Originally Posted by
Born2Steel
What do you guys make of the Steelers defensive personnel as it looks today?
A few veterans with Heyward(9), Tuitt(6), VW(7), Haden(10), Barron(8), Alualu(10)
Some journeymen in Dupree(5), Davis(4), Nelson(5), McCullers(6), Matakevich(4), Hargrave(4), Burns(4), Chickillo(5)
The rest of the defense is 3 years or less. (I could have missed somebody in the veteran or journeyman list)
Anyway that list looks to me like 4, possibly 5, veteran starters, and 4 journeyman starters.(Barring injuries)
I hope Edmunds, Bush, and Watt start for 2019. This gives this defense a good mix of veterans, journeymen, rookies(3 yrs or less), and the depth quality is improving, at least as of today. In fact, if Burns can get back to where he was in last year's TC covering AB, the addition(and hope) of Layne, playing with CBs like Haden and Nelson, this defense has the 'potential' to be VERY good this season.
Say all the negatives you want to about Butler but his defense was top 10 before the Shazier injury. This defense may get it back to where it belongs. I have big hopes for this defense going forward.