Want a hot take? If Stephon Tuitt and Tyson Alualu had both been healthy, this team would have been 3-6 wins better with no other changes at all. Here’s the argument in a nutshell:
1. The 2021 run defense stank because it requires 2 1/2 quality DT’s, and Pittsburgh played most of the season with 1 star (Heyward), one often-injured pro (the improved Wormley), and a bunch of guys valiantly trying to achieve a professional standard.
2. Tyson Alualu alone would have made this run defense respectable. That would have made the required 2½.