Entering the 2023 season, the Pittsburgh Steelers appeared to have strength at the defensive end position on the defensive side of the football.
With Cameron Heyward and Larry Ogunjobi back for a second season together, expectations were high. But with an injury hitting Heyward hard, causing him to miss six games, and depth really being tested opposite Ogunjobi, the defensive ends for the Steelers didn’t exactly live up to expectations.
It wasn’t just Heyward and Ogunjobi, either. DeMarvin Leal took a major step backwards. Isaiahh Loudermilk appears all out of opportunities, and Armon Watts was serviceable, but not exactly a needle mover in the trenches.