Former first-round draft pick Terrell Edmunds has been the Pittsburgh Steelers’ starting strong safety for four seasons. Re-signing as an unrestricted free agent on a modest one-year deal, he has no hesitation in reclaiming his starting spot despite ostensible competition being brought in in the form of veteran starting safety Damontae Kazee.
“He’s a returning player, so he’ll start, and that’s his job to lose or somebody’s to take it from him”, defensive coordinator Teryl Austin told reporters yesterday about that role, according to Brian Batko of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “That’s how we’re going with it.