Final Word: Excited About Start of Steelers OTAs?

The Pittsburgh Steelers are set to start the second phase of their offseason workout program, with Organized Team Activities, better known as OTAs, starting at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Tuesday.

The optional workouts involve a daily practice session, but one that is undertaken without pads or contact. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has called the workouts “football in shorts” to emphasize their lack of carryover to the on-field product this spring.

But this year’s OTAs will feature our first look at the Arthur Smith offense, new quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Justin Fields and a new-look offensive line that could have three new starters when they step on the field on Tuesday.

Alan Saunders of Steelers Now joined Jenna Harner from our partners at WPXI, Cale Berger of 93.7 The Fan, and Paul Zeise of 93.7 The Fan and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, to discuss the start of OTAs, as well as whether the Steelers’ difficult end-of-season schedule has changed your outlook for the team. The gang also talked whether the pressure is on for Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas to deliver improvement this offseason without a first-round pick, what the Pittsburgh Pirates should do to build around rising star pitchers Jared Jones and Paul Skenes, and if the Pirates were victims of a bad call against the Chicago Cubs over the weekend..