The Pittsburgh Steelers entered the 2021 NFL season fully aware that they would be forced to rely on what they believed to be an impressive draft class to an abnormally large degree; due mainly to retirements and free agency losses, and a serious lack of funds to adequately replaced those losses with the league imposed salary cap reduction due to financial constraints caused by the pandemic. Kevin Colbert and company did their best with what they had.
The Steelers just completed the first 17 game regular season in their history, and they were forced to rely on their talented rookies every step of the way.