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 and everything that means. 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: ILB Tae Crowder
Stock Value: Up
Reasoning: With the Steelers moving on from three of their top inside linebackers from a year ago with a fourth remaining unsigned and only replacing two of them, veteran Tae Crowder is currently in a fine position to make the 53-man roster in 2023.