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Steelers Linebackers Payton Wilson, Patrick Queen a Potential Elite Combo | Keys to a Top 10 Defense

34m · Locked On Steelers – Daily Podcast On The Pittsburgh Steelers · 07 May 04:00

Chris Carter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, hosts the Locked on Steelers podcast, and is joined by Alan Saunders of SteelersNow.com.

The Pittsburgh Steelers made major investments to improve at linebacker by signing Patrick Queen and drafting Payton Wilson. Could they become and elite combo at linebacker for the defense? Chris Carter and Alan Saunders think there's serious potential for both players, but point out questions about how they'd fit together in an NFL defense and the challenges they'd face.

Also, the Steelers have been a top 10 scoring defense in the NFL for four of the last five years. But what could be the biggest obstacles in the way of continuing that trend in 2024? And who could be the top three rising stars on defense to ascend the unit to a new level? Joey Porter Jr.? Keeanu Benton? More on that in today's episode.

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