The Pittsburgh Steelers made no bones about wanting to improve their defense during this offseason, as they stated during the draft after coming up with six of eight selections on defense, and three in the first four rounds. With the retirement of Troy Polamalu, the safety position in particular will have a different hierarchy this year.
As Dave Bryan alluded to yesterday in his first mock 53-man roster of the offseason, special teams performance will be critical in determining the makeup of the safety unit—not only who makes the team, but how many.