The Cleveland Browns have been on a roller coaster ride, since Myles Garrett arrived, and on occasion, it was Garrett who was running the controls.

Garrett was a consensus All-American at Texas A&M, and the Browns made him the number one pick in 2017.  The Defensive End did not have a great rookie year, but showed what he was capable of as a sophomore, earning Pro Bowl accolades in 2018, which he followed up with a second and third in 2020 and 2021, with those last two years seeing First Team All-Pro honors.  Garrett is currently on a four-year streak of 10-Plus Sacks.

Many casual fans might remember Garrett best for a 2019 altercation with Pittsburgh Quarterback, Mason Rudolph, which led to his season-remaining suspension, but we view him as the lead pass-rusher for the Browns over the last seven years, and the man who led the Browns defence to their best run in their second coming.  Last season, Garrett won the Defensive Player of the Year and led the NFL in Approximate Value (20).

He enters 2024 on a four-year Pro Bowl Streak, with 88.5 Sacks and 172 Quarterback Hits.  

Taylor Lewan was the third Offensive Linemen taken in the 2014 Draft (11^th Overall), and he arguably has been more successful than the two (Greg Robinson and Jake Matthews) selected ahead of him.

Lewan would win the starting job at Left Tackle during his debut season, finishing as an All-Rookie, and he progressively got better, rattling off three consecutive Pro Bowls from 2016 to 2018.  Lewan’ holds a spot as one of the better Offensve Lineman in franchise history, even if his overall profile is not regarded out of Tennessee.

Kevin Byard is one of the most prolific defensive stars from Middle Tennessee State where the All-Conference USA star was a Third Round Pick in the 2016 Draft.

In his rookie season, Byard would win a starting job at Safety, but if there was an award for Sophomore of the Year, Byard could have staked a claim for it.  Byard was a co-leader in Interceptions (6) while going to the Pro Bowl and securing First Team honors that year, and although he did not come close to to that production from 2018 to 2020 in traditional and advanced metrics, he was still a solid starter in the NFL.  

Byard returned to Pro Bowl and First Team All-Pro form in 2021, which coincided with his move from Free Safety to Strong Safety.  He was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles at the 2023 trade deadline, and the Defensive Back left Tennessee with 27 Interceptions.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post-2021 revision of our top 50 Pittsburgh Steelers.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Steelers made it to the playoffs on the strength of our defense.  Two of those players saw significant elevations on the list, although there were no new entrants.

As always, we present our top five:

1. Joe Greene

2. Jack Lambert

3. Mike Webster

4. Franco Harris

5. Jack Ham

You can find the entire list here.

Defensive End, Cameron Heyward, who is now on a five-year Pro Bowl streak, jumped from #45 to #28.

The reigning Defensive Player of the Year, T.J. Watt, rocketed from #46 to #33.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.