Resentful former Steelers' LB Devin Bush is forced to shove foot into mouth after Week 17 matchup

The Pittsburgh Steelers have no love lost among some former members of the organization. After leaving the team, many players circle the Steelers game on their schedule as a "revenge" game. The Steelers have already fallen victim to multiple players who gave everything they had just to try and embarrass their former team. Entering Week 17, they had another one of those matchups. A former player who had been disgruntled at the team and desired to prove that letting him go was a big mistake. 

Not only was Devin Bush ready to punch his former team in the mouth, he came into Week 17 believing that he cracked the code of the Steelers' offense. Other former players have figured out the Steelers, so surely, his confident statement could hold some water. 

"That's just the type of style they bring anywhere they go. They got those two backs [Najee Harris & Jaylen Warren] for a reason, and obviously they don't have [Kenny] Pickett back there, so what else would you do? ...So, I mean, yeah, they're gonna bring it. They're gonna run the ball. This helps me out, because I used to be in 9-on-7 with those guys for four years, so I got a feel for and an eye for what to look for, what to see, how they move, who they want to run with, run behind, situations, stuff like that,” described Bush.

Bush thought that he could help lead the Seattle Seahawks defense into an easy victory; it would just be a ton of running plays he suggested. The Seahawks can just shut down the run game and go one-on-one on every receiver. Stack the box, make the Steelers beat them with the passing game, and an easy win is assured. Bush was right about one of those things: the Steelers ran the ball a lot. 

Steelers Make Bush Eat His Words

The Steelers' running backs ran the ball 40 times. It was not because of the quarterback carousel, however. Bush's theory fell flat on his face as Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren combined for 197 yards and three touchdowns. It could have easily been 200+ yards and four touchdowns, but Harris made a smart football play and slid before reaching the end zone to run the clock out towards the end of the game.