According to the NFL transaction wire, the Pittsburgh Steelers hosted offensive linemen Garret Greenfield and J.D DiRenzo for workouts on Monday. Pittsburgh lost right guard James Daniels for the season with a torn Achilles, so the team is looking for more help.

Greenfield was undrafted in the 2024 NFL Draft out of South Dakota State. His connection with the Steelers is that while at South Dakota State, he played left tackle right next to Steelers guard Mason McCormick. Greenfield competed at the NFL Combine and the East-West Shrine Bowl. While at the NFL Combine, he set the event record for best vertical jump by an offensive lineman at 38 1/2 inches.

Greenfield, 25, was signed by the Seattle Seahawks but was released at the end of training camp. He has not joined a practice squad since that moment. Greenfield can play both tackle spots and kicked inside at times for the Seahawks.

Meanwhile, DiRenzo was undrafted in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Rutgers. He joined the Carolina Panthers in 2023 but did not sign anywhere following the 2023 season. DiRenzo can play both tackle spots for the Steelers, who still need more depth along their offensive line to feel comfortable.

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INDIANAPOLIS — The Pittsburgh Steelers faced an undermanned Indianapolis Colts team that lost their starting quarterback in the first quarter but could not come back to knock off the Colts. The Steelers now have to address these issues at the surface in a game that exposed many flaws that were there for the first three games.

However, here are the three most important things that we learned from this game that the Steelers should look to fix before their game against the Dallas Cowboys:

There is a Linebacker problem

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense faltered at every level against the Indianapolis Colts, but Colts head coach Shane Steichen zeroed in on Payton Wilson and Patrick Queen and went to work. Their run game calls put those linebackers in conflict often, and the quick game that was so effective underneath against the heavy Cover 3 defense spliced and diced the Steelers all game. Pittsburgh had no answer for Steichen’s attack on the linebackers, and he exploited their coverage rules. Part of that is on Mike Tomlin and defensive coordinator Teryl Austin, who need to adjust to that. Steichen especially attacked the Steelers’ push calls.

However, Wilson and Queen struggled to fit the run and had some ugly reps out of their gaps. On top of that, the two players were beaten in coverage a few times by taking themselves out of the play. The Steelers do need to improve at linebacker, and the team really needs more out of Patrick Queen.

The Run Game Issues

The Steelers’ run game outside of Cordarrelle Patterson and Justin Fields is dead. Najee Harris has not been able to get going, and there are a few reasons why, so let me try to break down what the film showed.

For one, the Steelers keep asking Van Jefferson to insert block and dig out safeties. He has been atrocious at this all season, and it is killing the run game. Their schematics have to adjust, or they need to change personnel because Jefferson can not block well, and it is allowing another defender a free rush.

Another is that the Steelers’ splits have started to become predictable. Teams are lining up eight in the box and blitzing a free man off the edge because of their tendencies, but the Colts could no longer do that in the second half when the Steelers started to throw the ball more.

Najee Harris is just not a good fit for this style of running game. You need instant explosiveness to get downhill and maximize yardage, especially on open cut-back lanes. Harris does not have the instant acceleration for that, and that is why Patterson always maximizes what he gets while Harris’ plodding style, that can work in other schemes, falls flat.

Arthur Smith is not doing a good job of putting his personnel in the best position to succeed. They need to do a lot of self-scouting this week.

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Justin Fields put up a flashy stat line in the Steelers’ loss to the Indianapolis Colts. After falling behind by as much as 17, Fields had to put the team on his back, and he did, almost leading Pittsburgh to a stunning comeback win.

Instead, Fields and the Steelers fell just short, but in his efforts, Fields accomplished something that no other Steelers quarterback had ever done. After throwing for 312 yards, rushing for 57 yards, and adding two touchdowns on the ground, Fields is the only quarterback in Steelers history to have over 300 passing yards, over 50 rushing yards, and two or more total touchdowns in franchise history.

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Fields did something that Ben Roethlisberger and Terry Bradshaw never did, and the most likely candidate who could have done something like Fields would have been Kordell Stewart, but even he fell short of that.

Still, he fumbled the ball in a critical play that took points off the board for the Steelers. Fields has to clean up those plays in his game, but he did a valiant job of trying to will the Steelers back into the game. Now, it remains to be seen if the Steelers can ultimately capitalize on Fields’ surprising hot start to the season.