The Pittsburgh Steelers revamped their inside linebacker core this offseason, adding Cole Holcomb, Elandon Roberts and just today reportedly signing Nick Kwiatkowski. While she thinks the Steelers will have a good defense, ESPN analyst Kimes thinks that the inside linebacker group will be the Steelers’ downfall, a problem she said the team’s dealt with since Ryan Shazier’s career-ending injury.
“The very middle of the defense as continuing to be an issue, potentially both in run defense and in coverage. You have Cole Holcomb and Elandon Roberts coming in, both as free agents, and if I was an offense playing this team, that’s what I would look to attack in the pass game as well as running the football.