Steelers Appear to Be Leaving Run-Game Improvements to the Draft

The Steelers have made it abundantly clear that fixing the group’s woeful working sport is one among their prime priorities this offseason.

When requested about it throughout a fan question-and-answer session final week, group president Artwork Rooney II reiterated his pledge for what looks like the dozenth time this offseason that the Steelers will likely be higher at working the soccer in 2021.

“We’ve obtained to be loads higher in working,” stated Rooney. “Actually we don’t need to see the Pittsburgh Steelers being final within the league in dashing once more ever. I feel it’s one thing our coaches are targeted on and we’ll be on the lookout for methods to enhance within the draft. It’s one thing we’ve obtained to repair, and we’re engaged on it.”

However the group hasn’t taken many vital steps to repair that a part of the its sport thus far this offseason.

In reality, with the retirements of beginning middle Maurkice Pouncey and prime blocking tight finish Vance McDonald, the free agent lack of beginning left guard Matt Feiler and the truth that beginning left sort out Alejandro Villanueva and working again James Conner stay unsigned, one might make a reasonably good argument that the Steelers’ working sport prospects look worse proper now than they did on the finish of the season.

There have been some additions, however the signings of middle/guard B.J. Finney, guard Rashaad Coward, guard/sort out Joe Haeg and working again Kalen Ballage haven’t precisely swung the needle wildly within the Steelers’ favor.

There are nonetheless some free brokers on the working again market. Along with Conner, Todd Gurley, Frank Gore, Adrian Peterson, Duke Johnson and others could be had.

Whereas a few of these are (or had been) huge names, it doesn’t seem seemingly that the Steelers will likely be making a major improve at working again in free company. The identical could be stated of the offensive line.

The Steelers didn’t have some huge cash to spend this offseason, however they had been in a position to make the cash work to carry again JuJu Smith-Schuster and Cam Sutton, defensive linemen Tyson Alualu and others. 

As an alternative, solely sort out Zach Banner, maybe Finney and mid-tier working again Kalen Ballage might be construed as singings to assist the working sport, and so they went for a mixed pittance.

Evidently the Steelers are actually going to make an affect in personnel of their working sport, they’re going to must do it within the draft.