With the departure of future Hall of Famer Troy Polamalu, the Pittsburgh Steelers enter the 2015 season with a huge hole to fill. For the past 12 seasons Polamalu was an automatic, a plug and play player that was the entire heart of the Steeler defense. When he was injured last year the team turned to Will Allen to fill his shoes, but he’s not going to hack it in 2015. The Steelers are going to need the young Shamarko Thomas to step up, and quickly.
Thomas, a fourth round pick in the 2013 draft, is really the best option the Steelers have.