Tom Pelissero reports that the Steelers are trying out free agent kickers Kai Forbath and Matt McCrane on Wednesday.
Steelers HC Mike Tomlin made it clear that they were going to take a look at some available kickers due to the struggles of Chris Boswell this season.
Forbath, 30, originally signed on with the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent out of back in 2011. Forbath had a brief stint with the Buccaneers before joining the Redskins for the 2012 season. After three years in Washington, Forbath signed on with the Saints during the 2015 season and returned to New Orleans on a one-year contract the following year.
The Vikings signed Forbath to a two-year contract is worth $1.1 million towards the end of the 2016 season. He returned to the Vikings this past March on a one-year contract but was released on Monday.
In 2017, Forbath appeared in all 16 games for the Vikings and converted 32 of 38 field goal attempts (84.2 percent) to go along with 34 of 39 extra point attempts (87.2 percent) and 44 touchbacks.
McCrane, 24, wound up signing on with the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent out of Kansas State back in May. He signed a three-year, $1.71 million contract with the Cardinals and was set to make a base salary of $485,000 for the 2018 season when he was waived coming out of the preseason.
The Raiders signed him to a contract a few weeks ago, but elected to cut him loose earlier in the week. He later had a brief stint with the Cardinals.
In 2018, McCrane has appeared in four games for the Raiders and Cardinals and converted 5 of 9 field goal attempts (55.6 percent) to go along with all eight extra point tries.
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