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Rookies Focused On Not Doing Too Much In Preseason Finale

Tomorrow’s is last call for those on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ roster bubble to lock up a roster spot. It’s been done before, look no further than Josh Dobbs last year, but there’s an art to balancing that pressure without succumbing to it. And this rookie class seems well aware of it.

“I don’t want to think when I’m out there,” Sutton Smith told reporters via the teamsite. “That’s the worst thing any player can do. Start thinking and playing really slow.”

There’s good reason for a guy like Smith to feel the pressure.