By Alan Robinson
Published: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 8:24 p.m.
Updated 12 hours ago
Winds of change are whistling through the Steelers' training camp in this coolish summer of 2013, all brought by a man who is motivated — and perhaps a bit angered — by the fall of '12.
Change usually comes in measured doses to the Steelers, a team that has bucked tradition by holding an old-style camp in the same location for nearly a half-century, all while employing only three head coaches in 44 years.
But if this training camp looks different from others during the Mike Tomlin era that began in 2007, there's a reason. It isn't the same camp.
Practices are running longer than before, sometimes by a half-hour. There is live contact — something that was missing entirely in the past, except during the goal-line drill. There are rookies not just pushing but bulldozing for jobs at multiple positions, cheered on by encouraged fans who already seem to have adopted Le'Veon Bell, Jarvis Jones and Markus Wheaton as favorites.
Players such as LaMarr Woodley, Troy Polamalu, Jonathan Dwyer, Isaac Redman and Cam Heyward are in noticeably better shape, some of them at the coach's insistence.
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Getting amp'ed up for the Start of the season already.
