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: TE Connor Heyward
Stock Value: Up
Reasoning: Perhaps one of the more highly-questioned sixth-round picks in some time—at least since long snapper Colin Holba—little brother Connor Heyward may not have set any records, but he has begun to carve out his own niche on the Steelers as he looks to step out of Cameron’s shadow and not be judged solely as a sibling.