It’s been a strange week for the Pittsburgh Steelers outdoors linebackers. First, the Steelers re-signed former Pittsburgh outdoors linebacker Markus Golden. This gave the impression to be the lacking piece of the puzzle for depth as an edge rusher.
Then simply days later, Golden retires. What? So now, slightly than having every little thing the Steelers want at outdoors linebacker, they’re again to sq. one, proper? Possibly not.
The crew’s first preseason recreation was Friday evening and whereas the Steelers misplaced to the Houston Texans, two of the perfect gamers on the sphere for Pittsburgh had been outdoors linebackers.
No, not these outdoors linebackers. It wasn’t T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith that stole the present. It was Jeremiah Moon and DeMarvin Leal. Every man had a sack in opposition to the Texans and performed very nicely.
The Steelers claimed Moon off waivers again in January. He spend his rookie season on and off of the Baltimore Ravens lively roster. However the former Florida edge had an extended six-year profession prolonged by harm and COVID.
As for Leal, he’s trimmed down and it was nice to see him truly taking some reps at outdoors linebacker along with being defensive finish. Leal struggled in 2023 however it’s clear he’s taken it as a wakeup name.
Oh and we will’t overlook final season’s backup Nick Herbig who solely performed 11 snaps on Friday evening.
As we glance to replace our roster projection, It’s arduous to maintain Moon off the 53-man roster because of his play final week and Leal cemented his spot on the depth chart. Do the Steelers nonetheless need assistance at outdoors linebacker? Possibly not.
