For this season’s version of the Pittsburgh Steelers, it’s likely to be one that’ll have to rely on the strength of it’s defense to keep itself in games, as the team’s 12th-ranked schedule pits it against some of the top offenses in the game. Up first this coming Sunday is none other than the Joe Burrow-led Bengals, who won the AFC last season and came oh-so-close to bringing a Lombardi Trophy back to Cincinnati.
For promising third-year outside linebacker Alex Highsmith, he thinks not only is it a good measuring stick for the team’s defense right off the bat, it’ll allow the team to make up for the two lopsided losses last season.