Being himself: It may seem like a normal statement coming from any player in the Steelers locker room, but when linebacker Devin Bush said it, you could tell from the expression on his face it meant a lot.
“I get a chance to play football again how I want to,” said Bush.
Bush was speaking from the heart, after a 2021 season that had its ups and downs for him as he continued to battle back from a knee injury the year before.
“I get a chance to go out there and be myself,” said Bush. “I feel like I am starting a whole new slate.”
One of the obstacles in his battle back from the injury, aside from the physical challenges, was confidence. It was trusting his knee again after such a serious injury.
“Early on at times,” said Bush of the confidence issue last season. “I wasn’t happy with my play of course. I wasn’t happy with losing. I went through some things personally. I feel like it was all a learning process.
“Before I got hurt, I think I was playing good. Things happen. I learned a lot…