The Pittsburgh Steelers will kick off their 2025 season in an hour from now against the New York Jets. Aaron Rodgers and Justin Fields will each have the opportunity to exact revenge against their former teams, even if they weren’t keen on admitting it throughout the week. Both teams should be looking to play a physical run-first style of offense, especially while Aaron Rodgers and the starting offense knock the rust off after sitting out the preseason.
Pittsburgh enters the season drama free, narrowly escaping a possible holdout from Cameron Heyward with a sweetened contract yesterday evening.
This is the first look we have at the Steelers’ entire starting defense. Mike Tomlin intentionally put lofty expectations on that group by saying they are capable of doing historic things this season. The Jets are far from the best offense they will face this year, so the defense should look dominant.
The Jets have a talented defense of their own, including CB Sauce Gardner, who has done well in his matchups against DK Metcalf in the past. If Metcalf has a slow debut, will one of either Roman Wilson or Calvin Austin III be able to step up opposite him? Or could this be a ground-and-pound day for Jaylen Warren and company?
How will the tight ends factor into the game plan with what Rodgers described as the most talented TE group of his career? These burning questions that we’ve had all offseason will finally get answers in a short time.
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Steelers’ Inactive Players
QB Skylar Thompson (3rd)
DT Derrick Harmon
OL Andrus Peat
OL Max Scharping
OLB Nick Herbig
DL Esezi Otomewo
Jets’ Inactive Players
WR Allen Lazard
EDGE Braiden McGregor
T Esa Pole
TE Jelani Woods
DL Leonard Taylor III
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