Readiness is invariably an issue with any season opener in any sport. That's only natural. And it would have been fair a few days ago, I think, to be skeptical of the Steelers in this regard in two facets above all:
1. Ben Roethlisberger might start slowly again.
(Ding! Ding! Ding!)
2. The defense, with all these new schemes, new personnel and new priorities, would make a mess of communicating.
(Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz!)
"Hey, what can I say? We're good!" Sean Davis beamed back when I brought this up after practice Wednesday at the Rooney Complex. "No, I mean, we've got a lot of trust in each other. We've worked extremely hard to get on the same page all offseason long. There were a lot of pieces that changed, but I feel like we know this defense. We know what to do."
Even with so many young players?
"We're young, but most of us aren't new. I'd say we're all grown up."
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