There is a lifeline in the sea of sports despair created by another Pirates miserable season. It comes from Pro Football Focus and gives us something to discuss in a slow time of the year with the local baseball team so irrelevant again. It also is a much-needed reminder Steelers training camp opens in two weeks. I can’t wait.
Pro Football Focus analyzes every NFL player on every play in every game. It has ranked each team’s roster with the season approaching. It has the Steelers seventh — third in the AFC — behind Philadelphia, Atlanta, New Orleans, New England, Minnesota and the Los Angeles Chargers.