Steelers enter new era as Ben Roethlisberger's departure brings uncertainty to QB position
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PITTSBURGH STEELERS (9-8-1)
New faces: QB Mitch Trubisky, QB Kenny Pickett, LB Myles Jack, DL Larry Ogunjobi, OL James Daniel, C Mason Cole, CB Levi Wallace, WR George Pickens, DL DeMarvin Leal, WR Calvin Austin III.
Key losses: QB Ben Roethlisberger. CB Joe Haden, DL Stephon Tuitt, WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR James Washington, WR Ray-Ray McCloud, TE Eric Ebron, ILB Joe Schobert, RT Zach Banner.
FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt (90) follows a play during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, in Jacksonville, Fla. Watt tied an NFL record with 22½ sacks last season on his way to capturing the Defensive Player of the Year award. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
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Strengths: The Steelers are one of the few teams in the league that can boast difference-makers at all three levels of the defense. Defensive end Cam Heyward is a perennial Pro Bowler and — entering his 12th season — may be mounting a fringe Hall of Fame candidacy. OLB T.J. Watt is maybe the best edge rusher in the NFL and is coming off a season in which he won the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award after tying a league record with 22 1/2 sacks. Pittsburgh made S Minkah Fitzpatrick a very rich man in the offseason and he seems intent on making sure he proves he’s worth every penny.
Weaknesses: For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Steelers enter the season with uncertainty at quarterback. Ben Roethlisberger is off into retirement and it seems as if Mitch Trubisky will be given the first chance at replacing a franchise icon. How Trubisky
