If there was ever a game that embodied Mike Tomlin’s “next man up” mentality, it was yesterday. The second leading rusher and receiver were Kerrith Whyte Jr. and Deon Cain, two players signed off other team’s practice squads barely more than a week ago. Devlin Hodges took over over Mason Rudolph to give the offense a spark it so desperately needed.
Benny Snell and BJ Finney were two of those players who stepped up in the absence of others. Snell for James Conner, reviving a run game that had gone nowhere without him And Finney for the suspended Maurkice Pouncey.