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08-02-2010, 05:30 PM
By Bob Labriola – Steelers Digest
Posted 13 minutes ago
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LATROBE, Pa. – At the start of every training camp, the fans, the media typically train their focus on the rookies. Did they sign their contracts on time? How much signing bonus did they get? Do they look good during the conditioning test? How do they respond once the hitting starts?
Not that he would ignore the rookies by any means, but Coach Mike Tomlin likes to focus on the second-year players, because the time between a player’s first and second seasons is when he believes the biggest improvement happens. So when it comes to Tomlin’s microscope, it’s focused more at this stage on the Class of 2009 rather than the Class of 2010.............
[URL]http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Pressure-on-the-Class-of-2009/991e81c3-816f-4df3-9945-4eab3b491534 (http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Pressure-on-the-Class-of-2009/991e81c3-816f-4df3-9945-4eab3b491534#)
Posted 13 minutes ago
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LATROBE, Pa. – At the start of every training camp, the fans, the media typically train their focus on the rookies. Did they sign their contracts on time? How much signing bonus did they get? Do they look good during the conditioning test? How do they respond once the hitting starts?
Not that he would ignore the rookies by any means, but Coach Mike Tomlin likes to focus on the second-year players, because the time between a player’s first and second seasons is when he believes the biggest improvement happens. So when it comes to Tomlin’s microscope, it’s focused more at this stage on the Class of 2009 rather than the Class of 2010.............
[URL]http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Pressure-on-the-Class-of-2009/991e81c3-816f-4df3-9945-4eab3b491534 (http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Pressure-on-the-Class-of-2009/991e81c3-816f-4df3-9945-4eab3b491534#)