If you can’t beat them, join them. Or for the Pittsburgh Steelers, if you can’t beat them, add them. After being dominated by the Philadelphia Eagles in a 27-13 Week 15 loss as part of the team’s five-game losing streak, the Steeles opted to pluck two players from their roster in CB Darius Slay (who, granted, was released) and RB Kenneth Gainwell.
Speaking at the league’s owner meetings Sunday, Tomlin explained why the team went after Gainwell.
“That’s a guy that we’ve competed against,” Tomlin said via a team-provided transcript. “It seems like he made a bunch of significant plays in the flat against us a couple months back that were significant, game altering-like plays.