{"id":717821,"date":"2026-01-31T00:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/717821\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T00:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:44:19","slug":"steelers-hire-patrick-graham-as-defensive-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/717821\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers hire Patrick Graham as defensive coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers hired Patrick Graham as their next defensive coordinator, the team <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/steelers\/status\/2017365065880523078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Graham previously worked under new Steelers Head Coach Mike McCarthy when he served as the Packers linebackers coach and run game coordinator in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He moves to the AFC North after spending four seasons with the Raiders. He joined the Silver and Black in 2022 where, in that season, he oversaw a unit that scored three defensive touchdowns, tied for the third-most in the NFL. In his tenure, the Raiders defense ranked top 15 in multiple categories including total defense (317.8 ypg) and pass defense (201.0 ypg) in the 2025 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers hired Patrick Graham as their next defensive coordinator, the team announced Friday. Graham previously worked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,268,269,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525],"class_list":{"0":"post-717821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-home-centerpiece","10":"tag-home-latest-stories","11":"tag-las-vegas","12":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","13":"tag-lasvegas","14":"tag-lasvegasraiders","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-raiders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115986947664449589","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717821","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=717821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}