Steelers Tuesday OTA’s Report

After a long Memorial Day Weekend, the Steelers are back in action over at their Southside facility. Let’s take a look at some of the news and notes from the day. 

Diontae Johnson is back.

After a much maligned few weeks in the headlines, the 2021 Pro Bowl receiver was back with the team today. While DJ was available, he didn’t do a ton of on the field work, as he was mostly sidelined while holding a playsheet. That leads us to conclude that he’s still working on picking up some of new wide receiver Coach Frisman Jackson’s concepts. 

As for his relationship with Jackson, it’s obviously a work in progress, given that they likely just met. So much so that someone told me “you can tell it's not there yet." 

Mitch Trubisky is QB1.

There was no revolving door at Quarterback. Trubisky led the way, taking all of the first team snaps, while Mason Rudolph took second team snaps. Some speculated that the team would shuffle the deck to see how each QB, including rookie 1st round pick Kenny Pickett, would fare with the starters. That hasn’t happened, at least so far.