The Pittsburgh Steelers might not use either of their offseason signings

The Pittsburgh Steelers made up a ton of ground on defense prior to the 2018 NFL Draft. But what if they end up utilizing none of it?

Morgan Burnett and Jon Bostic were names no one was expecting in February. The team was locked on drafting an inside linebacker and using a second or third round pick on a safety, leaving the defense young heading into 2018.

Then, in seemingly a day, the Steelers shocked the NFL by bringing in veterans. Not just players to add talent, but two guys who filled the remaining voids they had on the defensive side of the ball.

Everything was fixed. The team now had a safety that can add talent and a veteran presence at safety, and an inside linebacker that can provide most of the workload they’d need to mend the position left wide open from Ryan Shazier’s injury.

Then, offseason workouts started. Morgan Burnett was running with the first time and the secondary looked young and explosive. Jon Bostic was competing with Tyler Matakevich, but as he learned the playbook he would slowly overstep the former Temple star and claim the starting role.

Today, heading into the second week of training camp, neither is proving anything. In fact, as the days go on, less and less are expected of each player.

Bostic hasn’t seen the starting lineup yet. At least not in a significant number of reps. It’s still Matakevich’s job to lose, and as of right now, he’s not going to lose it.

Burnett has not been on the field in camp due to a hamstring injury. But while he’s been on the sidelines, rookie Terrell Edmunds is showing what he can bring to the field. Maybe it’s only been a few days, but seeing a rookie intercept Ben Roethlisberger and make Twitter news after Twitter news, leaves you questioning if he’s really going to be the backup.

$3.916 million in 2018 has been spent to fill the gaps this team needed on defense. Heading into August, they haven’t used a dime of that money in the starting lineup, at least during training camp.

They weren’t bad signings. Burnett is still the front-runner at strong safety, and Bostic will see the field behind Matakevich. But for the noise these two made in the media, prior to suiting up, expectations were much higher than watching from the sideline and being the backup.