I don’t mean to harp on it, because I know I’ve written about him so much Roosevelt Nix should be getting a royalty check from me by now, but a quick film room session to look at the impact losing him had on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ special teams.
Last week, I wrote how the Steelers’ special teams’ unit could be tested. Not many people pay attention to it, and it’s difficult to do so on the live broadcast, but their depth had taken hit after hit with the injuries they’ve endured. And even though you have to give the unit credit for not crumbling, the deeper the run, the better the competition, the less likely the dam was going to hold up.