The Steelers signed Robert Woods not just to be the elder statesman of their wide receiver room, but also the tone-setter. Aiming to instill a physical presence in his peers, he had a message for the group on the first day in pads during training camp. He had to figure out how to translate that for public consumption but eventually found the words.
“Don’t be soft. I would like to say it in other words. But ‘Don’t be soft’ is the main thing I would say”, Woods told Steelers reporters, via the team’s website.