Steelers CB Artie Burns was late to team activity before not playing a snap

Steelers CB Artie Burns was late to team activity before not playing a snap
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...burns-was-late-team-activity-not-playing-snap
"The former first-round pick was late to a team activity last week, according to sources. That could explain why Burns, despite making five starts this season, did not play a single snap on defense in Sunday's 33-18 win over the Cleveland Browns. One source said that activity was a pregame walk-through."

 

That team activity was a team ping pong tournament my sources have confirmed

 

get him the hell outta Pittsburgh. don't let the door hit ya on the way out.

 

Good, hope he's late the rest of the season. The defense is better without him.

 

Truth is, he was hiding in his locker after stumbling upon and perusing this message board.

 

Yeah, bring more negative attention to yourself, Artie. If ANY player should be showing up early and staying late for practices, meetings or other team activities, one would think it would be Burns.

 

his ego is writing checks his play/penalties cant cash, if I had a clipboard he wld be on a short leash and running out of second chances

 

Trade him for a 6th round pick to any team willing to take him.

 

I'm sure the trade rumors about Conley and Jenkins didn't help his confidence and you don't trade for a back up. He may be checking out already.

 

Maybe he thought it was a "zone" meeting and not "man to man"....

 

perhaps he sucks as badly at ping pong and could not handle the embarrassment lol

 

It's too early to give up on him. My hope is 2018 will be the year that our DB coach tear him down and builds him back up. Fact of the matter is we need his depth. If or I should say WHEN there's an injury we will need him to make the playoffs. He has to get his head straight. If he doesn't this season then I hope the FO takes that Bell $ and puts it into a FA DB. We clearly have no ability to draft or develop CB's.

 

This must be the 'tear him down' phase.

 

Ike Taylor went down a similar path to Burns, and he turned out some what decent.

 

I'm sure his mom is like don't worry well find something your good at

 

ike was a shut down corner for some years. Had he had the hands, would be one of our greats.

 

He gone lol

 

Yet another DB draft bust by the DB specialist Mike Tomlin....

 

Yes but if i rember right , it took a few years for him to develop,

 

just so people know Artie Burns' mother died at a relatively young age 44, and he had to take care of the family, younger siblings from college to the pros, I would like to see Burns make the plays we thought he could and watching and playing w Haden you wld think wld help

 

A sad story, but just like Shamarko Thomas having a sad life story doesn't change the fact that he can't play football at a NFL level.

 

I think thats yet to be determined, the guy was a world class hurdler, just needs to "keep working" we'll see how he goes...

 

Tom Bradley. The DB whisperer.

 

Pssst!......who?