Jamon Meredith?

Willie Colon was put on IR today, I will wait for the applause to end before continuing...

With Colon out for the season with a tricep injury, the Steelers had an open spot on the roster and were in desperate need to add another tackle to our depleted line. The Steelers have rookie guard John Malecki and rookie tackle Trevis Turner on their practice squad. These two were in the camp with the Steelers and got valuable playing time this preseason. So, why did the Steelers go out a grab Jamon Meredith?

Meredith was drafted in 2010 in the fifth round, 162nd overall to the Green Bay Packers. He started the season on the practice squad before being signed to the Bills active roster. He played in five games during his rookie season as a member of the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions and New York Giants. Meredith spent the 2011 training camp with the New York Giants before being cut.

If you are in need of a lineman, why not bring up one of the guys you have on your practice squad? Trevis Turner is 6'7 330 versus Jamon's 6'5 304, so it can't be the size. Obviously he is not overly talented or he would have made the roster on one of the four teams he spent time with in 2010.

The Steelers also could have brought back one of their former players such as Max Starks, Flozell Adams or Tony Hills. The biggest issue with that would be their health and shape of Starks and Adams, and the Steelers didn't seem to have much faith in Hills. I don't understand bringing in a new face, except if you don't expect him to play at all. The Steelers would have been better off just bringing up Trevis Turner and signing someone like Kyle Jolly back to the practice squad.

This move doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but if there is one thing I know, its that you don't question the Steelers front office. The Steelers have a history of seeing something that other teams may not see. Look at Willie Parker, Tommy Maddox and the list goes on.

This is one of those wait and see moves, if he even sticks around for more than a week or two.