Earlier today, Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert expressed the fact that he is feeling better about the team heading into 2020 than he was a year ago, after they went 9-6-1 and failed to make the postseason, despite the fact that they only went 8-8 in 2019 and also missed the playoffs.
The reason for that is because the defense made dramatic strides last season, featuring four Pro Bowl players in Cameron Heyward, T.J. Watt, Joe Haden, and the newly-acquired Minkah Fitzpatrick. Heyward, Watt, and Fitzpatrick were all named first-team All-Pros as well, and were the nucleus of a top-five defense.