{"id":3399,"date":"2023-02-20T15:27:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/?p=3399"},"modified":"2023-02-20T15:27:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:27:41","slug":"starving-for-steelers-football-the-xfl-might-have-the-remedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/?p=3399","title":{"rendered":"Starving for Steelers football&#8230;the XFL might have the remedy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Steelers season ended on a high note and left all fans crazing next year. As I start to put away my Steelers stuff until this summer, I did get a chance to watch some alumni play this weekend and also was able to see Hines Ward and Rod Woodson make their respective Head Coaching debuts.<\/p>\n<p>The XFL has a special place in Steelers lure since Tommy Maddox, the first XFL, MVP, found his way on to the roster and then pushed an end to the Kordell Stewart era. Maddox produced his best season in the NFL and served as the bridge to Ben Roethlisberger and as one of Ben&#8217;s early mentors.<\/p>\n<h3>STEELERS CONNECTIONS ON 2023 XFL ROSTERS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Arlington Renegades<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Co-OC Jonathan Hayes, Co-DC Jay Hayes, Co-DC Tim Lewis<\/em><br \/>\nDL Doug Costin (2022 training camp)<br \/>\nCB Shakur Brown (2021 training camp)<br \/>\nWR Tyler Vaughns (2021-22 training camp, practice squad)<\/p>\n<p><strong>D.C. Defenders<\/strong><br \/>\nK Matthew McCrane (2018, one game)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Houston Roughnecks<\/strong><br \/>\nRB Max Borghi (2022 training camp)<br \/>\nDB Sean Davis (2016-20, 64 games)<br \/>\nCB Alexander Myres (2019-20 training camp, practice squad)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orlando Guardians<\/strong><br \/>\nWR Eli Rogers (2016-19, 30 games)<br \/>\nILB Tegray Scales (2019-21, two games)<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Antonio Brahmas<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>HC Hines Ward, LBC Joey Porter<\/em><br \/>\nRB Kalen Ballage (2021, 17 games)<br \/>\nTE Aliz\u00e9 Mack (2019, practice squad)<br \/>\nOLB Delontae Scott (2021-22, three games)<br \/>\nLS Rex Sunahara (2021-22, practice squad)<br \/>\nP Brad Wing (2014-15, 16 games)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seattle Sea Dragons<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>HC Jim Haslett, DC Ron Zook<\/em><br \/>\nOLB Tuzar Skipper (2019, 2022 training camp)<br \/>\nDB Antoine Brooks (2020, four games)<br \/>\nCB Linden Stephens (2021-22, practice squad, training camp)<br \/>\nP Cameron Nizialek (2022 training camp)<\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Louis Battlehawks<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>OC Bruce Gradkowski<\/em><br \/>\nRB Mataeo Durant (2022 training camp)<br \/>\nLB Travis Feeney (2016 training camp, practice squad)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vegas Vipers<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>HC Rod Woodson, WRC Ray Sherman, DBC Darren Perry<\/em><br \/>\nWR Martavis Bryant (2014-17, 36 games)<br \/>\nWR Mathew Sexton (2021 training camp)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-martavis-bryant-20-others-make-xfl-rosters\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Steelers season ended on a high note and left all fans crazing next year. As I start to put away my Steelers stuff until this summer, I did get a chance to watch some alumni play this weekend and also was able to see Hines Ward and Rod Woodson make their respective Head Coaching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bwg-gr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3400,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399\/revisions\/3400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}