Lolley: Lighting a fire under Bush

Devin BushWords mean things. And NFL players learn that pretty quickly as their words are parsed by fans and the media constantly.

Few know that as well as former Steelers running back and ESPN analyst Merril Hoge.

So, when Hoge went on 93.7 The Fan earlier this week and said the Steelers should cut bait with Devin Bush now -- even saying Robert Spillane is the team's best linebacker -- he knew what he was doing.

And it wouldn't be surprising if he did it at the behest of Mike Tomlin.

Really? Yep.

Tomlin is not above using a member of the media to push a player to try to "prove the haters wrong."

Remember Warren Sapp's "old, slow and done," remark about the Steelers defense about 10 years ago?

Now,…