stillers4me
11-16-2014, 09:57 AM
They wait. They heal. They sit through meetings, stand through practices. They try to remain patient, but patience does not come easily to those who are 22 or 23, and whose careers can end even before they turn 30.
Still, they wait some more.
They were supposed to be the immediate future of the Steelers' defense, the players who were built around, who replaced the stars of the last decade.
But instead of progress for Jarvis Jones, Ryan Shazier and Shamarko Thomas, there is mostly regress. They're not playing, and it's not because their talent wouldn't permit it but because their bodies won't allow it.
Jones, the 2013 first-round pick and heir apparent to James Harrison as an edge pass rusher, has played only 157 snaps and none since Sept. 21 because of a damaged wrist that required surgery and hasn't fully healed............
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/7123273-74/jones-round-steelers#ixzz3JFPWHLd0
Still, they wait some more.
They were supposed to be the immediate future of the Steelers' defense, the players who were built around, who replaced the stars of the last decade.
But instead of progress for Jarvis Jones, Ryan Shazier and Shamarko Thomas, there is mostly regress. They're not playing, and it's not because their talent wouldn't permit it but because their bodies won't allow it.
Jones, the 2013 first-round pick and heir apparent to James Harrison as an edge pass rusher, has played only 157 snaps and none since Sept. 21 because of a damaged wrist that required surgery and hasn't fully healed............
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/7123273-74/jones-round-steelers#ixzz3JFPWHLd0