Brief and to the Point ...
SEATTLE -- On the night the Steelers drafted Ryan Shazier, Mike Tomlin told those of us squeezed into the team's South Side media room that their new first-rounder's speed represented "rare air" for an inside linebacker.
Yeah, sounds about right.
Shazier shows innate splash when he plays, largely because of that speed, that chase-it-down pursuit. But he also shows, far too often, why his speed is rare for that position: Because it's the domain of much bigger men.
Not now, but after this season, the Steelers need to move him to safety.
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