With the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2022 season over, the team finishing above .500 but failing to make the postseason, we have turned our attention to the offseason. One thing that it means is that some stock evaluations are going to start taking on broader contexts, reflecting on a player’s development, either positively or negatively, over the course of the season. Other evaluations will reflect only one immediate event or trend. The nature of the evaluation, whether short-term or long-term, will be noted in the reasoning section below.
Player: TE Zach Gentry
Stock Value: Down
Reasoning: The Steelers’ decision to draft tight end Darnell Washington in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft places not only his long-term future with the team in jeopardy but also his immediate roster prospects for this coming year.