KDKA's Cassidy Wood spoke with the team and brings us their thoughts on the new season.
The Steelers will head to Atlanta to face the Falcons, a team with a new coaching staff -- one of the youngest in all of the NFL.
There are still a lot of unknowns, which present a number of challenges when trying to game plan for an opponent.
"You know, they have a new coaching staff, so it's really still a guessing game at this point," said offensive lineman Broderick Jones. "The coaching staff they have there now, it's a lot of people that have been around the league, so we're just watching film from their previous team.
For head coach Raheem Morris, that previous team was the Los Angeles Rams, where he spent the last three seasons as defensive coordinator. Both of Morris' coordinators came from Los Angeles, as well.
Offensive coordinator Zac Robinson was the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Rams and defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake previously served as assistant head coach under Sean McVay.
Broderick Jones and other Steelers linemen say that they're excited to get on the road and compete in a game that actually counts.
"It's super exciting," Jones said. "Just being able to still be here and continue to do what I love and what I've been doing all my life, which is play football. I'm ready to get out there and put my best foot forward and show what I can do."
"Just being able to put that on display is a huge blessing," Jones added.
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