End Of OTAs Weekend: Steelers Friday Night Five Questions

Happy Friday and I hope yinz are doing well.

The Pittsburgh Steelers finished up their final week of voluntary OTAs. The only thing before training camp is next week’s three-day, mandatory minicamp. The Steelers rounded out their 90-man roster with the additions of OT Jarrid Williams and RB Darius Hagans, also releasing WR Cody Chrest in the process. We’ll see if Omar Khan tweaks the roster moving forward.

Hope you all have a great weekend and that you enjoy our continued coverage. I thank you for visiting the site and we appreciate all of your great feedback. As always, we have five Friday night questions for you to answer.

Peace and love, peace and love!

1 – Do you think it benefits the Steelers to focus so much on having siblings on the team?

2 – Based off my rankings, who is the best coach on the Steelers’ staff (excluding Mike Tomlin)?

3 – How many sacks will DL Larry Ogunjobi have in 2023?

4 – How many snaps at inside linebacker will Nick Herbig take as a rookie? 

5 – Does the Steelers’ “newness” on defense concern you when it comes to their chemistry? Yes or no?

Recap of 2023 First June Weekend Friday Night 5 Questions

Question 1: Steelers Depot respondents were evenly split on whether the Steelers will re-sign one of their free agents. If they do, most believe it will be Benny Snell Jr. I’ll leave this open until the first day of training camp.

Question 2: Respondents overwhelmingly voted for Nate Herbig to be the backup center at the start of the season. He got 12 votes despite him playing his college career and days at Philadelphia as a guard. Steelers seventh-round pick Spencer Anderson, a tackle, got two votes. And Kendrick Green got the other two. All are capable of snapping the ball though center was not their natural position in college. Will be interesting who ends up second at center on the depth chart once week one approaches.

Question 3: Seventh-round pick Cory Trice Jr. will have a greater impact on the field than fourth-round pick Nick Herbig by a 13 to three vote. Most believe Trice will have more opportunities for splash plays as a cornerback than Herbig as an undersized outside linebacker. Hope they both produce multiple impact plays in 2023.

Question 4: By a narrow nine to seven margin, respondents say having a quality kick returner does not matter anymore with the new fair catch kickoff rule. However, the minority pointed out that the new rule is just for one year and could be gone after 2023. I wonder how many kickoff returns the Steelers will have in 2023. Stefan Logan set the team record with 55 out of the team’s 66 kickoff returns in 2009. Will the Steelers have less than the total 24 kickoff returns from last year?

Question 5: Wow. Just one respondent says their Steelers fandom extends to the USFL Pittsburgh Maulers. I wonder if that would change if they moved their home games from Canton, Ohio to Pittsburgh?

Here are the consensus responses of Steelers Depot respondents compared to the correct answers:

As promised, here are the folks with the most points during the offseason. Just an informal ranking since many questions subjective. Points scored or the first offseason weekend factored in. No changes this week.

There are now 14 questions from previous weeks yet to be answered:

 Scores will be adjusted as they are determined up until week one of the regular season.