Welcome to the terrible take a daily segment telling Steelers nation what's on our mind. I'm Ross McCorkle.

So far Cameron Hayward has sat out the voluntary portion of O TAs and the next 10 days of

workouts and practices with the full team also fall into that voluntary category

so expect him to remain on the sidelines for now as he seeks a contract extension.

Today I will make the case for why Hayward should be extended.

First, it is important to look at the Steelers defensive line

room in the outlook for the next two or three seasons.

If the Steelers were to move on from Hayward after this season,

they are left in a bad position with the room overall.

Good free agent defensive linemen with the measurables that the Steelers prefer come very expensive

and not that many of them hit the open market to begin with.

Just look at Larry Ogan Jobe's three-year extension last

off-season with the Steelers. It didn't make a ton of sense at the time

given his production and it hasn't really worked out that well. Ogen-Jobe is a cut

candidate himself next off-season unless he turns things around this year.

So where does that leave you if you cut Hayward? Are you forced to keep overpaying Oganjobe?

Or do you cut bait and try to replace not one but two starting defensive linemen?

The defensive line is where everything starts on

defense in Pittsburgh. They help stop the run and provide pressure to speed up the clock

on passing plays. Without a good defensive line the Steelers defense will be a shell of

itself. We saw some of

that last year while Hayward was out injured and the Steelers got ran all over at times.

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