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Steelers risk stunting rookie’s growth with premature benching

It’s most likely fair to say that few Pittsburgh Steelers fans expected Kaleb Johnson’s career to get off to such a rough start. He’s hardly contributed on offense, and his efforts on special teams have been underwhelming, leading into Week 2.

Then disaster struck when the rookie third-round pick made the mistake that sealed the Steelers' fate against the Seattle Seahawks. It happens. The Steelers won in Week 1 because of a special teams mistake committed by the New York Jets.

But unlike Xavier Gipson, who the Jets released after his kick return fumble, Johnson gets to stick around with his team.