When the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Patrick Queen in March, the expectation was that he would be just as impactful at linebacker as star defenders like Minkah Fitzpatrick and T.J. Watt are at their respective positions. Through two games, that hasn’t been the case. He hasn’t made any significant plays so far. It is still early in the season though, and defensive coordinator Teryl Austin doesn’t seem worried about Queen’s lack of splash plays.
“[Queen]’s doing everything we ask him to do,” Austin said Thursday via Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Twitter. “Those plays will come.