Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2022 season is over, the team finishing above .500 but failing to make the postseason, we turn our attention to the offseason. One thing that it means is that some stock evaluations are going to start taking on broader contexts, reflecting on a player’s development, either positively or negatively, over the course of the season. Other evaluations will reflect only one immediate event or trend. The nature of the evaluation, whether short-term or long-term, will be noted in the reasoning section below.
Player: CB Ahkello Witherspoon
Stock Value: Down
Reasoning: With the Steelers keeping the bulk of their cornerback group together due to essentially a swap of Cameron Sutton for Patrick Peterson, and the team seemingly poised to address the position early in the 2023 NFL Draft, it would seem that Ahkello Witherspoon’s role, and possible even roster spot, is in jeopardy.