It's been very quiet on the Stephon Tuitt front for several months. There came a point during the season where Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin just stopped even mentioning Tuitt, and reporters stopped asking.
Steelers President Art Rooney II said during a press conference a few weeks ago that he planned to speak with Tuitt in the coming weeks about his future. Today Steelers General Manage Kevin Colbert confirmed that Tuitt and the Steelers have been in contact and the team wishes to welcome him back.
"Stephon had a tough season last year, battling through a knee injury. He obviously had a personal situation he had to deal with. We just hope for the best as he tries to come back, and be a part of the Pittsburgh Steelers," Colbert said.
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Colbert referred to the Steelers as 'very open' to having him return in 2022.
Truthfully the Steelers desperately need Tuitt to return. Everyone always says it would be nice to have 53 Cameron Heyward's on the field. Well Tuitt is of the same mold. He's more physically gifted than Heyward even. He's just had struggles staying healthy. His rookie season in 2014 is the only time he appeared in all 16 games. He's also battled through several injuries that nagged him to the point he wasn't 100%, but he was good enough to still start.
In 2020, Tuitt had 11.5 sacks, and 10 tackles for a loss while creating 2 fumbles, and 3 batted passes at the line of scrimmage. He has 34.5 sacks on his career and 48 tackles for a loss.
Tuitt's brother was tragically killed during a hit and run last off-season. Tuitt rightfully so, spent much of the off-season taking care of family, before a knee injury sidelined him before the start of the season.
