2018 Pittsburgh Steelers positional review: LB, DB and ST

Special Teams

Pittsburgh’s special teams units have been on the downward trend the last few seasons and it came to a head in 2018. This was one of the worst years for special teams in recent memory.

Chris Boswell fell off Mount Everest and it came at an awful time. The team signed him to an extension in the offseason and he rewarded them by being one of the worst kickers in the league this year.

He was finally placed on IR in week 17 but too little too late. He will absolutely be in a battle next training camp if he makes it that far. He will need to earn his job back after a very disappointing 2018.

I hope Boswell can come back to his 2017 form when he was one of the best kickers in the league and earned a pro bowl selection. He has a lot of work to do but I have a little faith left in me for him.

Jordan Berry should not have even made the roster and it showed early on. The Steelers brought in punters to workout early but ultimately stuck with him through the season. He has gotten progressively worse every year and I believe he won’t be the punter come 2019.

Aside from the two kickers, the entire unit had many bad plays all year. They committed way too many penalties and killed good returns and put the team in awful field position.

Coach Danny Smith looks like he will be back for 2019, which is disappointing after how his units have regressed the last few years. He had better show massive improvement next season or be fired. I hate calling for another man’s job but you cannot continue to do things that fail and expect different results.

The Steelers 2018 season is dead to me as this article ends. I am now looking forward to the 2019 offseason and the most wonderful time of the year, that’s right, draft time! Stay with me here on Still Curtain this offseason as I lead you up to the draft with potential Steelers picks and info on draft prospects as well as coverage after the picks have been made and other Steelers offseason news!