Leadership seems to be the theme of the offseason, and that should be no surprise given the tumultuous past couple of months, during which the Pittsburgh Steelers have experienced two messy divorces—one very much so, the other seemingly merely spiteful—and a large amount of criticism from the public about what largely amounts to unsubstantiated claims or wild overstatements or misinterpretations.
Remember when players weren’t going to want to sign with the Steelers in free agency because General Manager Kevin Colbert looks at them as kids? Yeah, that was a fun narrative while it lasted.