With March over, focus is on draft

It has been said that March is the worst month to be a Steelers fan, and the 2021 version certainly lived down to that expectation.

It’s in March when NFL free agency begins, and the Steelers historically have eschewed that method of building a roster in favor of the business plan put into place when Dan Rooney hired Chuck Noll in 1969. It was then that the Steelers reversed the company policy that under Buddy Parker had treated the draft as an inconvenience and turned it into a tool used to build a dynasty that won four Super Bowls over a six-season span, that served as their proof of concept and the draft has been their foundation ever since.

This particular March had the potential to be especially