Have the Pittsburgh Steelers had a more talented defense on paper entering the 2019 season than at any other point since the last time that they played in the Super Bowl? It’s a fair question to wonder, but one that is best left to be revisited at the end of the year.
Almost every season since then, barring perhaps the 2011 season, the Steelers have had some glaring weakness or other on the defense, whether that was the secondary (usually) or the pass rusher (often enough) or the inside linebackers (more recently). Even the defensive line took a bit of transitioning to the Cameron Heyward and Stephon Tuitt duo we now have.