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Steelers Injury Report: NT Tyson Alualu misses practice Wednesday
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The Pittsburgh Steelers still have a number of team needs as they continue through the 2021 offseason. With free agency still an option, as well as the upcoming NFL draft, the Steelers will need to fill out all of these needs prior to training camp.
For an interesting exercise, I’m going to give two positions and ask which one is the greater need to add a player for the 2021 season. In this case, the question comes down to inside linebacker or outside linebacker.
When looking at a team need, I like to break it down into two different types. First, there’s certain positions where the need is simply to have enough players as the Steelers don’t have enough options at this time. The Steelers may be set with their starters, but they may not have the needed depth at the position simply by not having enough players. The other option is whether Steelers could have enough players at a position, but they need to upgrade the qualit
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Robert Spillane was a special teams player most Steeler fans didn’t think much of a year ago, when depth at inside linebacker was considered a serious problem. The Steelers didn’t even think enough of Spillane to give him rotational snaps on defense, but when he stepped on the field in Week 6, replacing the Steelers fantastic young linebacker Devin Bush, he didn’t play like a backup, or a journeyman. He played like a Steeler linebacker.
Run defense
With Robert Spillane replacing Devin Bush, the Steelers had to alter how they used their inside linebackers. Spillane isn’t the athlete Devin Bush is, and that meant Vince Williams and Spillane shared more responsibility and had less clearly defined roles. Where Devin Bush had been the primary cover linebacker, freeing Vince Williams to attack the offense, taking on blockers and blitzing a lot, Robert Spillane and Vince Williams split those duties more evenly.