You don’t normally continue to talk about players, outside of perhaps the quarterback position, in youthful terms as they head into their sixth NFL season the way the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Stephon Tuitt is, but we are continuing to hear that discussion around the 2014 second-round draft pick.
Having already gotten paid two offseasons ago, one can argue that the Steelers are still waiting for their investment to pay dividends, but one of the biggest reasons that Tuitt hasn’t put up bigger numbers is because he has been frequently dogged by injuries, especially during the 2017 season, from the second snap of the opener.