Typically, the words Pittsburgh Steelers and sleeper don’t quite go together.
This offseason though, they’re being paired together more and more as the black and gold transitions into a new era in the front office, at quarterback, and with the naming rights to the popular stadium on the North Shore.
Thursday morning on Good Morning Football, the cast featuring host Jamie Erdahl, and analysts Jason McCourty, Peter Schrager and Kyle Brandt debated whether or not the Steelers are truly a “sleeper” team in a loaded AFC ahead of the 2022 season. With the AFC West stacked top to bottom with premier talent, the AFC South featuring some improved teams, the AFC East having a true Super Bowl contender at the top, not to mention the Patriots and Dolphins lurking, and the AFC North home to the defending AFC champions in the Cincinnati Bengals, where exactly to the retooled Steelers sit in the discussion?