As Mike Tomlin reshapes his coaching staff for the first time after three seasons as head coach, the team's president looks to younger players to help keep the Steelers in contention. And he would like to see the coaching staff develop those players more quickly than they have been. Art Rooney II said while he is happy with how the Steelers have acquired talent through the draft the past five-plus years, he'd prefer to see those players contribute more. "I do think that one of the things we have to do is probably get better at developing our younger players," Rooney told the Post-Gazette. "That's something we have to think about and make sure we're doing what we need to do to have guys being able to step in maybe a little earlier. And over the next year or two, there's no question we have some age on the defense and there's going to be some turnover. We'll see in the next year or two how some of these draft choices play out, but we think we have some good young guys on this roster who can step up and make a difference." Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
threads like this bring up terrible evander hood memories good news: 1/5 years done with this piece of crap
SEE 2008 DRAFT...much more than just Sweed...that draft could potentially set them back three years. It's a shame that he progressed in a positive way towards the end of the season...:icon_rolleyes:
