While the Pittsburgh Steelers winning a game is nice and all, the real highlight of yesterday’s game is the fact that head coach Mike Tomlin successfully managed to dress all of the allotted 48 players for the game, after mistakenly dressing one fewer player than permitted during the season opener a week ago.
Under the new rules as part of the 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement, players may now dress 47 players, up from 46, plus an additional offensive lineman if at least seven are already included in the 47, for a total of 48. For the first time ever, the Steelers had just five players on the bench yesterday afternoon.