With training camp less than a month away and every roster in the league all but set, it’s time to take a step back and evaluate all four rosters in the AFC North, the only division in which every team finished with a winning record above .500 in 2023.
Up next in this multi-part article series ranking each individual position group are the edge defenders.
1.) Pittsburgh Steelers
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Depth chart: TJ Watt, Alex Highsmith, Nick Herbig, Jeremiah Moon, Julius Welschof and Jacoby Windmon
After an injury-shortened 2022 season, Watt was back to his usual prolific pass production in which he finished with the most sacks in the league for the third time in the last three seasons with 19—the second-highest single-season total of his career.