Public comments by Pittsburgh Steelers President Art Rooney II and General Manager Kevin Colbert strongly indicate that one of the team’s biggest priorities this offseason will remain continuing to fix the secondary. Their numbers did improve a year ago, despite leaking big plays in the second half of the season. The additions of Mike Hilton and Joe Haden were steps forward.
As I wrote about yesterday, one ‘addition by subtraction’ that the Steelers reportedly are likely to make is releasing veteran starting safety Mike Mitchell, who is scheduled to make a base salary of $5 million on the final year of a five-year, $25 million contract.