How Do You Rebuild?

Is it time for the Steelers to go way back to the 70s and change to the 4-3 Defense?

Watching Houston's 4-3 completely dominate at the line of scrimmage was something to Envy. They had 4 Big bodies up front and did not need to blitz to bring pressure. Not sure what would happen with our current smaller OLBs. An edge rusher in a 4-3 is a little bigger than an edge in a 3-4.

 

Lose. A lot of losing.

 

Watt is coming off a weird ass lung injury now. That and other injuries from 2024 and 2023 no less. Dude might not be what he once was.



As for the rest?! Agree 100%. Heyward is likely gone anyways and I wouldn't want to bring him back anyhow; All Pro Season or not. Ramsey can be jettisoned as well given how badly he played down the stretch. Patrick Queen is a major swing and a miss by Khan. No matter who his DC is, Queen will always be left leaving a team wanting a lot more.


The trenches themselves still are not 100% done yet. IOL and IDL still need a bit of a tune up but thankfully the 2026 Draft does have a good surplus of both; namely in NT and OG. I have already been on record about how I feel about Vega Ioane from Penn State but Emmanuel Pregnon could also be a sneaky 1st Round Target. Issue with him is he isn't as athletic nor as scheme versatile as Vega is. As for IDL, again, you have heard me sing the praises of Peter Woods so I won't repeat such here. Well, that, and he isn't likely to last that long anyways given how talented he is and how rare of a IDL he is.

 

Love the new avatar pic! Good Ole Skippy was hell on those paper towel dispensers at sheetz!

 

Not saying he will be. I just worry about how many DPOY type seasons remain within him. We both agree that having him being static to one side clearly isn't working. Gonna need a creative mind on the Defensive Side of the ball for that.

 

CUT JONU SMITH!