The Steelers knew going into the 2017 regular season that of all their position groups, inside linebacker was going to be the most top-heavy. While it had the jewel of the defense in Ryan Shazier and one of the team's hardest hitters in Vince Williams, their depth lacked with only Tyler Matakevich and L.J. Fort.
When Shazier's injury took him out of the rotation, the Steelers realized just how profound that depth problem was. But when Matakevich was lost in the same game as Shazier and the Steelers scrambled to bring back Sean Spence, the unit held on by a string through the home stretch of the season.
We take a look at the year's performance from the group:
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