Rookie minicamp is the first step in the process for many young players in the NFL. All of the draft picks, tryout players, and undrafted free agents take the field for the first time together to begin to learn the playbook and start to compete for a roster spot or a role on the team. It is football in shorts season, so you can only learn so much from these sessions, but head coach Mike Tomlin spoke to the media after practice on Saturday and described what he watches for at these first practices.
“I’m looking for a lot of things, to be quite honest with you,” Tomlin said via a video posted on the Steelers’ website.