Down two starting linebackers and key communicators in Cole Holcomb and Kwon Alexander, the Pittsburgh Steelers were facing a bit of an uphill battle at the position entering Week 11 against the Cleveland Browns.
Veteran inside linebacker Elandon Roberts, signed in free agency in the offseason, made that battle a little easier for the rest of the season. Roberts, wearing the green dot as the primary communicator for the Steelers’ defense Sunday, played all 75 snaps against the Browns. He finished with a career-high 15 tackles, breaking his previous career high by four.
Though the performance came in a 13-10 loss that saw the Browns’ offense, led by rookie quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, drive right down the field for the game-winning field goal, Roberts was arguably the Steelers’ best defender on the day.