The Steelers draft picks have been made and the offseason workout program is in full swing.
Steelers season never truly ends for Steeler Nation so while the team starts to put in the work to prepare for the 2016 NFL season we’ll be busy looking for mentions of your Black & Gold so we’ve got you covered. Here’s your Steelers Morning Huddle for Thursday, June 2nd.
Coach T lets you know
Since Coach Tomlin is a football coach and not a boss in an office space he has to find more coach-y ways of telling his players that they need to use the new cover sheets for their TPS reports or that they need to work on their route-running, whatever the case may be.
Mike Prisuta explains how Steelers receiver Markus Wheaton works on his issues when coach Tomlin lets him know in practice that he needs to work on something. Last year Wheaton needed to improve his yards after catch and this year Wheaton needs to improve stepping out of hand/arm tackles.
If coach Tomlin tells you you’re going to have to go ahead and come in on Saturday, I’d probably listen to him, mmkay?
Just like a duck in water
Steelers receiver Antonio Brown revealed on social media why he identifies with the duck. His Twitter and Facebook profile picture is his head on a duck’s body.
The Duck. It's the work we do beneath the surface, the work people don't see, that really keeps us moving forward. pic.twitter.com/rHKS99eIXX
— AB (@AB84) June 1, 2016
No one can ever question this man’s work ethic. He’s also 100% unapologetically himself. All this talk about whether or not he’s going to get 2,000 yards, 150 receptions, this record or that record; none of it is coming from him. He seems to just enjoy working out, being with his family and driving around his fancy cars. Who wouldn’t?
The happiest place on Earth?
The NFL is trying to salvage the Pro Bowl from the unwatchable farce that dozens of players tap out of each season. They think moving it to Disney World will do the trick. The NFL announced that starting this season the NFL Pro Bowl will move from Honolulu to Orlando, Florida and will go back to the AFC vs. NFC format.
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The move is to merge the all-star game with Disney and ESPN and make it a week-long event that dozens of players will tap out of each season. I’m sure nothing will go wrong.