Thanks to some key additions through the 2025 NFL Draft, on top of a couple of them in free agency, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense — on paper — looks quite good at this point.
Rookie defensive linemen Derrick Harmon and Yahya Black, rookie outside linebacker Jack Sawyer, veteran cornerbacks Darius Slay Jr. and Brandin Echols, veteran safety Juan Thornhill, and veteran defensive lineman Daniel Ekuale have the Steelers’ defense looking much better top to bottom than it did coming out of a Wild Card Round loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
In that loss, the Steelers were gashed from start to finish, allowing 299 rushing yards in embarrassing fashion.