The Pittsburgh Steelers’ lack of personnel stability at the inside linebacker position for the past half-decade has had a ripple effect on their chain of communication. It’s typically the every-down linebacker who has the speaker in his helmet and receives the defensive calls from the sideline.
But they haven’t had a consistent presence there since Ryan Shazier was injured. They once even tried to give it to outside linebacker T.J. Watt. They tried it out for one game. He didn’t like it. They never tried it again.