NEW YORK -- We're not changing a thing on the Steelers beat, other than adding.
Adding me.
Been thinking about this quite a bit of late, for a bunch of reasons, but I'll blurt it out loud: I'm going to be a lot more immersed in football in 2023, beginning with the upcoming NFL Draft. As in, I'll be right there. On the beat. Front and center. Top priority.
Chris Halicke's still here. Corey Crisan and Alex Stumpf will still contribute, too, as they did this past season. There'll be components that include Cory Giger. And beyond our full-timers, we'll also get the best of Ramon Foster and Matt Williamson. Like I said, nothing's technically changing other than my own increased role. Oh, and of course, nothing would/could ever change about my coverage of the Penguins and Pirates. I don't even have the DNA to diminish either of those.
But, maybe because the Steelers are the one beat in which I've never been all-the-way embedded, maybe because of the still-stunning-to-me success of the Daily Shot of Steelers podcasts and the Ramon show, maybe because I simply feel it'd be a plus for our company to apply even more resources toward Pittsburgh's most popular team ... I'm down for this.
