This column appeared on DKPittsburghSports.com.
Yinzers …
Greetings, once again, from the Hub of the Sports Universe. After the Patriots followed up the Red Sox’s world title since the last time we saw each other, there was a decent chance we would have been holding all four major titles at the same time — which would have made you Steel City faithful feel all warm inside, I’m sure — but then Kyrie Irving happened (ugh), and … we’re still not over the Bruins’ no-show in Game 7. Let’s not talk about that.
But, hey, it’s football season now and everybody else is playing for the Patriots’ scraps. Plus the Steelers are coming to Gillette where they hear more Patriots radio broadcasts in their headsets than game-winning strategies.
• Just like last year, get while the getting’s good.
DeShaun
Watson
• Basically, the entire defense returns from the unit that carried NE to Super Bowl.
Tom
Brady
Michael
Bennett
Trey
Flowers
Jamie
Collins
Shilique Calhoun
Chase
Winovich
• Nobody knows what this passing offense will look like.
Sony
Michel
Rob
Gronkowski
Julian
Edelman
Josh
Gordon
Phillip
Dorsett
• Hello and goodbye.
WR Josh Gordon (replaces Josh Gordon)
WR Demaryius Thomas (Chris Hogan)
LT Isaiah Wynn (Trent Brown)
C Ted Karras/Russell Bodine (David Andrews)
TE Matt LaCosse (Rob Gronkowski)
Ryan Izzo
DT
Michael
Bennett (Trey Flowers)
LB
Jamie
Collins (additional weapon)
OLB Chase Winovich (Adrian Clayborn)
P Jake Bailey (Ryan Allen)
NT Danny Shelton (Malcom Brown)
• How the Steelers should defend the Patriots
James
White
Chris
Hogan
T.J. Watt
Marcus Cannon
• How the Steelers should attack the Patriots
Ben
Roethlisberger