Steelers 2022 Exit Interviews: Chris Boswell and Christian Kuntz

The Pittsburgh Steelers 2022 NFL season has come to a detailed. As a result of the Steelers are among the many 31 groups who didn’t end fulfilling their final purpose, they’re within the strategy of wrapping up their season and transferring ahead to 2023.

Because the Steelers carried out exit interviews with all their gamers, we right here at BTSC thought we might do the identical. By outlining two gamers every day, we will have a look at their season looking back in addition to trying towards the long run. Since Coach Tomlin has beforehand acknowledged he began his interviews with rookies, first 12 months gamers, and people heading into free company, we are going to do the identical. To begin, I paired a possible free agent with gamers on rookie contracts. Now that each of these classes are carried out, I am going to pair gamers beneath contract as we work via this course of to ultimately cowl your complete Steelers roster.

Subsequent up are kicker Chris Boswell and lengthy snapper Christian Kuntz

Chris Boswell

Place: Kicker
Years with the Steelers: 8
Years within the NFL: 8
Contract Standing: Signed via 2026
Contract Particulars: $5,640,000 wage cap hit for 2023. Would price the Steelers $6,400,000 in lifeless cash if launched.
Video games performed in 2022: 12 common seasons
Video games began in 2022: 0 common seasons
Snaps (common season): 97 (particular groups)
PFF rating: 66.1FG/XP; 32.6 kickoffs
Notable stats: Boswell was 20 of 28 in subject purpose makes an attempt for a 71.4% accuracy and was 18 of 18 on further factors. Of Boswell’s 50 kickoffs, 21 went for touchbacks.

Notes: It was one other season the place Boswell was hampered by harm. Whether or not that was the rationale or not, Boswell had his second-lowest subject purpose share of his profession exterior of the 65.0% he had in 15 video games in 2018. With many Steelers followers wanting to maneuver on from Boswell after his tough 12 months 4 seasons in the past , he bounced again in a giant method in 2019. With Boswell nonetheless beneath contract for 4 extra seasons, seeing a giant bounce again in 2023 could be a welcome website.

Christian Kuntz

Place: Lengthy snappers
Years with the Steelers: 2
Years within the NFL: 2
Contract Standing: Unique Rights Free Agent
Contract Particulars: Steelers can supply a young for $1,010,000 primarily based on years of expertise.
Video games performed in 2022: 17 common seasons
Video games began in 2022: 0 common seasons
Snaps (common season): 141 (particular groups)
PFF rating: 37.0 (DNQ for rating)
Notable stats: Kuntz had one deal with in 2022.

Notes: More often than not a protracted snapper is barely seen if he is doing one thing flawed, very like an offensive lineman. Whereas each snap was not excellent in 2022, Christian Kuntz received the job carried out adequately. However what was troublesome to search out out when it got here to Kuntz was his contract standing. Not listed in some locations as a free agent, it took some digging to search out that he was an Unique Rights Free Agent which was what I anticipated. So so long as the Steelers need him again for 2023, he’s theirs if they need.

Be sure you test again every day for an additional set of exit interviews. If in case you have missed any of the earlier articles, they’re listed right here:

Kenny Pickett & Mason Rudolph
George Pickens & Miles Boykin
DeMarvin Leal & Larry Ogunjobi
Connor Heyward & Zach Gentry
Mark Robinson & Devin Bush
Jaylen Warren & Benny Snell Jr.
Calvin Austin III & Derek Watt
Najee Harris & Terrell Edmunds
Pat Freeiermuth & Trent Scott
Dan Moore Jr. & Jesse Davis
Isaiah Loudermilk & Chris Wormley
Tre Norwood & Damontae Kazee
Pressley Harvin III & Marcus Allen
Kendrick Inexperienced & JC Hassenauer
Alex Highsmith & Malik Reed
Kevin Dotson & Tyson Alualu
Ahkello Witherspoon & Cam Sutton
Myles Jack & Robert Spillane
Minkah Fitzpatrick & Karl Joseph
Levi Wallace & James Pierre
Miles Killebrew & Elijah Riley
TJ Watt & Jamir Jones
Montravius Adams & Tae Crowder
Cam Heyward & Jonathan Marshall