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Mike Tomlin Explains Roman Wilson’s Limited Snaps

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While Pittsburgh Steelers rookie WR Roman Wilson made his season debut in Week 6 against the Las Vegas Raiders, he only played five snaps and didn’t receive a target in the 32-13 win. In his weekly press conference, Mike Tomlin explained why Wilson didn’t get more snaps and said it’s a long process to get him ready.

Tomlin was asked how he would assess Wilson’s debut after just getting five snaps.

“That’s how I would assess it, limited,” Tomlin said via the team’s YouTube channel.

He explained it’s a different discussion when it comes to Roman Wilson being healthy and ready to play versus Russell Wilson since Roman has “no background.