It is perhaps yet to be determined whether or not it is a permanent on, but the Pittsburgh Steelers’ plan at least heading into tomorrow’s regular season opening game against the Cleveland Browns is to have first-round rookie Terrell Edmunds starting at the strong safety position, ahead of free agent veteran Morgan Burnett.
Burnett has been limited with injuries all offseason, and he missed the final two preseason games with a bothersome hamstring. While he was not listed on the injury report this week, it is unclear how the team views him from a health standpoint, but what they definitely know is that Edmunds has been the one running with the first-team defense, making three starts in the preseason due to injuries ahead of him.