Sometimes a player needs to take a back seat for a while in order to take the next step forward. That’s what the Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping is the case for third-year cornerback Artie Burns, who has spent most of the past seven games on the bench—hoping for that, and that he is ready to take that next step now.
As the cornerback himself and several of his teammates confirmed, Burns has been taking reps with the first-team defense this week for the first time in a while, since he was replaced entirely by Coty Sensabaugh in the starting lineup.