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Steelers must let polarizing rookie redeem himself against Patriots

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We're only two games into the season, and Mike Tomlin has already had it with rookie running back Kaleb Johnson. The third-round pick coughed up the football on a kick return in the season-opener against the Jets—a ball that the Pittsburgh Steelers fortunately recovered. But his brutal mistake in Week 2 already has him in Tomlin's doghouse.

When the Seattle Seahawks kicked the ball to the Steelers in the second half after a score, Johnson let the ball hit in the landing zone and bounce into the end zone without recovering the football. For whatever reason, Johnson thought the ball was dead, and in one of the most bizarre special teams plays you'll ever see, the kicking team jumped on the football in the end zone for a touchdown.