Stephon Tuitt announced his retirement on June 1st, and while it was a surprise to most of Steeler Nation, we don’t know how much of a surprise it was to the Steelers management. June 1st has big implications for salary cap management, and Tuitt saved the Steelers significant money by not retiring until the day he did.
With his retirement, a lot of analysts and fans have been saying the Steelers need to bring in another player to fill that spot on the roster. While that is certainly a possibility, and I’m not going to tell the Steelers how to run their team, I wanted to take a look at the roster, and the usage of the defensive line to see if there really is a need, or just an option to add a player.