Pittsburgh Steelers secondary coach Grady Brown talks about whether or not Joey Porter Jr. will make his first NFL start against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 7.
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00:00 It kind of just worked out that way.
00:01 We did play him more in the last game,
00:05 outside of just normally playing him in dime packages, but he did play more.
00:10 And when you're in a game like that, and you have multiple good players,
00:15 multiple guys that can go and get it done, I mean, if a guy's playing well,
00:20 you have to really continue to play that guy.
00:23 And just kind of mix and match around him, and
00:25 testimony to the other guys, Levi and Pat.
00:31 I mean, those guys never blinked an eye.
00:32 They did whatever the team needed them to do in their game.
00:38 >> Any chance Joey starts coming out of the buy?
00:40 >> I think it's a chance that whoever's playing well will start.
00:44 >> Is he playing well enough to start?
00:45 >> That's the goal at the end of the day.
00:48 He finished the game definitely in a good spot.
00:51 We'll see if he starts.
00:55 I think at the end of the day, it's about are you making the plays that need to be
00:58 made?
00:59 I'm not sure that it really matters who starts.
01:02 It's about when they're throwing the ball out there, who's out there,
01:05 how's that guy's playing?
01:07 >> Grady, the perception when you guys got Peterson was he would be more of
01:10 an inside guy.
01:12 He was talking to us a lot about being a football player, not a cornerback.
01:15 >> Right.
01:16 >> Is he playing more outside than you prefer?
01:19 Is he kind of out of position as an outside corner right now?
01:23 >> Not really.
01:24 The interesting thing is it's just about who are we playing?
01:28 How much inside was there for him to play against Houston?
01:34 How much inside was there for him to play against Cleveland?
01:38 It just depends.
01:39 If they're in 13 or if they're in 22, if they're heavy, we have to get heavy.
01:45 There was an opportunity to get Joey on the field more.
01:50 There was an opportunity to move Pat inside.
01:53 There was an opportunity to do those things.
01:56 So it really just depends on the personnel that we're playing against.