Throughout this season, Week One to today, there’s a quiet underbelly, a murmur, you’ll come across if you spend enough time on Twitter or in Steelers’ Facebook groups. Especially the Facebook groups. Hell hath no fury like the Top Steelers’ Fans Ever group after a bitter loss. The idea 7th round rookie linebacker Mark Robinson must be playing. His absence treated like a high crime, a violation of the Geneva Convention, a wrong that must be righted.
There’s a case to be made. Robinson was a camp darling, a run-and-hit rook who played beyond his age and experience.