Even though we still have one more (non-exhibition) NFL game to play during the 2019 season before we can tie a bow on everything, the reality is that for 30 teams and their corresponding fanbases, it’s already time for offseason mode. Unfortunately for the Pittsburgh Steelers, they have been in offseason mode since going back to the end of the 2019 calendar year.
There are, of course, two major components to the offseason, those being the signing and re-signing of veteran players and the drafting of rookie players. The former comes first, more or less beginning immediately, with teams able to negotiate with their own pending free agents, with unrestricted free agency coming in mid-March before the NFL Draft in late April.