Depending upon whom you ask, one of the most critical questions that the Pittsburgh Steelers are seeking an answer to is whether or not they will have available to them a competent kicker in place in time for the start of the 2019 regular season—and whether or not that kicker will be Chris Boswell.
Others argue that a team should never allow a kicker to be that important, but the reality is that the Steelers offense did exceedingly well last year. Their 23 total field goal attempts—20 by Boswell, of which he missed seven—was tied for the fourth-lowest in the NFL, and the teams with fewer attempts had fewer because of the scarcity with which they were even able to get into field goal range, such as the Arizona Cardinals and the Miami Dolphins, both of whom fired their coaches.