Over the last year in the new regime for the Pittsburgh Steelers, an emphasis has been placed on rebuilding the trenches on both sides of the football.
Though more moves have occurred on the offensive side of the ball in the trenches, the rebuild defensively is seemingly complete, which has Pittsburgh’s defensive line ranking inside the top 5 in Pro Football Focus’s positional rankings Friday morning.
Granted, PFF considers the Steelers’ outside linebackers in T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith and Markus Golden as defensive linemen in this exercise, which certainly helps the ranking, but with the likes of Cameron Heyward, Larry Ogunjobi and rookie Keeanu Benton in the trenches, not to mention veterans like Montravius Adams, Breiden Fehoko, Armon Watts, Isaiahh Loudermilk and DeMarvin Leal, the Steelers are in really good shape in the trenches on the defensive side of the football.