The pads will come on Tuesday in Latrobe for the first padded practice of training camp for the Pittsburgh Steelers. It will be hot, and things will be ratcheted up for the players. When the pads come on, the stars start to shine.
With the pads coming on, that means the famed backs-on-backers drill is on the horizon.
For Steelers’ head coach Mike Tomlin, it’s something he’s been eyeing for quite some time now. And within that backs-on-backs drills, he has his sights set on one matchup. It’s not one many are expecting, either.
Instead, speaking to the media Sunday in Latrobe after practice, Tomlin highlighted the matchup of running back Kennth Gainwell against linebacker Payton Wilson as one he’s looking forward to watching closely, particularly in pass coverage, according to a tweet from the Tribune-Review’s Chris Adamski on X.