Pittsburgh Steelers safety Shamarko Thomas didn’t have a great preseason and because of that, it looks like the third-year Syracuse product has lost his starting job.
According to the Washington Observer-Reporter, veteran safety Will Allen will start alongside Mike Mitchell Thursday night in the regular-season opener against the New England Patriots.
This is not overly surprising based on the way that Thomas has played during the preseason. He has struggled in the cover-2 defense quite often and that has resulted in long touchdowns.