After last season, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said the Steelers were a “team on the rise” toward the end of the year, and their record proved it despite falling short of the postseason. After a successful offseason, the first at the helm for general manager Omar Khan, NFL.com has taken some of Tomlin’s verbiage, dubbing the Steelers as one of ten teams with a roster “on the rise” heading into 2023.
“I view the Steelers as an under-the-radar heavy in the AFC. They found Kenny Pickett’s new left tackle in first-rounder Broderick Jones out of Georgia — Pittsburgh hadn’t snatched a first-round bookend since Jamain Stephens in 1996.