Mike Tomlin often talks about the big jump that players are expected to make going from their rookie season to Year 2. The players who had meaningful experience on the field as rookies are especially expected to make this jump, but it doesn’t always go that way. The term sophomore slump exists for a reason. Pittsburgh Steelers ILB Payton Wilson seems to be hitting all the right notes in his second training camp and looks ready to emerge as a dominant player.
“Wilson has morphed into a different football player,” Mark Kaboly wrote on X. “More than just on the field.