A couple of days ago, I put up an article looking back at the past four seasons in the secondary for the Pittsburgh Steelers, as I wanted to highlight just how much was changing not just from season to season, but within seasons. Mike Mitchell was the only stable presence with a stable role throughout that time.
But the broader point is this: the Steelers haven’t had stability, either in performance or in personnel, in some time. the 2017 season may have been the start of something, but in the following study, I hope to show how long road it’s been, using the 2012 season as my starting point, when the secondary began to decline.