Five games into his third season, Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Artie Burns has spent more time as a rotational player than as a full-time starter. He started the first two games and played essentially every snap, as one would expect of a starting outside cornerback, but after struggling in those two games, Head Coach Mike Tomlin made the decision to give Coty Sensabaugh the opportunity to play there as well.
He started in Week Three and played the majority of the snaps, though Burns was back as the ‘starter’ a week later, and has been receiving slightly more playing time than his veteran teammate.