Pittsburgh Steelers Question

Question

Is Anthony Smith a starter or is he a backup safety

Answer 1

Now that Ryan Clark is healthy, Anthony smith will play backup strong safety. Polamalu and Ryan Clark will start as the steelers safeties.

Answer 2

backup also starting **** talker.

Answer 3

2nd Stringer Strong Safety!

Answer 4

Ryan Clark is the starting SS, but he went on IR last year because he got his spleen removed.

Anthony Smith is the 2nd string FS, he took over when Clark went on IR. But Smith was benched after the New England game for allowing several deep plays.

Tyrone Carter was 3rd string, but he sucked even more. He missed several crucial tackles in the Playoff game against Jacksonville.

Answer 5

Smitty will be the back-up free safety to Ryan Clark on September 7 (especially because he has missed a lot of training camp) but he will be a starter soon.  He is a big reason the Steelers had one of the top-ranked pass defenses in the league last year all year and he is a huge hitter.  Although he didn't start until Week 8, Smitty was the fourth leading tackler on the team.  He is a helluva player who made a mistake on a Tuesday afternoon in the locker room, which has condemned him in a lot of fans' eyes, but like Chuck Noll said, "Evaluating a football player has nothing to do with the accidents of appearance."