In the immediate aftermath of the NFL Draft each season, there’s a lot of hope and optimism among all 32 fanbases across the NFL landscape.
With that hope and optimism comes a player, front office member, or coaching staff member that the media and the fanbase tends to lock onto as a feel-good story.
For Pittsburgh, that member is Senior Defensive Assistant/LB coach Brian Flores, according to NFL.com columnist Jim Trotter, who outlined 32 people to root for across the NFL landscape with one person from each team.
Flores, according to Trotter, was the easy choice.