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Report: Pittsburgh Steelers sign former Oregon CB Kam Alexander

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The Pittsburgh Steelers are signing former Oregon CB Kam Alexander, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Alexander was just released by the Seattle Seahawks last week.

Alexander went undrafted out of Oregon this past season but participated in the Seahawks’ rookie minicamp. He didn’t record many stats in his lone year with the Ducks, but had 34 tackles, two interceptions and 15 passes defended the year prior at UTSA.

Alexander also played at Sam Houston State to begin his college career. The well traveled cornerback will now attempt to make the Steelers’ roster for the regular season.

Alexander joins the Steelers at an interesting time, considering the team is all in on QB Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers joined the team this offseason in what could be his final year.

Rodgers is not expected to play this week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and he might also miss next week’s game against the Carolina Panthers. Mike Tomlin’s goal is to make sure Rodgers is available for the full season, which is why working with D.K. Metcalf and other weapons is so important.

Kam Alexander latest addition to Pittsburgh Steelers

“The plan is to rest him at least in preseason game action,” ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler said Saturday on SportsCenter. “He is not playing this weekend. Next week against Carolina, he might sit, as well. Mike Tomlin could simply err on the side of caution here. He wants to preserve Rodgers for a 17-game season. He’s got a quarterback in his 40s, he knows he has to do that to some extent. But there are some questions about how much work Rodgers needs because he wasn’t around for the offseason program. You couple that with no preseason game action, he’s going into the season relatively rusty.

“But luckily for Rodgers, from what I’ve been told, he has really tried to be involved in all the practice action, not taking a lot of rest days. He’s been getting a lot of reps with D.K. Metcalf, those two tight ends that you’re going to see a lot of in this offense – Pat Freiermuth and Jonnu Smith. So they feel like the offense is in a good place despite some of the inactivity on game day.”

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