The Pittsburgh Steelers are preparing for the team's season opener against the Atlanta Falcons that is scheduled for Sunday, and that process began a couple of weeks ago when the franchise announced its final 53-man roster.
Green Bay sent a 2028 sixth-round pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers to acquire running back Kaleb Johnson. The Green Bay Packers acquired running back Kaleb Johnson from the Pittsburgh Steelers, and general manager Brian Gutekunst offered a compelling reason to believe in the move.
The Green Bay Packers added second-year running back Kaleb Johnson in a trade, and questions immediately followed about how he will fit into a backfield already in flux.
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Kaleb Johnson was traded over the weekend to the Green Bay Packers, just a year into his tenure with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He finally opened up about why it happened and how he’s moving forward in Green Bay.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers ended their experiment with Kaleb Johnson considerably earlier than anyone expected. Pittsburgh selected the Iowa running back in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft, but traded him to the Green Bay Packers after only one disappointing season.
The days leading up to the yearly roster cut-down day are busy for every NFL team. Like late Christmas shoppers, general managers take what they can get to appease their dependents.
The Pittsburgh Steelers finalized the 53-man roster for the 2026 season on Sunday, and in order to trim the roster down the front office had to make some difficult decisions.
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Green Bay acquired former third-round running back Kaleb Johnson from the Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of final roster cuts. The Green Bay Packers have had an intense Sunday ahead of final cuts.
The Steelers remained busy on cut-down day.
The Packers are acquiring RB Kaleb Johnson from the Steelers.
The Bengals' search for running back depth continues as the team is rumored to have interest in a Cincinnati-area native. Steelers running back Kaleb Johnson is possibly getting cut this weekend, and local Pittsburgh media voice Andrew Filliponi noted that the Bengals are interested.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are hours away from submitting their initial 53-man roster, and one of the more surprising names hanging in the balance is a player they invested a third-round pick in only last spring.
When the Pittsburgh Steelers take the field Thursday night in Buffalo, there will be a number of uncertainties. Some players may be playing their last snaps in Pittsburgh or the NFL in general.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have several intense position battles still needing resolved. One of the more intriguing ones for the Steelers is who will backup starting running backs Rico Dowdle and Jaylen Warren.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have gotten a lot of flak for how they have handled former third-round pick Kaleb Johnson. Obviously, everyone knows about the kickoff return blunder that he had early in 2025.
The Pittsburgh Steelers entered their first preseason game of 2026 with several young players demanding attention, but running back Kaleb Johnson was almost completely invisible.
One analyst believes it's not out of the realm of possibility that the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers work out a trade before the regular season begins.
Kaleb Johnson appears to be on thin ice, to say the least, in Pittsburgh. But if the Steelers really are going to move on from Johnson before his second season even begins, they should try to recoup some draft capital.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have completed training camp, and a lot of information has emerged from those practices. The Steelers had several roster-bubble players who either improved their standing or potentially sealed their fate early.
The Steelers may have a bit of a surplus. If they can't use all of their offensive pieces, they might as well trade one.
One of the Pittsburgh Steelers firmly on the roster bubble could be 2025 third-round pick Kaleb Johnson. The former Iowa running back endured a difficult rookie season, seeing a limited role from the start.
The Steelers drafted running back Kaleb Johnson 83rd overall in 2025, but he made little impact as a rookie. Although he is only a year removed from coming off the board in the third round of the draft, Johnson is “not assured” an active roster spot with the Steelers in 2026, according to Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks entered the fourth quarter of Sunday's game tied at 14-14, but a costly mistake by rookie Kaleb Johnson on a kickoff return put the Steelers down 10 with 12:46 remaining.
The Pittsburgh Steelers must not have gone over the NFL kickoff rules during their rookie transition program this offseason.
Steelers rookie running back Kaleb Johnson is going to need to turn his physicality up a notch if he wants to earn more playing time during the 2025 campaign.
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