Player: DL Dean Lowry
Stock Value: Purchased
Reasoning: A somewhat quiet signing—technically not yet official—Dean Lowry boosts the Steelers’ defensive line depth. A ninth-year veteran who spent his career in the NFC North, he is a former starter now working rotationally. The Steelers needed a player like him to boost their numbers and talent behind their starters.
The Steelers really struggled to hold down the fort along the defensive line without Cameron Heyward last year. I don’t blame them too much. They planned for such contingencies, but their plans didn’t work.