The Pittsburgh Steelers have a very good young football team. There are spots where the Steelers could use some additional youth but for the most part, this roster wouldn’t be considered old. NFL.com put out their team of top players under 25 years old but only one member of the Steelers made it.
Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, who has less than one full season with Pittsburgh proved to be a true gamechanger in the defensive backfield. Here’s what they had to say about Fitzpatrick’s addition.
Entirely worth the first-round pick Pittsburgh shipped to Miami, Fitzpatrick hit the Steel City as a change agent. Serving as the tipping point for a stocked defense, Fitzpatrick zoomed to an All-Pro nod as a ballhawking marauder stacking five interceptions, two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, nine passes defensed, one pick-six and a fumble taken to the house. “We have a first-round pick,” Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert said in April. “And that was Minkah Fitzpatrick.”
Which Steelers missed the cut who should have made it?
The first names that come to mind are wide receiver Dointae Johnson and linebacker Devin Bush. Both guys are young stars in the league and had huge 2019 seasons. But they seem to have just missed the cut.
