Breaking news: Former Steelers announced his return to Steelers.

There were plenty of things that went wrong for the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 2023 NFL season.

Much of the attention goes to the team’s quarterback play and offensive coaching, but the defense had its issues too.

The defense had some issues with consistency, in part because the faces in the lineup changed frequently because of injuries and a suspension for Damontae Kazee.

The issue is one that The Athletic’s Mark Kaboly believes could have been easily avoided at one position.

In an article with Mike DeFabo where they discussed season grades for Steelers players, Kaboly called not re-signing Terrell Edmunds a huge mistake for Pittsburgh.

While discussing Kaboly’s thoughts on the 2023 mistake, Abate said it would be smart for the Steelers to try and bring Edmunds back in 2024.

Edmunds’ contract for 2023 was only worth $2 million, which should mean that he would be a relatively cheap option to give the Steelers some depth in 2024 after they closed out 2023 with Patrick Peterson and Eric Rowe getting major playing time at safety.

During the 2023 season, the Steelers dealt with some key absences on defense throughout the year.

Kwon Alexander tore his achilles. Cole Holcomb had his season ended by a knee injury.

Minkah Fitzpatrick missed seven across two injury absences.

T.J. Watt missed the most important game of the year. A knee injury suffered in Week 18 caused him to miss the playoff game against the Bills.

All of those injuries combined with Kazee’s suspension for the last three games of the regular season left the Steelers frequently short-handed on the defensive side of the ball.

When he didn’t end up getting brought back to the Steelers, Edmunds went to the Philadelphia Eagles on a one-year deal.

He didn’t make it through the year with the Eagles as they sent him to the Titans as part of a trade for Kevin Byard.

Edmunds carved out a nice role for himself in Tennessee, making 15 tackles and getting 2.5 sacks in his first eight games with the team.

The Steelers went into the Sunday of Week 18 knowing that they needed the Jaguars or Bills to lose to claim a playoff spot.

In the game, Edmunds made 5 tackles and defended a pass, but more importantly, picked off a Trevor Lawrence pass in the first half that set the Titans up to score a touchdown that gave them a 21-10 lead.

The Titans ended up winning the game 28-20, putting the Steelers in the playoffs.