Positional Outlook: Trenches, Best Games on the Schedule
From Steelers Central by Ricky Turner
May 16, 2026 · 56 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the Steelers' positional outlook, focusing on the offensive and defensive lines, rookie minicamp insights, and top matchups for the upcoming season.
On this episode of Steelers Central, we begin our positional outlook heading into OTAs with most position groups being set. We'll start with the two of the strongest units on both sides of the ball, the offensive and defensive lines. See why despite some reshuffling, the offensive line could be even better than last year, while the defensive line got deeper and added an impact versatile player. Then we'll get into how rookie minicamp went, some early takeaways, and discuss why Will Howard should start the season on the unlikely chance that Rodgers never shows up instead of Drew Allar. A new extension for arguably one of the team's MVPs the last couple of seasons, as Chris Boswell ties the highest paid value for a kicker, and why he deserves every penny of that deal. Lastly, with the schedule being released I'll give you my top five matchups of the season for the Steelers, and why one divisional classic tops that list. 0:00-21:57 Steelers Positional Outlook: Offensive Line 21:58-28:01 Steelers Positional Outlook: Defensive Line 28:02-34:02 Who to Start: Allar or Howard 34:03-37:25 Rookie Minicamp Takeaways 37:26-41:10 Boswell Extension 41:11-56:15 Top 5 Matchups
People in this episode
Host: Ricky Turner
Topics covered
- positional outlook
- offensive line
- defensive line
- rookie minicamp
- Boswell extension
- top matchups
Keywords
- Steelers
- offensive line
- defensive line
- rookie minicamp
- Chris Boswell
- Will Howard
- Drew Allar
- top matchups
- OTAs
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Organizations: Steelers
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