While the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive line should get a big boost with the healthy return of Stephon Tuitt, that doesn’t change the fact that the loss of Javon Hargrave in free agency was a big hit, and one can argue that the team didn’t sufficiently move to replace him.
But that will really be determined by those who are asked to step up in his place, and I think not even the coaching staff necessarily knows who that will be yet. And when it comes to their primary defensive package, the nickel, it really won’t matter.
Cameron Heyward has been a part of that group, and of the defense as a whole, longer than anybody else.