LATROBE, Pa. – It’s not like the Steelers formulated their offseason plan back in January with Saint Vincent College in mind, but now that they’re back on campus they’re happy to take advantage of what having their training camp here can offer.
The Steelers players reported before the 4 p.m. deadline on Wednesday, and as Coach Mike Tomlin said, “Everyone is present and accounted for.” On Thursday, the work begins for everyone except Isaac Seumalo, who was placed on the Active/NFI (Non-Football Injury) List with what was described by Tomlin as a soft-tissue injury.
The group that will take the field includes a number of new faces, including Aaron Rodgers, Jalen Ramsey, Darius Slay, Brandin Echols, Kenneth Gainwell, DK Metcalf, Jonnu Smith, Juan Thornhill, and Robert Woods, as well as the typical complement of draft picks and other rookies.
“It’s good to see this collection of talent that we’ve been able to assemble even into the summer,” said Tomlin. “We continue to work on the talent acquisition component of this team development. But now, the vast majority of that is over. And now it’s about developing individual and collective football skills, division of labor roles, technical expertise.”
What makes this version different is that a number of the new players arrive with established NFL resumes, with MVP trophies and All-Pro recognition, with experiences outside of this franchise, with little knowledge of how the Steelers want to do business, with personalities and maybe even egos that are going to have to mesh with the personalities and egos already in place if the 2025 season is to turn out the way everyone wants it to turn out.
“This team-development process is development in a lot of ways: as individuals from a knowledge perspective, from a technical development perspective, but it’s also as a collective,” said Tomlin. “And that collective growth has a lot to do with teamwork and gaining an understanding of the things…
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