As the saying goes, backups are just starters in waiting. Pittsburgh’s found that out repeatedly this season. Robert Spillane for Devin Bush. Alex Highsmith for Bud Dupree. And when Vince Williams was placed on the team’s COVID list ten days ago, it shined the spotlight on Avery Williamson.
Williamson became “the guy” at inside linebacker. The every down player. The signal caller. The guy, traded to the Steelers just weeks before, everyone is looking towards. Sitting down with Steelers.com’s Missi Matthews, Williamson described that experience.
“I was a little nervous at first,” Williamson told Matthews.