still need work.

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