The Pittsburgh Steelers are not in a good place heading into the 2021 offseason. They are bellied up to the salary cap, and their list of free agents is long. When it comes to best, and worst, case scenarios, you have to wonder what the team would look like if they happen to lose more free agents than they keep.
In fact, I wanted to take a look at the defensive depth if the Steelers were to lose all of their free agents on that side of the ball.
Let’s take a look at the free agents first:
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
OLB Bud Dupree
CB Mike Hilton
CB Cam Sutton
DT Tyson Alualu
DE Chris Wormley
LB Avery Williamson
OLB Cassius Marsh
LB Jayrone Elliott
S Sean Davis
S Jordan Dangerfield
Restricted Free Agents (RFA)
OLB Ola Adeniyi
Exclusive Righs Free Agents (ERFA)
ILB Robert Spillane
S Marcus Allen
Okay, with those names now out there, this exercise is based on what the Steelers’ depth would look like on the defensive side of the ball would look like if they lost all of their free agents.