The injury bug has bitten the Pittsburgh Steelers plenty through the first three weeks of the season. That happened again on Sunday, with Darius Slay going down for some time with an injury. Newcomer Brandin Echols ended up getting a lot of run and responded with massive plays.
Speaking after Sunday’s win, Mike Tomlin had plenty of praise for Echols and his performance.
“He’s real solid, but he’s been real solid throughout this whole process,” Tomlin said via the team’s YouTube channel. “Team development and so forth. He made some big plays today, the interception, the fourth-down tackle.