Part of practice is to work on individual fundamentals. But another section, especially when hitting is still outlawed, is dedicated to situational work. The Pittsburgh Steelers dedicated part of today’s first day of minicamp to their two minute drill.
The defense prevailed as William Gay intercepted a Ben Roethlisberger on the three, taking advantage of a miscommunication between quarterback and wide receiver Markus Wheaton.
Roethlisberger and Wheaton spoke to the media afterwards and chalked it up to a mental mistake but a teachable moment.
“Markus wasn’t quite sure what to do with where Will was and so he kind of broke his route early and he shouldn’t have.