As we’ve done in previous years, we’re taking a look at Pittsburgh Steelers on Reserve/Future contracts for the 2026 offseason and what we can expect from them during training camp and (hopefully) into the regular season. Today, an outlook on LS Cal Adomitis.
Cal Adomitis/LS Pittsburgh – 6015, 235 pounds
Adomitis found his way to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ roster through a midseason injury to starting LS Christian Kuntz. Limited for a handful of practices due to a knee injury, Adomitis was added as insurance. Kuntz ultimately never missed a game meaning Adomitis never appeared in one. Still, the Steelers thought enough of him to carry him through the playoffs and quickly ink him to a Reserve/Future contract in the first batch of signings days after the regular season ended.
Adomitis comes with NFL experience. A lot of it, actually. He’s appeared in 58 games across four NFL seasons. His first three in Cincinnati and 2025 in Philadelphia until the Eagles’ starter got healthy and returned.
Pittsburgh hasn’t always carried two long snappers. Not in recent years. But Adomitis is here to potentially do more than merely back Kuntz up. He could challenge for the job.
Grading and judging long snappers can be tough, especially if they don’t make a mistake so egregious that it ruins a play. Kuntz didn’t have that in 2025. None of his snaps went so awry that it was obvious. But he did struggle maintaining consistent accuracy and poor snaps contributed to K Chris Boswell’s struggles down the stretch. Repeatedly on his podcast, Kuntz admitted his play wasn’t good enough.
In the “for what it’s worth category,” Kuntz received a lowly 49.5 Pro Football Focus special teams grade. Only four other long snappers fared worse.
Although Kuntz is in the middle of a three-year contract extension, a new coaching staff could choose to move on from him without much pushback. New special teams coordinator Danny Crossman will now be looking and evaluating him and may go in a different direction.
Two dogs, one bone may not come out of Mike McCarthy’s math the way Mike Tomlin framed battles. But that could be the reality for Adomitis versus Kuntz. They may enter camp in true competition with the winner getting a roster spot and the loser looking for work.
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