The Steelers\u2019 roster has changed quite a bit this offseason\u2014in some areas, at least. In others, not so much, and possibly in concerning ways. Now, they did nothing at outside linebacker, for example, but they also didn\u2019t need to. Elsewhere, they really changed up the secondary, and for the better. But for Ray Fittipaldo, that wasn\u2019t the biggest upgrade.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s got to be receiver\u201d, he said on 93.7 The Fan<\/a>, weighing where the Steelers\u2019 roster is most improved. \u201cI think the receiving corps with Bernard and of course the acquisition of Michael Pittman Jr., that group on paper is much better than they were last season\u201d.<\/p>\n The Steelers clearly noticed the dearth of talent at wide receiver from last year\u2019s roster. Whether they intended to all along or not, they ended up trading George Pickens after drafting no replacement receiver. This year, they traded for a starter and then traded up in the second round for another receiver.<\/p>\n With more help around him on the roster, the Steelers should also get more out of DK Metcalf this year. All things considered, it\u2019s an unsurprising pick, though the secondary would also be a valid option. Yet even Fittipaldo suggested they could eventually try to add to the group<\/a> late in the offseason.<\/p>\n Not that there aren\u2019t also areas of concern on the Steelers\u2019 roster. And while they didn\u2019t touch the outside linebackers for good reason, that may be less true in between them. They didn\u2019t get enough out of the group in the middle, and this year it\u2019s more of the same.<\/p>\n \u201cThe position group I\u2019m most concerned about\u201d on the Steelers\u2019 roster, Fittipaldo said, is inside linebacker. He noted that they showed significant interest in the pre-draft process, but they ended up not taking one. While pre-draft math is far from foolproof, it was the most glaring omission on their board.<\/p>\n \u201cI think they wanted to upgrade at inside linebacker. They brought in a ton of guys in the pre-draft process. They just didn\u2019t draft one\u201d, Fittipaldo said. \u201cI think just by not doing anything at inside linebacker, they\u2019re probably weakest there. I still think they\u2019re okay there. Maybe Patrick Queen will get a little bit better. Maybe Payton Wilson gets a little bit better\u201d.<\/p>\n Wilson is going into just his third season, so perhaps there\u2019s yet untapped potential. Queen is more or less who he is by now, and many believe he won\u2019t be on the Steelers\u2019 roster by next season. And it\u2019s not so much that neither player is good, in truth. The biggest issue may be that Queen and Wilson, as a pair, don\u2019t work as well together. They may be too similar, lacking complementary qualities that constitute a whole.<\/p>\n