**Player: WR Robert Woods**
**Stock Value: Down**
**Reasoning:** _Robert Woods seems to be losing ground in a bid for a roster spot as Scotty Miller pushes ahead. There are still some weeks to decide who prevails, or even if it comes down to one or the other. Through camp and one preseason game, however, one has clearly done more than the other._
He might be the grimiest wide receiver in the room, as he declared, but Robert Woods still needs to make plays. He isn’t a tight end in a wide receiver’s body, and he isn’t playing on special teams. As we draw closer to decision time, it’s not clear that he is inside the bubble.
A former 2013 second-round pick, Robert Woods has been around a couple blocks. This is Year 13 for him, but will he spend it with the Steelers, and where? As people draw up their latest roster predictions, my guess is many will not have his name on theirs. He didn’t make mine this time around, observing the rise of Scotty Miller (somewhere, Russell Wilson just grew 1cm).
Up to this point, Woods has had a fairly anonymous camp. In the preseason opener, he played 24 snaps for the Steelers, but wasn’t very noticeable. He certainly was no catalyst for the run game, as they didn’t run the ball very effectively.
As a receiver, Woods saw one target, making the catch for a four-yard gain. Nobody stood up and ooohhhed and aaaahhhed at the incredible spectacle, either. Not that there was a whole lot to do on the play, but he’s not exactly a YAC machine.
It’s entirely possible that the Steelers do keep six receivers on the 53-man roster, however. If they do, there is almost undoubtedly a spot for Robert Woods. After all, if they keep guys like Allen Robinson II and Van Jefferson around, what does a Robert Woods hurt? He’d better be careful, though, because he could easily find himself a healthy scratch.
_With training camp underway and the Steelers exploring their new roster, it’s once again time to “take stock”. It took a while, but we finally saw some of that_ [_change the team talked about_](https://steelersdepot.com/2025/02/steelers-make-their-coaching-changes-they-still-manage-to-disappoint/) _after the season ended. Certainly, the move to trade for WR DK Metcalf qualifies as a change, not to mention the accompanying contract. Oh, and they also traded some guy named George Pickens, which people found significant._
_As we speak, we are in the process of learning what this Steelers team is going to look like. The dust is settled on both free agency and_ [_the 2025 NFL Draft_](https://www.nfl.com/draft/), and now we’re in camp_. What other moves might the team make, perhaps unexpected acquisitions or departures? They’ve certainly made a flurry of moves, though some question whether they make much difference. This is a Steelers team starving for postseason success, but how desperate are they for a playoff win in 2025?_