It might have come to a shock to you, just as it did to me, to see Shamarko Thomas see his first snaps in well over two months in Sunday’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens. He officially played two snaps and was scheduled to play another until a Ravens’ false start negated it.
Mike Tomlin was asked during his Tuesday press conference what compelled him to give Thomas playing time.
“He’s a guy that does a few things well on 1st and 10, particularly in the run game We wanted to highlight that, utilize that.