One possible reason we are not hearing as much about Heyward and Tuitt during games - they are not playing as much
The Steelers’ best sacker — All-Pro defensive end Cam Heyward, who tied for eighth in NFL with 12 sacks in 2017 — was on the sideline for 20 of the Ravens’ 76 offensive snaps. A week earlier in Tampa, Heyward did not play 19 of the Buccaneers’ 73 offensive plays. Was he gassed from the Florida humidity? Injured?
No, it’s just part of a rotation implemented by new defensive line coach Karl Dunbar... The big picture here is Dunbar is hoping to keep them as fresh as possible late in the season by rotating them on a semi-regular basis with Tyson Alualu, Dan McCullers and L.T. Walton....
Heyward has already sat out 60 of the 296 defensive snaps through four games. Tuitt has been on the sideline for 67 snaps. Neither player is injured.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/s...s/201810050089
Good to know Heyward and Tuitt will be fresh for the big push in December to hit .500 for the season after the Steelers have long been out of the playoff race
Another breakthrough from the masterminds who thought they could skate by not meaningfully addressing the problems at ILB - more playing time for Dan McCullers has been what this defense has been missing for years