Based on the last 24 hours or so of news, I believe there is no way that Shazier plays again in 2017 and his football future remains in doubt. While I honestly believe that is the least important thing for Ryan and his family, it did get me thinking about where the 2017 Pittsburgh Steelers get some playmaking from.
5 turnovers, 68 tackles is nothing to sneeze at. Shazier was the one player on the defense that seemed to combine staggering athletic ability with elite recognition skills to regularly make offenses pay for mistakes.
I see many other players that could do that, but are not currently doing that for this defense.
Anyone wonder who steps it up? I got Sean Davis as the guy who emerges to make plays down the middle of the defense.