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Do Steelers Need a Nose Tackle? | Steelers Morning Rush
Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it’s how much the team feels its needs an upgrade at nose tackle going into the 2025 season.
Keeanu Benton has played nose tackle in the 3-4 defense ever since he was drafted in 2023. Benton is not prototypical size for the position, and has had a hard time dealing with double teams at times. So the Steelers should be looking for a big guy to push Benton to the side, right?
Well, it’s not that simple. There aren’t a lot of 3-4 snaps to go around, and it doesn’t make sense to pay good money or spend scarce draft capital on a player that might see the field in a meaningful fashion 10 snaps per game.
But there is a way in which adding a nose tackle makes sense, and that’s if it comes in the form a player that can do both, like Michigan’s Kenneth Grant. Alan breaks it down.
