If there was one veteran reserve who really stood out on defense for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Friday night in their preseason opener, it had to be ILB Kwon Alexander, signed just after the team had opened training camp.
Though he’d had under two weeks to pick up the defense, his 5,000-plus snaps of defensive playing experience showed up in his performance. It was easy to come away impressed. Former Steeler and current analyst Chris Hoke had the same reaction.
“Last year the weakest spot on the defense I thought was the inside linebacker position”, he said on The PM Team program on 93.