Cam Sutton returned to practice today.

[DP39]

Steelers third-round DB Cameron Sutton (hamstring, injured reserve) returned to practice Tuesday.

Sutton earned praise for his work in the offseason program, but he missed most of camp with a hamstring injury before aggravating the issue in the preseason finale. The Steelers now have a three-week window to activate him off injured reserve.

Source: Burt Lauten on Twitter Oct 31 - 12:02 PM

[Ice]

How many PR reps can we get in over the bye week?

[Legacy User]

Who gets cut ?

Perhaps a season ending "injury" is upcoming ?

[FC]

I would cut Moats or Sensabaugh

[Legacy User]

I would cut Moats or Sensabaugh

Swap out secondary for secondary

[Ice]

Moats was really, really bad last game, but I guess he's depth. Sensabaugh not doing much at all, but at least his nothing isn't being done on the field.

[bradshaw2ben]

Moats was really, really bad last game, but I guess he's depth. Sensabaugh not doing much at all, but at least his nothing isn't being done on the field.

He's been horrible as the jammer on PR-- our worst unit.

[Ice]

I'll cop to not having paid a ton of attention to ST this year, as I pretty much wrote it off after the Bears game, but that's a good enough argument for Sensabaugh getting cut for me.

Chick wasn't really that much better than Moats, anyway, so cutting Moats just basically means more snaps of that, which will likely turn out just as badly.

[Kodiak]

Sorry, but as long as Willie Gay is getting significant reps then we still need to upgrade the secondary.

What Sunday looked like, to some extent, was a secondary not used to covering that long because the rush/blitz wasn't getting home.

[Scunge]

I love punt returns and love watching other punt returners. What we have masquerading as punt returners is pretty lame, and may be the lamest I have seen in 20+ years.

Whether it is Brown or Rogers they both have no balls, no guts, no confidence. I am tired of the excuses of there not being any blocking, what can Brown/Rogers do? Bullshit. Your punt returners have to have confidence and swagger and take chances. I am so tired of watching Brown just let the ball bounce and have it roll inside our 15, 10, 5 yard line. Those are prime opportunities to actually get a sizable return. You have to have the confidence to snatch that ball up and make a move.

I saw Cam Sutton do this time and time again in watching his returns. He almost took it as an insult to let a ball hit the ground and roll and ruin his team chances of getting field position. Here is an example of him playing against Bowling Green:

https://youtu.be/zhnk727-WQI?t=94

In that video the ball falls short of him and is tumbling right by him, but he runs back, tracks it and snatches the ball with his sure hands and then proceeds to have a big return of some 50 yards. The past two years, be it Brown or Rogers they would have let the ball continue rolling and be downed inside the 5 yard line.

Here is another example of a punter trying to punt away from Sutton:

https://youtu.be/x0O_afwVVcg?t=146

Sutton runs to the football along the sideline, and it is tumbling but he snatches it up and then returns it for 40+ yards. Again, the past two years with Brown and Rogers, that is a football that continues to tumble and be downed inside the 15, 10, 5 yard line. No balls no glory, if you don't have what it takes to get the job done put somebody in there who can.

This team needs the return game to start making contributions and specifically the punt return game. Sutton could be the elixir to solve the problem, I know that Brown and Rogers are not the answer.

[Legacy User]

Right. AB finally sending the message to tomlin he’s not doing the grunt work anymore. Gotta focus on what’s important and what’s important is not fielding punts because the Steelers are unable to find a punt returner for going on 5+ years.

Will be interesting to see what Sutton does if anything. I thought in limited preseason action he looked sharp. But Hilton and Haden have effectively pushed him way down the chart. I agree gay is a candidate to be replaced but gay in limited action is actually pretty good.

That said I do hope they active him for punts, coverage teams and the gay role potentially although gonna be hard to convince tomlin to turn over personnel midway through when statistically they’re doing really good.

[Havoc]

I love punt returns and love watching other punt returners. What we have masquerading as punt returners is pretty lame, and may be the lamest I have seen in 20+ years.

Whether it is Brown or Rogers they both have no balls, no guts, no confidence. I am tired of the excuses of there not being any blocking, what can Brown/Rogers do? Bullshit. Your punt returners have to have confidence and swagger and take chances. I am so tired of watching Brown just let the ball bounce and have it roll inside our 15, 10, 5 yard line. Those are prime opportunities to actually get a sizable return. You have to have the confidence to snatch that ball up and make a move.

I saw Cam Sutton do this time and time again in watching his returns. He almost took it as an insult to let a ball hit the ground and roll and ruin his team chances of getting field position. Here is an example of him playing against Bowling Green:

https://youtu.be/zhnk727-WQI?t=94

In that video the ball falls short of him and is tumbling right by him, but he runs back, tracks it and snatches the ball with his sure hands and then proceeds to have a big return of some 50 yards. The past two years, be it Brown or Rogers they would have let the ball continue rolling and be downed inside the 5 yard line.

Here is another example of a punter trying to punt away from Sutton:

https://youtu.be/x0O_afwVVcg?t=146

Sutton runs to the football along the sideline, and it is tumbling but he snatches it up and then returns it for 40+ yards. Again, the past two years with Brown and Rogers, that is a football that continues to tumble and be downed inside the 15, 10, 5 yard line. No balls no glory, if you don't have what it takes to get the job done put somebody in there who can.

This team needs the return game to start making contributions and specifically the punt return game. Sutton could be the elixir to solve the problem, I know that Brown and Rogers are not the answer.

Good stuff Scunge

Sutton eats up yardage with those long strides.

We need every edge we can get facing the Pats or whoever stands in our way of #7

[alancac98]

Sorry, but as long as Willie Gay is getting significant reps then we still need to upgrade the secondary.

What Sunday looked like, to some extent, was a secondary not used to covering that long because the rush/blitz wasn't getting home.

Gay was done 2 years ago, but Tomlin loves him for some reason (veteran presence in the secondary). Unfortunately, it keeps a more skills player off the field or even cut.

[stillcajun]

Sorry, but as long as Willie Gay is getting significant reps then we still need to upgrade the secondary.

What Sunday looked like, to some extent, was a secondary not used to covering that long because the rush/blitz wasn't getting home.

Gay was done 2 years ago, but Tomlin loves him for some reason (veteran presence in the secondary). Unfortunately, it keeps a more skills player off the field or even cut.

At least Hilton isn't rotting because of it. I say that Sutton takes the place of Moats or Hunter and see what he gives us on ST. A dynamic returner would be a more than adequate addition to what Moats and Hunter bring to the table.

[Havoc]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brSdjPk7H1g[/youtube]

[Minkah'n History]

I haven't gotten to see any Sensabaugh since he hasn't even played a snap yet but I HAVE seen enough of Moats in a Steeler uniform.

I'm sure he's a solid teammate and works hard, a truly good guy of the league.

[Scunge]

Sensabaugh should be the cut if they activate Sutton. The Steelers aren't going to cut from another position group, what would be the point of that? They already have an issue of getting Brian Allen a hat and now you want to add another CB to the secondary? The obvious answer is that they will cut a defensive back to add Cam Sutton.

Sensabaugh's two year contract was not that much, a two year, $2.6 million deal but he will earn a base salary of $1.4 million in 2018. He was signed when things were more uncertain, we still had Ross Cockrell, hadn't signed Joe Haden obviously, and nobody was expecting the emergence of Mike Hilton.

So, you have Joe Haden, Mike Hilton playing strong and a shiny new 3rd round pick in Cam Sutton ready to come off of IR, fingers crossed, in the next 3 weeks. And Sutton is a proven, quality punt returner in college and we desperately need to make a move there. Sensabaugh should be the logical cut.

[FortyThree]

Gay hasn't been bad but Sensabaugh makes enough that it makes you wonder if they'd be okay taking the cap hit.

I'd be okay with either guy if it means Brian Allen isn't cut.

[franco32]

Sensabaugh has been an abortion on PR units. His normally assignment is covering the other team's gunner. I've watched him closely. He's terrible at it. Constantly beaten both to the inside and outside. It's a big reason our PR unit has been so bad this year.

I'd have no problem releasing Sensabaugh.

[jewelsongs]

Sensabaugh is a much better corner than Will Gay. He would be a much better dime DB. It is time to cut the cord with Gay if they want to bring Sutton to the active roster. Convert Gay to safety and cut Golden, or cut Gay. We have always been too loyal. Allen is a good young talent. He will get claimed. Brady will pick on Gay or Golden if we play the cheats in the playoffs. Sutton and Allen are the future. Gay is done.

[steelmann58]

if they are going to add a CB then you think they would cut another DB.

[Legacy User]

Sensabaugh is a much better corner than Will Gay. He would be a much better dime DB. It is time to cut the cord with Gay if they want to bring Sutton to the active roster. Convert Gay to safety and cut Golden, or cut Gay. We have always been too loyal. Allen is a good young talent. He will get claimed. Brady will pick on Gay or Golden if we play the cheats in the playoffs. Sutton and Allen are the future. Gay is done.

We aren't too loyal. This unit was shit until this year. Steadily improving shit but still shit. Haden and the maturing Burns/Davis changed that.

Now Gay may be expendable. Problem is Sensabaugh is just a guy. He's 28 and on his 4th team and signed for peanuts. His career has already flamed out. I want to replace Gay but it's hard to be excited over a journeyman.

I want Sutton in there for the reasons Scunge outlined....but the rook barely got any reps in camp before getting injured so he's a gamble from here on out.

[Scunge]

I don't see any risk with Sutton, Sensabaugh has taken no snaps on defense, 0 snaps. He has only 75 snaps on special teams, just 35% of the snaps on special teams, not like he is a core special teamer who plays 50-70% of the snaps.

Even if Sutton does not play at all on defense like Sensabaugh, I think he can give the special teams a much bigger boost in coverage and specifically on returns.

[Legacy User]

He can save AB from getting hit on special teams and that's enough reason to put him there. I know AB only makes fair catches on 90% of catches, but there are times in a close game that AB tries to run and get's hit. All hits take a toll. Its a human body, not a machine.