Be as specific or as general as you like. Just lay out a reasoned plan that you would hope the Steelers might follow to get what looks to be a good team over the top. With my plan I wont give names, but if you have players in mind feel free to share them.
I would try add an impact player to every level of the defense. If you didn't notice Cam Heyward as much lately it's because he wore down. He played more downs than any DE in the league. Because he had to. The Steelers have two excellent DE's and then zippo behind them.
We could also use a legitimate NT/DT.
As far as lb's go. If he can stay healthy Shazier could make the jump to elite or close to it. I liked the way Dupree rallied in the playoffs. I didn't like the way he tailed off towards the end of the regular season. But it's not abnormal for rookies to have peaks and valleys. Timmons is starting to show his age. Or maybe it was just that it's hard to recover from turf toe in the course of a season? I'm gambling that he's going to be a bit better this coming season. Jarvis Jones? Our coach tells us his arrow is pointing up.My question is how far up? We need a olb besides Harrison( who may or may not be back) to pressure the passer. How can you not have one OLB even threaten having a 10 sack season? So is Dupree the answer? Or do you go off roster ( or God forbid) give it another try in the early rounds of the draft to satisfy this need?
And of course now we come to our defensive backfield. Mitchell seems to be satisfactory at one safety. Cockrell is a functionable nickel back. You got Golson who figures in somewhere. Does Gay come back? Boykin?
So to me the defense has to be addressed on every level. Draft defense early and often. Also reach out to the free agent market and sign at least two players that will take a high amount of snaps.
On offense just a few tweaks are necessary. Is it time to replace Heath Miller? How big a part of the future is Jesse James to our offense? Do you keep Ramon Foster and or Kelvin Beachum? Will the cap permit it?
What about Ben's back-up? Do you bring back Grakowski? Is Landry Jones good enough to be your number 2?
Oh lets not forget we need a kickoff and punt returner. And possibly a punter too?
Damn that's a lot to do!