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13 observations from the Steelers’ first week of padded practices

Being an Internet person, you’re naturally attracted to lists, to rankings, to stories with numbers in numerical order. A list that includes five things? Great! A ranking that includes 10? Genius! Unfortunately, I can’t give you either amount in this article, but I will bring you 13 of my observations from your Pittsburgh Steelers first week of padded training camp practices at Heinz Field (even though I wasn’t there).

  1. “Golly! He is really, he is really back.” That quote comes to you courtesy of Steelers tight end Vance McDonald, who described to reporters how he felt the moment he saw Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger throw a pass off of his back foot and hit second-year receiver Diontae Johnson.