Leadership: you either have it or you don’t.
Fortunately for the Pittsburgh Steelers, they seem to have that leadership in abundance, especially on the defensive side of the football.
Names like Cameron Heyward, T.J. Watt and Minkah Fitzpatrick lead the conversation when it comes to leadership defensively. But quietly, veteran linebacker Elandon Roberts is right up there from a leadership standpoint.
For The Athletic’s Mark Kaboly, Roberts is an “extremely undervalued” player, one whose leadership you “can’t discount” defensively, especially coming off of a strong 2023 season.
“Roberts is extremely undervalued. He would be lauded for the season he had in 2023 if it wasn’t for a defense full of talent elsewhere,” Kaboly writes of Roberts for The Athletic.