I’m really not sure how much of a plan there was, or exactly when it came together. The only thing I know for sure is that the Pittsburgh Steelers were not at all happy with the performance of their inside linebacker room—last season, or really for the past several seasons.
And so they decided to turn the room over. They released Myles Jack, whom they had signed to a two-year, $16 million contract only a year earlier. They allowed both Robert Spillane and Devin Bush to walk in free agency, with no indications of putting up a fight.