Based on how their 2022 season ended and the specific things that happened during those 17 games that conspired to prevent them from qualifying for the postseason, the Steelers could point to a list of issues that needed to be addressed.
A good place to begin is getting the offense to start games more quickly, and nothing satisfies the desired time frame better than scoring a touchdown on its opening possession, something that happened exactly twice all of last season.
Sticking with the offense, the unit also had to find a way to create more chunk plays and develop ways to score quickly instead of having to depend so much on putting together drives of 10-plus plays to get into the end zone.
On defense, maybe the most glaring issue in 2022 was the stark difference between the unit’s performance when