The first week of OTAs is over for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Not every player was in attendance, although OTAs are voluntary. There shouldn’t be a ton of concern about who’s not there. However, these practices are still important. Calvin Austin III recently explained the value that OTAs provide.
“The vibe is we can’t warm up to it,” Austin said Thursday on The Steelers Ireland podcast. “We can’t try to just start off at step one, step two, step three. We’ve gotta put those building blocks away. People say it’s early, but just like you said earlier, it felt like it was just January.