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Could Kaleb Johnson be off the Pittsburgh Steelers roster before he ever gets a real chance to carry it? A 2025 third-round pick out of Iowa who was going inside the top 100 of fantasy drafts a year ago averaged 2.5 yards per carry, caught one pass all season, and faded out of the game plan entirely. Now Rico Dowdle is in the building, Jaylen Warren is still in front of him, and the last backfield spot in Pittsburgh comes down to special teams value Johnson has never shown. And is Odell Beckham Jr.’s return to the Giants finished before it starts? New York has five receivers fighting over two spots at the back of that room, and OBJ has logged two special teams snaps since 2019. Final cuts land this week, and these are not the names anyone circled in May.
We cover all this, plus Dillon Gabriel and the rest of the cut candidates nobody has priced in, in a rapid-fire ranked rundown hosted by PFN’s Jacob Infante. The through line is simple: draft capital buys you time, not a roster spot, and the back end of a 53 gets decided by who helps on the third phase. Every name here was supposed to matter in 2026. By the end of the week, some of them will be on waivers, hoping a second team sees it differently.
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*Kaleb Johnson averaged 2.5 yards per carry and caught one pass as a rookie, and the Rico Dowdle signing leaves Pittsburgh no reason to hold a roster spot for him.
*Dillon Gabriel finished his rookie year with an 80.8 passer rating and a completion rate under 60 percent, and Taylen Green’s physical ceiling could take the QB3 job in Cleveland.
*Odell Beckham Jr. has played two special teams snaps since 2019, which is the one job the Giants actually need from a fifth or sixth receiver.
Sam Williams ranked 86th of 120 qualified edge rushers in PFN’s edge impact score at 71.2, and Dallas added Rashan Gary, Von Miller, and a first-round edge on top of him.
Bralen Trice still has not played an NFL snap two years after Atlanta drafted him in the third round, and the Falcons’ edge rotation is now six deep.
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