The Pittsburgh Steelers 2019 regular season will get underway in a little more than a week and that first game against the New England Patriots figures to include rookie inside linebacker Devin Bush starting. If that winds up happening and Bush ultimately plays a large percentage of the defensive snaps, he should be considered a legitimate candidate to win the annual NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award.
On Wednesday, 30 NFL Network analysts provided their predictions on the individual award winners and playoff teams for the 2019 NFL season and Bush was the consensus choice of the group to win the Defensive Rookie of the Year award.