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Isaiah Buggs Down To 290, Says ‘The Time Is Here’ To Play And Not Just To Learn

We still don’t know for sure whether or not he will dress on Monday night for the Pittsburgh Steelers as they prepare for their first game without Stephon Tuitt in the lineup. But if he does get that opportunity, rookie sixth-round defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs feels as though he has put himself in position to make the most of it.

For one thing, as he told Will Graves of the Associated Press, he has dropped weight, roughly 15 pounds, since the draft, doing so at the behest of the coaching staff.