DeMarin Leal is entering his fourth season, and the Pittsburgh Steelers still don't have a clue what to do with him. Early in the Steelers training camp sessions, Mike Tomlin and defensive coordinator Teryl Austin are using Leal as a 3-4 outside linebacker (or edge rusher)... and we have the right to once again question why.
Leal was one of the final draft picks of the Kevin Colbert era. The former five-star recruit out of Texas A&M was a tweener in a bad way—not enough athletic traits to stick as an edge rusher and not enough size and strength to be a full-time interior defender.