DE Woods played a heck of a game last night...

AL WOODS
Defensive End

The competition for roster spots among the defensive linemen not named Keisel, Hood, McLendon, and Heyward was expected to be fierce, and [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] took advantage of the first opportunity to cast himself in the thick of that. Playing both end and nose tackle, Woods led the team with nine tackles – highly unusual for a defensive lineman in a 3-4 – which included two tackles for loss in the running game, to go along with one sack and a pressure.

Woods is the Steelers Digest Player of the Week.

Also considered were OLB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], who had three tackles and recovered a fumbled snap in the end zone for the Steelers’ only touchdown; RB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], who had 40 yards rushing on seven carries in the first half; ILB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], who had five tackles and a pressure on defense, plus a tackle on special teams; ILB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], who had four tackles, plus a sack, two pressures, and a pass defensed; and ILB [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], who had three tackles, including one for loss, plus a sack and a pressure.

He and Heyward should be the starting DEs in 2014...I actually think Taamu is more of a fit at NT than McLendon, so you really could see 3 changes and an 100 percent transformed DL next year, with McLendon used as a versatile backup and Nick Williams backing up at DE.

RLON39 wrote:He and Heyward should be the starting DEs in 2014...I actually think Taamu is more of a fit at NT than McLendon, so you really could see 3 changes and an 100 percent transformed DL next year, with McLendon used as a versatile backup and Nick Williams backing up at DE.

 I like that.