Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2023 season is getting underway after the team finished above .500 but failing to make the postseason last year, we turn our attention to the next chapter of Steelers football and everything that entails. One thing that it means is that some stock evaluations are going to start taking on more specific contexts as we get into the season, reflecting more immediate plusses and minus rather than trends over long periods. The nature of the evaluation, whether short-term or long-term, will be noted in the reasoning section below.
Player: ILB Blake Martinez
Stock Value: Up
Reasoning: The veteran inside linebacker made his Steelers debut on Thursday night against the New England Patriots, logging a similar amount of snaps as Mykal Walker and generally looking like there isn’t all that much rust to knock off.