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Former top picks could slow outside linebacker rotation for Steelers this season

One minute, defensive coordinator Keith Butler was talking about wanting to do away with the rotation system he used last season at outside linebacker and preferring instead to use his two former No. 1 picks — Jarvis Jones and Bud Dupree — 90 percent of the time.

The next minute, Butler said the Steelers have to make sure they get the rotation at outside linebacker that’s beneficial to the team, not necessarily to the player.

“We’re here to win games, not worry about someone’s ego,” Butler said.

Butler, who begins his second season as defensive coordinator, might desire to have Dupree and Jones on the field majority of the time in 2016.