{"id":207751,"date":"2025-07-15T01:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/207751\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T01:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:20:14","slug":"steelers-among-oldest-teams-by-average-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/207751\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Among Oldest Teams by Average Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Pittsburgh Steelers rank second in the NFL among oldest rosters by averaged age after their offseason acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Pittsburgh Steelers having a young offensive line, receiver corps, and front seven, what stood out in the offseason was the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/aging-steelers-even-older-big-120000517.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:acquisition of long-time veterans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acquisition of long-time veterans<\/a>. On Sunday, the Steelers were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMDW5VJAbKP\/?img_index=2&amp;igsh=Z3FjeXRxanR0OGdi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ranked the second- oldest team;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ranked the second- oldest team<\/a> by average age.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers currently have an average age of 27 years and four days. By all accounts, that pointed to the push for veteran, skilled players acquired this offseason. They only trailed the Washington Commanders by 200 days.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers CB Darius Slay\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"788\" height=\"507\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/65344b299048ad503a80b39a7155f7bd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Darius Slay at minicamp on June 11, 2025. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers\u2019 offseason headlined the acquisitions of <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/aaron-rodgers-looks-forward-finishing-170000160.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Aaron Rodgers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Rodgers<\/a>, Darius Slay, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/cousin-steelers-owner-thinks-dk-180000996.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:D.K. Metcalf, and Jalen Ramsey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">D.K. Metcalf, and Jalen Ramsey<\/a>. Of these players, only Metcalf is under the age of 30.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, none of their acquisitions have felt like the typical veteran acquisitions over the years. In 2023, Pittsburgh signed Patrick Peterson and Keanu Neal. After that season, both were released and haven\u2019t played a down since.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Peterson and Neal seemed to be at the end of their careers. While that may be the case for Rodgers and Slay, Ramsey and Metcalf have years left in them.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers Seattle Seahawks WR DK Metcalf\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"788\" height=\"435\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/b37bdcc1d0e8165f5a978480f98351c1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) gets past Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Patrick Peterson (20) in the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo\/Lindsey Wasson)<\/p>\n<p>The big question facing the Steelers in the age category is the contract negotiations with <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/insider-isn-t-ruling-season-140000452.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:TJ Watt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TJ Watt<\/a>. Additionally, Cam Heyward is nearing the end of his career. Of course, the Steelers\u2019 future at quarterback also remains unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the Steelers have positioned themselves to compete this season with <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/omar-khan-just-solved-steelers-080526774.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:12 draft picks on the horizon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12 draft picks on the horizon<\/a> for the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers Now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers Now<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/pittsburgh-steelers-among-oldest-teams-by-average-age\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers Among Oldest Teams by Average Age;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers Among Oldest Teams by Average Age<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Related Headlines<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers rank second in the NFL among oldest rosters by averaged age after their offseason acquisitions.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[1586,344,9313,2870,9676,7,1815,9959,6,10229,520,57,2360,261,426,8576,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-207751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-cam-heyward","10":"tag-darius-slay","11":"tag-dk-metcalf","12":"tag-ed-thompson","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-jalen-ramsey","15":"tag-keanu-neal","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patrick-peterson","18":"tag-pittsburgh","19":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","20":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","21":"tag-seattle-seahawks","22":"tag-steelers","23":"tag-tj-watt","24":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114854627385612926","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}