Gene Collier: Steelers trying to talk the talk

By Friday the Steelers finally had a reasonable idea as to who would comprise their secondary for their home opener Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers, even as it allowed for the virtual certainty that game-day personnel would again differ from preferred personnel, something that’s been an intractable reality around here for only about a year and a half.


Based on their overall spending, the cornerstone of this defensive backfield figured to be cornerback Cortez Allen, but one week into the second season of that concept the leading tackler on defense is safety Will Allen, and we’re fast approaching a point at which you would be only mildly surprised to see Woody Allen suited up in the dime.


Ok, maybe not mildly.............

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They let Brice McCain walk even though he had many of our picks last season. Most likely were counting on the draft, but that didn't work out again. Then you would think the secondary personnel would be figured out because most of the kinks should have been worked out in preseason.

Were the Steelers running a summer camp or training camp?