Being a leader and a mentor amongst a group of individuals means that you have to be flexible. Everybody will respond to different things in different ways, and it’s a matter of finding what is effect for whom. Yet, through experience, you find certain things that are more universal than others.
That’s where Trai Turner is in his position as a leader of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offensive line, a group that includes two starters and a second-year player in the starting lineup, himself an experienced veteran with five Pro Bowls in his back pocket—which is ammunition when he needs to establish his leadership credentials, as someone worth listening to.