Perhaps the most underrated addition to the Pittsburgh Steelers over the last two years has been that of assistant general manager Andy Weidl. Weidl came over from the Philadelphia Eagles and in just two drafts has added a level of physicality up front that this team hasn’t seen in years.
Weidl addressed the media on Thursday and he emphasized this point by using the term “football maturity” and noted that this group of rookies has it.
A lack of physicality has been an issue for the Steelers on both sides of the line of scrimmage for several years. But recent additions of Broderick Jones, Troy Fautanu and Zach Frazier on offense is changing that.
Andy Weidl's phrase of the day: "football maturity" — he seems a lot of it in the rookies.
Adds: "If you want a physically tough team, draft physically tough players."
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) August 15, 2024
Pittsburgh has gone all in this offseason to make a deep playoff run by completely overhauling the quarterback position. This puts a lot of pressure on these young players in the trenches to play beyond their years.
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