I already wrote earlier today about how a key stable of the core Dick LeBeau zone-blitz defense is the ability of the inside linebackers to have a diverse skill set that includes an aptitude for rushing the passer, and how it is imperative that the Pittsburgh Steelers continue to demonstrate that ability.
While LeBeau has been out in Pittsburgh for three offseasons now, it would be hard to argue that his imprint on the team is not still very strongly felt, even as his defense is slowly integrated more and more every year into the vision of his protégé, Keith Butler, and of Head Coach Mike Tomlin.