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Merril Hoge: Robert Spillane Is Steelers’ Best ILB, ‘Period, End Of Story’

It’s fair to say that a number of Pittsburgh Steelers alumni are currently down on Devin Bush as he enters his fourth season. At least four of them openly criticized him last season, and frankly, it was probably more than that—I just don’t remember all of them.

Arguably the most prominent and critical was Merril Hoge, who seemingly went even further in his harsh comments for the former 10th-overall pick, speaking to Andrew Fillipponi on The PM Team program on 93.7 The Fan yesterday. He had a rather different attitude about basically all of the other inside linebackers—particularly Robert Spillane.