A 17-year-long preseason streak will come to an end for the Steelers.
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T. J. Watt and the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers will not be playing preseason games in 2020.
It’s been a long time coming. First the Pro Football Hall of Fame game was postponed and rescheduled for next summer. Then a report emerged that the NFL was planning to cancel half of the league’s preseason games. Next it seemed that NFL teams might try to play one preseason game. Now it appears the preseason will be cancelled in its entirety, with multiple reports emerging that the NFL Players Association has advised its members that there will be no preseason games in 2020.
Along with that information, Tom Pelissero of NFL.com and NFL Network reports that “roster sizes [are] expected to be 80 to start camp,” though “[t]he NFL Management Council Executive Committee has not yet signed off on the 80-man roster, per source.”
The NFL Management Council Executive Committee has not yet signed off on the 80-man roster, per source. There was discussion on giving teams option of keeping 90 and dividing the roster — i.e. keep 10 on standby — but union told players it wanted all teams to follow one rule.
