Regardless of the player or coach, one of the reasons the Steelers feel their defense can be even better in 2020 than it was in 2019 is because of the return of defensive lineman Stephon Tuitt.
Tuitt was limited to six games in 2019 because of a torn pectoral muscle. But prior to that injury, the veteran, now entering his seventh season, was having perhaps his best season.
Tuitt was performing arguably as well as anyone on the defense, recording 22 tackles, including six for a loss, and 3.5 sacks before being injured early in the first quarter of the team's Week 6 win at Los Angeles against the Chargers.