If there’s any one player who sums up the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense, and maybe their whole team, it’s nose tackle Isaiah Buggs. One play, everything comes together and looks good. The next, it falls apart. Buggs is a talented interior linemen but his inconsistency has always been the most troubling part of his game. Speaking with reporters Thursday, Cam Heyward said becoming the same talented player down-to-down is the key for Buggs.
“I think for Buggs, some of it comes to just experience,” he told reporters on a Zoom call today. “He came from a great program in Alabama and I think the thing for him, he’s gotta continue to just be consistent.