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Pittsburgh might be better off holding onto Matt Canada.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have confirmed many fans’ greatest fears. Offensive coordinator Matt Canada will return for the 2023 season. This might be a huge disappointment for many fans but here are three reasons why they are keeping Canada.
Would the Steelers consider Taylor Lewan?
2022 did not go as planned for Tennessee Titans offensive tackle Taylor Lewan. In fact, the last few seasons have not gone as planned for the three-time Pro Bowl tackle. Lewan missed significant chunks of the 2020 and 2022 seasons with injuries after being incredibly reliable for the early part of his career.
Lewan is still under contract in 2023 with the Titans but he’s one of those guys who could find themselves a salary-cap casualty. Lewan’s salary for 2023 is $14.84 million, which is all in a signing bonus. If this happens, it sounds like Lewan would really love to join the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Lewan retweeted a photoshop image of himself in a Steelers uniform and he seemed very much in favor of wearing those colors.
If Lewan is healthy, there is no doubt he is an upgrade over Dan Moore Jr. The rub with a player of his quality who has missed almost two full seasons in three years with injuries is money. Despite his resume, any team that would consider Lewan has to take that into consideration.
Let us know in the comments if you would want the Steelers to sign Lewan if the Titans release him.
Those colors so go hard. https://t.co/KTtcnznA3L
— Taylor Lewan (@TaylorLewan77) January 17, 2023
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Which AFC team that missed the playoffs will be the best in 2023?
The Pittsburgh Steelers made a late push for the playoffs in 2022 but thanks to some mishaps in the first half of the season, fell just short. We decided to take a look at all of the AFC teams who missed the playoffs in 2022 and ranked them for the upcoming season.
Pittsburgh could save almost $35 million by cutting these five players.
The Pittsburgh Steelers rallied late in the 2022 season to end up performing much better than most expected given the loss of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. So now, heading into 2023 there is optimism that maybe the timeline for success can be moved up and this team can contend sooner rather than later.
In order to do that, there is going to have to be some trimming of the fat to save salary cap and upgrade a few spots. Here are the five spots where the Steelers could free up some cap space.
Here are the offseason contracts for the Steelers so far.
One of the top priorities, when the season is over, is to start building up the offseason roster. On Wednesday, the Steelers signed more than a dozen players to futures contracts. Here is the full rundown.
Pro Football Focus grades the Steelers offense for 2022.
2022 was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Pittsburgh Steelers and somehow they found themselves on the verge of making the playoffs at the end of the season. This was due in large part because of the contributions of several budding young stars. Here are the five players from the Steelers who graded out the highest according to Pro Football Focus.
Which Steelers free agents are the top priority this offseason?
Now that the 2022 season is over for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the first order of business is sorting out the long list of pending free agents. Pittsburgh has a ton of guys but honestly, only about half of this list are contributors in the sense they would be re-signed. We decided to rank them all starting with cornerback Cameron Sutton on top and finishing things off with linebacker Marcus Allen.
Here is a look at the Steelers opponents for next season.
Now that the 2022 season is in the books, let’s take a look at the Pittsburgh Steelers home and away opponents for the 2023 season.
The Steelers have a long list of free agents but many won’t return.
2022 marked the first year of the Pittsburgh Steelers rebuild. The 2023 offseason will be key to continuing the rebuild and getting this team back to relevancy in the AFC. Pittsburgh has a long list of potential in-house free agents but there are seven they must re-sign.
This season is a wash but the future looks bright.
In four more games, the Pittsburgh Steelers 2022 season will come to an end and things won’t have gone according to plan. I don’t think anyone thought this team was going to the Super Bowl but the fanbase is spoiled. Mike Tomlin’s streak of non-losing seasons is about to come to an end and then the long offseason begins.
But not all is lost. There is plenty of optimism with this team. Here are six reasons for hope for Steelers fans.
