Welcome to the terrible take, a daily segment telling Steel or Nation what's on our minds.

I'm Melanie Freelander.

I've talked about the offense a lot this pre-season, primarily because there have been so many

changes since last year.

New offensive coordinator, new quarterback, lots of new additions to the offensive line.

And it's still not clear how much success the Steelers' new-look offense will have this year. Last season, the Steelers often new look offense will have this year.

Last season, the Steelers' offense struggled to put points on the board.

And special teams didn't exactly help with a disappointing performance once again from their punter

that failed to flip the field effectively. In the past few years it was the

Steelers defense that kept the team in games, keeping the opposing team score low to give

its own offense an easier path to a win. It would be nice to not have to rely on that this year.

But if the offense struggles early in the season there's still a reason to be

optimistic that this team can be competitive because the Steelers defensive front seven has

talent and depth. It was the thing that stood out most in yesterday's game.

With Cam Hayward, T.J. Watt and Mick Fitzpatrick held out of the game,

the starter still shut down the lions

and held them scoreless through the first quarter,

sacking the quarterback, recovering a fumble,

and forcing punts.

Keanu Benton and Larry Ogunatedinated making their way into the back field.

Nick Herbig in just nine snaps showed how insane production we have come to expect

and reminded us that he would be a starter on any other team in a league.

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