{"id":836288,"date":"2026-03-27T06:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836288\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T06:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:20:17","slug":"mark-kaboly-explains-why-steelers-ceiling-may-be-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/836288\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Kaboly explains why Steelers\u2019 ceiling may be higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 26, 2026, 9:25 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Questions about the <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>\u2019 ceiling for the 2026 NFL season keep popping up, even as the roster looks stronger on paper. Some point to the uncertainty at quarterback and a new head coach as a cause for concern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" data-autotag=\"c4d4185f-a327-423a-aa54-67a40f9dee05\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Steelers<\/a> insider Mark Kaboly does not see it that way. In his recent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkKaboly\/status\/2037162194920476860\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">mailbag session on X<\/a>, he pushed back on the idea that Pittsburgh is capped, starting with Mike McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI don\u2019t get this at all,\u201d Kaboly said. \u201cMcCarthy has the same resume as John Harbaugh, if not better\u2026 McCarthy is the least of your worries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Kaboly believes the veteran coach brings both credibility and a needed change in direction. After nearly two decades of continuity, he expects a different energy around the team that could elevate its outlook rather than limit it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At quarterback, Kaboly acknowledged there may be hesitation surrounding Aaron Rodgers. Still, he downplayed the concern in the bigger picture.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI see that there might be reservations with Rodgers, but it\u2019s not like he\u2019s the long-term plan,\u201d Kaboly added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He also pointed to results as the strongest rebuttal. Pittsburgh has won at least 10 games in each of the last three seasons, making the idea of a low ceiling or \u201cmurky middle\u201d inaccurate in his view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 26, 2026, 9:25 p.m. ET Questions about the Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 ceiling for the 2026 NFL season keep&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[95878,7,6,520,57,2360,96718,96719,426,96675,95882,95896,95888,95897,96721,96720,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-836288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","15":"tag-sstsnsteelers","16":"tag-steelers","17":"tag-tagaaron-rodgers","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagnational-sports","20":"tag-tagnfl","21":"tag-tagoverall-negative","22":"tag-tagpittsburgh","23":"tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116299695963609697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836288","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=836288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}