stillers4me
09-18-2015, 05:30 AM
Clint Hurdle has pitch counts for young pitchers. Joey Porter has snap counts for old pass-rushers. Then there is James Harrison, who shot his age in the opener.
Harrison, 37, played 38 snaps for the Steelers at right outside linebacker against New England, or a dirty dozen more than Porter promised he would back in the spring. Porter, who coaches the outside linebackers, said they wanted to limit the former NFL defensive player of the year to 25 snaps in deference to his age. Instead, Jarvis Jones was limited to 24 as Harrison played more than any outside linebacker in the opener...........
Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2015/09/17/On-the-Steelers-Rotating-outside-linebackers-is-in-this-season/stories/201509170085
Harrison, 37, played 38 snaps for the Steelers at right outside linebacker against New England, or a dirty dozen more than Porter promised he would back in the spring. Porter, who coaches the outside linebackers, said they wanted to limit the former NFL defensive player of the year to 25 snaps in deference to his age. Instead, Jarvis Jones was limited to 24 as Harrison played more than any outside linebacker in the opener...........
Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2015/09/17/On-the-Steelers-Rotating-outside-linebackers-is-in-this-season/stories/201509170085