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Tomlin Says Dupree’s Side Switch Last Season Main Reason For Him Becoming A Monster

With Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Bud Dupree now in the midst of a career season, a lot of people are wondering what finally clicked with the team’s former first-round draft pick out of Kentucky that resulted in him becoming the kind of pass rusher everyone hoped he would become prior to his fifth season in the NFL. During the most recent episode of ‘The Mike Tomlin Show’, Bob Pompeani asked Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin to explain why Dupree is now finally playing the way he is.

“I really think it started a year ago when we settled him down and we swapped he and T.