Mike Tomlin Focused On Opportunity For Steelers Second Team Players

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Pittsburgh Steelers' head coach Mike Tomlin isn't worried about a small sample size for his starters during the preseason.
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00:00 First team all pros in 30 year old corners I know more about.
00:04 And so it's not about the guys oftentimes that I choose not to play,
00:09 it's about the opportunity for others.
00:11 Every rep that TJ doesn't take, I know he's first team all pro caliber.
00:16 It's an opportunity for her to show his skills and get better, for example.
00:21 Every time I don't play Cam Hayward, it's an opportunity for
00:23 Leal and Dick and others.
00:26 And so that's the mentality.
00:28 My job is to provide these guys individually and
00:31 collectively what it is they need.
00:33 And some of those guys need less physical reps in an effort to be game ready.
00:37 Game ready, their resumes prove that and so I can redistribute those reps to others.

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