A 6-2 cornerback with sub-4.4 speed, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Darius Rush has obvious intriguing qualities. And yet as a rookie he spent time with three different teams last year. Why did he bounce around, and when he finally signed with the Steelers, why didn’t he play more?
“I’m a guy who came in the middle of the season”, Rush told Mike Prisuta for the team’s website recently. “They gave me a very small list (of defensive plays) to learn. I just had to make sure I executed it to the best of my ability. It just came with injuries and things of that nature.