We are now just a week until the Pittsburgh Steelers kick off the regular season against the Atlanta Falcons. Pittsburgh has revamped the defense at multiple spots are definitely thin at some. New defensive coordinator Patrick Graham is bringing a new scheme that should help with a defense absolutely loaded with high draft picks.
The Steelers should update their depth chart this week, so we decided to do an early prediction of what it could look like.
| Position |
Starter |
Second String |
Depth / Reserve |
|---|---|---|---|
| LDE |
Derrick Harmon |
Gabriel Rubio |
Kevin Jobity Jr. |
| NT |
Yahya Black |
Sebastian Joseph-Day |
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| RDE |
Cameron Heyward |
Keeanu Benton |
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| LOLB |
T.J. Watt |
Nick Herbig |
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| LILB |
Patrick Queen |
Carson Bruener |
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| RILB |
Payton Wilson |
Cole Holcomb |
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| ROLB |
Alex Highsmith |
Jack Sawyer |
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| LCB |
Joey Porter Jr. |
Asante Samuel Jr. |
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| RCB |
Jamel Dean |
Daylen Everette |
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| NCB |
Jalen Ramsey |
Brandin Echols |
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| SS |
Jaquan Brisker |
Rayshawn Jenkins |
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| FS |
DeShon Elliott |
Robert Spears-Jennings |
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This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Predicting the Steelers defensive depth chart ahead of Week One vs the Falcons
