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Slot Snaps For William Gay Not A Clear Barometer For State of Secondary

While Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback William Gay is scheduled to be in the starting lineup for only the second time on opening day in his career with the team—the other time being in 2009—the interesting thing is that, if things actually go according to plan, he should be spending more time in the slot than he has in quite some time.

The issue, of course, is that things rarely go according to plan, which is why, for example, he has started 24 regular season games over the past two seasons, during neither of which he was supposed to be the starter.