LATROBE, Pa. -- Even with cloudy skies over Saint Vincent College keeping helmets cooler than the norm on this Thursday afternoon, the temps of the Steelers' actual heads a week into training camp seemed pretty much unaffected.
Vince Williams, visibly irritated for no visible reason, broke away from a linebacker drill to pace alone for a few seconds, then sprinted, full-bore, across the width of all three adjacent fields. As if he had suddenly summoned the urge to steal someone's lunch money at the far end.
Cam Heyward, visibly irritated for the duration of the nearly three hours of drills, watched Bud Dupree get clocked on a sweep block by a wide receiver, Justin Hunter, then watched Hunter savor that block with a smile a bit too broad. To which Heyward barked, "Try it on me!"
Dan McCullers, the only structure on campus more visible than the spires of the Basilica, ripped off the helmet of young Parker Collins, a center out of Appalachian State, not once but twice. And the second time, Big Dan took a couple extra swings at Collins' exposed noggin in an apparent attempt to pile-drive him into a permanent fixture at Chuck Noll Field's 25-yard line.
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