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Carlos Davis: ‘I Feel Like Me And Coach Dunbar Get Along Really Well’

They may not always work out, but the Pittsburgh Steelers typically use at least one draft pick every year on a defensive lineman—very often, in the late rounds at the end of the draft. Since Mike Tomlin took over as head coach, in fact, over 14 draft classes now, there have only been two years in which the Steelers did not draft a lineman, the first in 2008, and the last being in 2017.

Excluding the 2020 class, only four of those defensive linemen remain, including Cameron Heyward from the first round in 2011, Stephon Tuitt in 2014, Daniel McCullers in 2014, and Isaiah Buggs, a sixth-round pick a year ago.