The calendar has now flipped over to July and that means that as of today that there is only 23 days left until the Pittsburgh Steelers report to Latrobe for training camp. Today we continue on with our look at the training camp roster battles for the Steelers by looking at the kicking position.
The Steelers currently have just two kickers on the roster in the form of Shaun Suisham and Danny Hrapmann, and by the looks of things right now that won't change from now until training camp begins. Let's now have a look at both.
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