The Pittsburgh Steelers elected not to re-sign ILB Robert Spillane in free agency last offseason, opting for alternative free agents. They added Cole Holcomb and Elandon Roberts, and eventually signed Kwon Alexander as well. That nucleus worked well enough while healthy, but that only lasted half a season.
In the interim, Spillane signed on with the Las Vegas Raiders and is ingratiating himself as a fixture there. His teammates named him a captain and Spillane compiled a 148-tackle, 3.5-sack, 3-interception season in 2023. He logged 1,101 snaps, which isn’t far from double his previous career high, now finally a full-time starter.