Like racehorses waiting to exit the starting gate, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ players are raring to go in anticipation of their first padded practice today. This is the first session of what Mike Tomlin calls “football-like work” with full contact in a controlled environment. Every player who’s already spoken to the media today has conveyed a similar message.
Second-year ILB Payton Wilson summed it up nicely while speaking to the media.
“We’ve been playing in underwear,” Wilson said via 93.7 The Fan. “Now it’s time to see who the real football players are.”
We’ve been playing in underwear, now it’s time to see who the real football players are#Steelers Payton Wilson as the pads come on
“I’m ready to play some daggum ball, hit Jaylen Warren a little bit,” Wilson told ESPN’s Brooke Pryor.