stillers4me
08-05-2014, 07:29 PM
Mike Mitchell doesn't have to show the Steelers what he can do. He doesn't have to prove to his new teammates that he is capable of replacing Ryan Clark at free safety and starting alongside Troy Polamalu.
After all, the Steelers didn't go out on the first day of free agency and sign him to a five-year, $25 million contract for nothing.
Nonetheless, after spending the first full week on the physically unable to perform list with a groin injury, Mitchell was glad to pass a physical and be back on the field Monday with his teammates.
"My approach is, I want to come out here and earn it with my brothers every day," Mitchell said. "To see them, they're all banged up and how sore they are, I want to feel that way, too. You feel like you let everyone down when you can't participate and you can't practice........
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/08/05/Steelers-notebook-Safety-Mike-Mitchell-ready-to-prove-value/stories/201408050113#ixzz39ZEWClnH
After all, the Steelers didn't go out on the first day of free agency and sign him to a five-year, $25 million contract for nothing.
Nonetheless, after spending the first full week on the physically unable to perform list with a groin injury, Mitchell was glad to pass a physical and be back on the field Monday with his teammates.
"My approach is, I want to come out here and earn it with my brothers every day," Mitchell said. "To see them, they're all banged up and how sore they are, I want to feel that way, too. You feel like you let everyone down when you can't participate and you can't practice........
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/08/05/Steelers-notebook-Safety-Mike-Mitchell-ready-to-prove-value/stories/201408050113#ixzz39ZEWClnH