Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin talked on Thursday about how he doesn’t feel rookie CB Joey Porter Jr. is quite ready for a full-time starting role. I don’t think it’s entirely coincidental that in the same media availability session he talked about the importance of the boundaries—namely, the cornerbacks—in run defense.
“We’re all in charge of the run game”, he said, via transcript provided by the team’s media department, noting the need for their cornerbacks to do better in that area. “Absolutely. The one thing with our team, and the one thing that we talked to everybody about, is we’re not going to have a good run defense if our small guys don’t tackle, and we don’t play like that”.