Originally Posted by
phillyesq
The depth at linebacker is paper thin.
On the inside, behind Vince Williams and the injury-prone Bostic, the Steelers have:
- Matakevich
- LJ Fort
- Galambos
- Kelsey
- Matthew Thomas
On the outside, the Steelers have:
- Chickillo
- Keion Adams (last year's 7th)
- Olasunkanmi Adeniyi (kind of interesting UDFA)
- Farrington Hugeunin
The Steelers could sign a Navarro Bowman or Timmons. But I doubt they do. You run into the same issue you had with Harrison last year. Those guys need to start because they are not going to play STs.
I sense that the Steelers are going to "replace" Shazier with more dime, using guys like Edmunds, Burnett, Davis and Allen as interchangeable safeties that can play in the box. But if a team does what Jacksonville did, and forces them to stick in the base, they didn't really do much to upgrade ILB or NT.
There was a time when teams always spread the Steelers out. I wonder if we'll see the opposite - teams going heavy to keep the Steelers in base.
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