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: OLB Quincy Roche
Stock Value: Purchased
Reasoning: The Steelers announced the signing of former 2021 sixth-round outside linebacker Quincy Roche to a Reserve/Future contract yesterday, yet again reuniting with one of their former players—and former outside linebackers specifically, which has become a common theme.