There will always be certain players over the course of the preseason who are in greater need of turning in a strong performance than others. It is the basic dynamic of competition, and of subjective evaluation. Rarely is anybody dead-even with another, and even in those improbable circumstances, other factors come into play.
But if there was one player who came into last night’s game with a desperate need for a quality showing for the Pittsburgh Steelers, it would have to be second-year wide receiver Cobi Hamilton, who looked as though he was set to very quickly fade into obscurity amidst a deep crop of wide receivers.