Pittsburgh Steelers second-year tight end Xavier Grimble understands that this is going to be a pivotal offseason for him, and it got a whole lot more significant after the team released Ladarius Green with a failed physical designation last week. It should probably go without saying, but when the top player on the depth chart leaves, everybody else moves up a peg.
It’s time for him to prove himself and to earn a significant role. He is, after all, not getting any younger. The 2016 season may have been his first on a 53-man roster, but he is actually entering his fourth offseason after originally going undrafted as an underclassman in 2014.