The Pittsburgh Steelers were decimated by injuries to their inside linebacker room last season, with Cole Holcomb and Kwon Alexander both suffering season-ending injuries. That led the Steelers to rely on depth pieces, and one of them included practice squad call-up Mykal Walker. Walker played in eight games with five starts and was even Pittsburgh’s green dot linebacker for part of the season. Walker wasn’t expected to play the role that he had, but there were some struggles, as he was a liability in pass coverage and eventually lost snaps to Myles Jack. During an interview on the Bring The Juice podcast, Walker said that in his exit meeting with the Steelers, Mike Tomlin said the team would do business with him, but the expectation was that Walker would need to play better.
Mike Tomlin Told Mykal Walker He’d Need To Play Better If Steelers Brought Him Back
