INDIANAPOLIS – The 2025 NFL Draft will feature one of the strongest and deepest defensive line groups of at least the last decade, and the Pittsburgh Steelers have both the need and the intention of taking advantage of that strength. Steelers GM Omar Khan said as much during his media availability at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine.
Based on the configuration of their 2024 defensive line, and the strong possibility of Larry Ogunjobi being a cap casualty this offseason, it would seem that the Steelers should be looking for a defensive end type that has the ability to play all the way from 3-tech to 5-tech alignments, but the team views Keeanu Benton as a versatile chess piece for that unit.