Over the course of the past few months during the offseason, we have focused a lot of attention to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ starting defensive line, and for good reason, given the combination of talent and potential focused there, in addition to the speculation about how the line might be used in different ways schematically under a new defensive coordinator, particularly when it comes to rushing the passer.
With fifth-year veteran Cameron Heyward taking charge of the group and leading by example, showing that defensive ends in this scheme don’t have to settle for kudos in the film room but can go out and find their own success, there is a changing sense of what the unit is capable of being.