Run It Up
Footballguy
No the Steelers reportedly didn't know about the failed tests or impending suspension until a few weeks before the news came out.Surprised that the Steelers were able to keep this so close to the vest. Probably explains why they drafted Sammy Coates. But that was months ago! So the Steelers have known about this for the last six months and knew they'd be without him for the beginning of the year? And that's why Ben talked up Markus Wheaton?
Wish we would have known this type of info before the draft! How come that weasel Adam Schefter couldn't uncover this nugget of information that would have been so helpful? Martavius is smoking away his pure talent. I also do hope this doesn't become a sad Josh Gordon or Justin Blackmon case.
Tomlin was saying in that article, from what I can tell at least - that they considered Martavis a high-risk player and drafted Coates because of that.