90 In 30: Steelers 2025 Coaching Camp Preview Collection — Scotty Miller, Jeremiah Moon, Doug Nester

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2025 offseason practices concluded in the midst of June, and subsequent up is coaching camp, which can get underway within the latter a part of July at Saint Vincent School in Latrobe. Forward of that, we’ll preview the workforce’s offseason roster, three gamers at a time. This Steelers roster preview, which incorporates an outlook for each participant, might be finished alphabetically by final title to make it simple to observe. This collection figures to exceed 90 gamers because the workforce can carry 91 gamers through the offseason because of the allowance of 1 worldwide participant designation.

The following three gamers we’ll preview forward of the Steelers’ 2025 coaching camp are Scotty Miller, Jeremiah Moon, and Doug Nester.

WR Scotty Miller: The Steelers initially signed Miller to a one-year veteran profit contract final Could and primarily as a result of his transient historical past with then-new OC Arthur Smith. Miller went on to make the Steelers’ 53-man roster final season and he remained on the energetic squad till waived from it in January. Following his waiving, Miller was signed again to the Steelers’ observe squad after which was launched from that unit in late January. The Steelers re-signed Miller to a different one-year veteran profit contract in March.

For the 2024 common season, Miller performed in 13 video games with one official begin, and he was inactive for 4 different contests. He logged 210 offensive snaps in 2024 and 10 extra on particular groups on his approach to registering 5 receptions for 69 yards on 9 targets. Twenty-one of these 69 receiving yards got here on one in every of his 5 catches.

Most of Miller’s offensive snaps in 2024 got here with him lined up exterior. Moreover, Miller was requested to carry on one discipline objective try in 2024 as a result of P Cameron Johnston happening within the workforce’s Week 1 contest with a severe knee damage.

Outlook: Regardless that Miller has a powerful hyperlink to Smith, there isn’t any assure that he’ll make the workforce’s 53-man roster this yr.

Miller has caught simply 16 passes for 230 yards during the last two seasons regardless of enjoying 477 offensive snaps. That’s not nice manufacturing primarily based on enjoying time and routes ran. Additionally, Miller has extraordinarily restricted particular groups skills and that can possible be one other strike towards him this summer season.

At most, the Steelers will maintain six huge receivers on their preliminary 53-man roster for the season. Realistically, that quantity might be 5 in whole. With Miller not possessing very a lot particular groups worth, he would possibly want a number of accidents to the huge receiver room to keep away from being minimize.

Assuming Miller doesn’t in the end make the Steelers’ 53-man roster after the 2025 preseason ends, he would grow to be an ideal candidate to be signed to the workforce’s observe squad as one in every of that unit’s veteran members.

OLB Jeremiah Moon: The 2024 common season bought off to a tough begin for Moon as an ankle damage landed him on the workforce’s Reserve/Injured record as a designated-to-return participant after the preseason ended. Moon in the end labored by way of his ankle damage and ultimately was activated to the workforce’s 53-man roster in October.

Moon performed in 13 regular-season video games for the Steelers in 2024 and he additionally was energetic for the workforce’s lone playoff recreation. He logged 111 snaps on protection in 2024 regular-season motion and 222 extra on particular groups.

Moon completed the common season with 9 whole tackles, seven of which got here on particular groups. He was additionally credited with one punt block in 2024. Within the Steelers’ lone playoff recreation final season, Moon did not register any stats on the six snaps he performed on protection and 20 he logged on particular groups.

Most of Moon’s defensive snaps in 2024 got here on the correct aspect of the protection. An unique rights free agent this previous offseason, Moon re-signed with the Steelers in late March on a one-year contract for the minimal.

Outlook: The Steelers added OLB Jack Sawyer through the 2025 NFL Draft and he’s anticipated to make the workforce’s 53-man roster as a backup behind T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith, and Nick Herbig. Moon will possible must hope that the Steelers in the end maintain 5 exterior linebackers to begin the 2025 common season if he’s to make the preliminary 53-man roster out of the preseason.

Moon does have particular groups worth so that would improve his total 53-man roster probabilities this summer season. He’s a greater particular groups participant than he’s an outdoor linebacker, nonetheless.

Barring accidents on the exterior linebacker place this summer season, Moon will definitely have his work minimize out for him. He ought to, nonetheless, have an ideal shot at making the Steelers’ preliminary observe squad come the beginning of the common season ought to his bid to make the workforce’s Week 1 53-man roster come up brief.

OT Doug Nester: Initially signed in 2024 by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent out of West Virginia, Nester was signed to the Steelers’ observe squad simply forward of the beginning of the 2024 common season. Nester, to his credit score, spent the whole 2024 season on the observe squad and the workforce re-signed him to a Reserve/Future contract in January.

All through his faculty profession, Nester primarily performed proper sort out and proper guard. He did, nonetheless, log a number of snaps at each left sort out and middle. Through the 2024 pre-draft course of, Nester measured in at 6066, 308-pounds with 33-inch arms and 10-inch fingers. He did 19 reps on the bench at his professional day and ran his 40-yard-dash in 5.35 seconds. He posted a vertical bounce of 28 inches, a broad bounce of 8’9″ and a short-shuttle time of 4.91 seconds to go together with a three-cone time of 8.12 seconds.

Nester noticed motion in 56 video games between West Virgia and Virginia Tech throughout his faculty profession, making 52 begins over a span of 5 seasons.

Outlook: The truth that Nester lasted the 2024 season on the Steelers’ observe squad is value noting. The workforce at the moment has him listed as a sort out, however he clearly has some place flexibility as nicely. That’s additionally a plus for him as he enters his first coaching camp as a member of the Steelers.

Whereas with the Vikings final summer season, Nester logged all of his preseason snaps at proper sort out, 69 in whole.

Trying ahead to coaching camp and the preseason, we might presumably see Nester initially log snaps at proper sort out. It will likely be fascinating to see if he logs proper guard snaps, too. Nester was a teammate of C Zach Frazier at West Virginia in order that’s one other fascinating aspect story.

On the floor, Nester seems to have a troublesome path forward of him this summer season on the subject of making the Week 1 53-man roster and particularly if the workforce solely preserving 9 offensive linemen in whole. Nester, nonetheless, might very nicely wind up again on the observe squad once more after the preseason ends, particularly if he has a powerful exhibiting this summer season on the correct aspect of the offensive line.

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