Just because a player is on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ roster, doesn’t mean they have earned the distinction of truly being a Steeler. Just like in Baltimore where they say you aren’t a Raven until you beat the Steelers, players have to earn their stripes in Pittsburgh. For Mike Williams, that happened rather quickly.
After being acquired on Tuesday just ahead of the trade deadline, Williams had four days to get up to speed enough to make his Steelers debut. He only ended up playing nine snaps, and a few of those may have been because Calvin Austin III exited the game with an injury toward the end of the fourth quarter.