Los novatos no tuvieron mucho tiempo para prepararse para su primera práctica. Pero demostraron su habilidad de adaptarse rápidamente y sus instintos como jugadores de futbol americano empezaron a tomar el control.
"Fue bueno salir a entrenar y comenzar a competir", dijo Joshua Dobbs, quien se graduó de Tennessee 24 horas antes de su primera práctica. "Fue una transición rápida. Inmediatamente me sentí bien en el terreno de juego".
"Fue el primer día para comenzar a prepararnos. Tendremos más cosas que hacer más adelante. Es un proceso de crecimiento y de poner en práctica lo que hemos aprendido para tener éxito. Fue un buen día y espero hacer todo mejor en nuestra próxima practica".
Esa es la clave para cada jugador, seguir mejorando. Es algo que va a pasar con el tiempo a medida que van conociendo el libro de jugadas del equipo.
"En este momento estoy enfocado en llegar a conocer el libro de jugadas", dijo JuJu Smith-Schuster. "Aprenderme las jugadas y alineaciones y asegurarme que estoy corriendo en las rutas correctas. Es de la única manera en que se puede jugar bien, cuando se conoce bien el libro de jugadas".
Steelers' rookies take the field for rookie minicamp.
![T.J. Watt](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/c8cnomzxqxuoycfumgw8.jpg)
T.J. Watt
![Head Coach Mike Tomlin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/b0wfkihfwudbrn5io1ms.jpg)
Head Coach Mike Tomlin
![James Conner](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/ipo1tt1qmw7oh6mike7h.jpg)
James Conner
![James Conner and Joshua Dobbs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/kikanngwsruy4v8ufffj.jpg)
James Conner and Joshua Dobbs
![T.J. Watt](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/fgozxlg9lady4jc0vuwg.jpg)
T.J. Watt
![Nick Schuessler](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/lgx86mxfdpftiu77pbou.jpg)
Nick Schuessler
![Keion Adams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/ghdxzavd2xxosmpvfhlg.jpg)
Keion Adams
![James Conner](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/ytx8bbcnez2itxgzeifp.jpg)
James Conner
![Keion Adams, Joey Porter and T.J. Watt](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/vblvmhuysnnz4vvakiyf.jpg)
Keion Adams, Joey Porter and T.J. Watt
![Keion Adams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/va2ewc5chhxximrrzjnn.jpg)
Keion Adams
![T.J. Watt, T.J. Neal and Demond Tucker](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/h5kyqribfxe5vrrabhns.jpg)
T.J. Watt, T.J. Neal and Demond Tucker
![Joshua Dobbs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/kmbcjbj2hj98jrxkteda.jpg)
Joshua Dobbs
![Keion Adams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/oqfhxpf18q27oczwslst.jpg)
Keion Adams
![T.J. Watt](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/gzx4wqehriacxeqver4g.jpg)
T.J. Watt
![Reggie Mitchell, Terrish Webb, Aaron Terry, Devonte Johnson, Jacob Hagen, Brian Allen and Mike Hilton](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/mui5hrln8rfpjupcpr1a.jpg)
Reggie Mitchell, Terrish Webb, Aaron Terry, Devonte Johnson, Jacob Hagen, Brian Allen and Mike Hilton
![Mike Hilton](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/lu8uxcwuuuiaj1os6xfz.jpg)
Mike Hilton
![T.J. Watt](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/oxvg5tp0c1b3zbfqovkw.jpg)
T.J. Watt
![JuJu Smith-Schuster](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/azjcdywbf5ojvm9rftqy.jpg)
JuJu Smith-Schuster
![Head Coach Mike Tomlin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/umdknp7tw6kph7s7xw4y.jpg)
Head Coach Mike Tomlin
![Brian Allen](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/lzoicqjertqmhk8pbo0n.jpg)
Brian Allen
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![Cameron Sutton and JuJu Smith-Schuster](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/rc1qwtaghawfjcimtby4.jpg)
Cameron Sutton and JuJu Smith-Schuster
![Dillon Buechel and Joshua Dobbs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/hmh8hzyuz9g8puhi1kml.jpg)
Dillon Buechel and Joshua Dobbs
![T.J. Watt](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/j5t9nnfkb7t8uhczxaom.jpg)
T.J. Watt
![JuJu Smith-Schuster](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/qjmrvyusgaedt6d4rqzn.jpg)
JuJu Smith-Schuster
![Colin Holba](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/dablwa4fzygnsitkr3a3.jpg)
Colin Holba
![A.J. Hughes](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/sur00jrmhd5ydolxzbu6.jpg)
A.J. Hughes
![Austin Gearing and Nick Schuessler](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/cfoujejsfj78dudvqozv.jpg)
Austin Gearing and Nick Schuessler
![Colin Holba](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/kiwuysggoi1pt66m8eo2.jpg)
Colin Holba
![Keion Adams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/vzpanwo7sanhwm9n7v3k.jpg)
Keion Adams
![Brian Allen](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/wfw56gbyvbiprwgxk1ur.jpg)
Brian Allen
![Joshua Dobbs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/hwpd45ctiwijqzqosxvb.jpg)
Joshua Dobbs
![Keion Adams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/zxb1yynzab3vmkzbagt1.jpg)
Keion Adams
![JuJu Smith-Schuster](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/ehox9blyfa3hp7lgjeez.jpg)
JuJu Smith-Schuster
![General Manager Kevin Colbert](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/pmibb7piye83uuz93ax8.jpg)
General Manager Kevin Colbert
![Brian Allen](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/u3xsey7pi8tkvr8oy2zg.jpg)
Brian Allen
![Joshua Dobbs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/iewsgpjov28hxx6xpjfl.jpg)
Joshua Dobbs
![T.J. Watt](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/uw8idhibpnxyvkifffnf.jpg)
T.J. Watt
![Rushel Shell](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/b2qtghscvh8x46lirhka.jpg)
Rushel Shell
![T.J. Watt](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/pjxbzdlj8t2jgofiy8vi.jpg)
T.J. Watt
![Dylan Colucci](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/smzkmkrdubnuz0lrnxvd.jpg)
Dylan Colucci
![Head Coach Mike Tomlin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/qzzvmgmbcc00smj8trau.jpg)
Head Coach Mike Tomlin
![Rokeem Williams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/fj57hnaughjjidgvxerz.jpg)
Rokeem Williams
![Aaron Terry](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/atlubkdiqsut9klup2si.jpg)
Aaron Terry
![Terrish Webb](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/ecwfuvym4yuc0pepuutp.jpg)
Terrish Webb
![Head Coach Mike Tomlin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/w1cyrwlyne9eekbq1rqq.jpg)
Head Coach Mike Tomlin
![T.J. Neal](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/z3d8hgeazhuhbmsaq6aw.jpg)
T.J. Neal
![Phazahn Odom](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/bim3ohp6ocdt3o5dcke7.jpg)
Phazahn Odom
![Keith Kelsey and Jerry Olsavsky](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/o2twhwjzkmuojs9pwbmb.jpg)
Keith Kelsey and Jerry Olsavsky
![Scott Orndoff](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/qgavu6pvvyewi1r9ttca.jpg)
Scott Orndoff
![Brian Allen, Aaron Terry, T.J. Watt, Akil Blount, Keion Adams and Matt Galambos](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/ocwpm90l5q2tcrvvvu2f.jpg)
Brian Allen, Aaron Terry, T.J. Watt, Akil Blount, Keion Adams and Matt Galambos
![Matt Galambos, Austin Gearing, Akil Blount, Keion Adams, and T.J. Watt](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/fisl6jhv1vg4jbns9ztg.jpg)
Matt Galambos, Austin Gearing, Akil Blount, Keion Adams, and T.J. Watt
![JuJu Schuster-Smith](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/tkgyqbqbor9xjzqwqg8k.jpg)
JuJu Schuster-Smith
![Reggie Mitchell](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/pu2rr92fqkru0wgelksy.jpg)
Reggie Mitchell
![Joshua Dobbs and Austin Gearing](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/ayv6kmd0uzxjn8vov5wo.jpg)
Joshua Dobbs and Austin Gearing
![Brian Allen](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/zhutzaxbtsqo7xa3cllx.jpg)
Brian Allen
![Keion Adams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/b9uvgg40ybmb4u3nw840.jpg)
Keion Adams
![Akil Blount](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/fhwqjmd5anrmymzhpiwc.jpg)
Akil Blount
![Keith Kelsey](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/rgekzpgpf9ltcqskexip.jpg)
Keith Kelsey
![Matt Galambos](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/hgv9jwi6hfzdhq636npn.jpg)
Matt Galambos
![Paul Butler](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/xrkfradbmnpglmo320rh.jpg)
Paul Butler
![Matt Galambos](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/hksjy0u7k2izjgqp0os4.jpg)
Matt Galambos
![Joshua Dobbs and Wayne Capers](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/udwh363la3f0ezfihg7m.jpg)
Joshua Dobbs and Wayne Capers
![No Title](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/kpzzia0ajhwn0glj40qe.jpg)
![Head Coach Mike Tomlin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/hqppe4he5xunk0hcfvw1.jpg)
Head Coach Mike Tomlin
![Roy Philon](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/gyphfdy4ziszgqbuuxek.jpg)
Roy Philon
![Terrish Webb](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/uduosqzep1y3jfg6g068.jpg)
Terrish Webb
![Keion Adams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/xbqcaor4jlyfdsmg7ghu.jpg)
Keion Adams
![Keion Adams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/b0myxgf9ert2p4pfei53.jpg)
Keion Adams
![Vance Settlemire](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/inmslrccevavfpmhm7lb.jpg)
Vance Settlemire
![Head Coach Mike Tomlin and Kevin Colbert](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/ieylusfnkshmmm081gho.jpg)
Head Coach Mike Tomlin and Kevin Colbert
![JuJu Schuster-Smith](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/pj5i09kl2aznbtcviuoj.jpg)
JuJu Schuster-Smith
![Cameron Sutton](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/tki9xv5v3jtdwqrsl7ui.jpg)
Cameron Sutton
![Aaron Terry and Rokeem Williams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/bbdmjd2wevy1x4mn2qd3.jpg)
Aaron Terry and Rokeem Williams
![Joshua Dobbs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/mjlbm575b0jfe7o9k3m8.jpg)
Joshua Dobbs
![T.J. Neal](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/t0aktr2b0qifhv3vkrry.jpg)
T.J. Neal
![Joshua Dobbs](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/fi5leybejgf1ot7vclwj.jpg)
Joshua Dobbs
![Scott Orndoff](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/ffnordr3koirrjkjaoez.jpg)
Scott Orndoff
![Ethan Cooper](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/vwedqnwvnmqdy14s2vv4.jpg)
Ethan Cooper
![Corey Jones](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/gyis3qjzg38k1vwudtnz.jpg)
Corey Jones
![Matt Galambos](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/wairqwlc4mluzpebxrrm.jpg)
Matt Galambos
![Cameron Sutton](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/cqderxraocui8ymfri2d.jpg)
Cameron Sutton
![Marcus Tucker](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/g19get1ou4uldlgxpm2w.jpg)
Marcus Tucker
![Brian Allen](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/efhmphh4gjkzczcu9vnk.jpg)
Brian Allen
![Vance Settlemire](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/fjlxprcwozdokzappvcb.jpg)
Vance Settlemire
![Akil Blount](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/lfjap05z0vkht8jwmmkb.jpg)
Akil Blount
![No Title](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/vcfrc07umisk15gk9dzq.jpg)
![No Title](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/steelers/xrduh7f1emo4f3rwccqe.jpg)
"Es increíble estar aquí, es un ambiente diferente, uniformes de diferentes colores, y diferentes jugadores. Es realmente un honor y una bendición estar aquí".
Los Steelers tienen un total de cinco prácticas durante los tres días del campamento de novatos. Es una oportunidad para que los novatos ganen experiencia y se preparen para comenzar a entrenar junto a los veteranos dentro de las próximas semanas.
"Logramos instalarnos un poco", dijo Cameron Sutton. "Probablemente tendremos más tiempo de acomodarnos durante el resto del fin de semana. Tenemos mucho que hacer, pero no es nada que no podamos controlar. No hemos sentido tanta presión. En su mayor parte, es simple para nosotros. Solo tenemos que asegurarnos que entendemos bien lo que debemos de estar haciendo durante los entrenamientos y demostrarlo".
"Es todo ese proceso de llegar y creer en ti mismo, confiar en ti mismo que lo puedes hacer, tener la mentalidad de que cada vez que entras en el terreno de juego, eres el mejor ahí. No es arrogancia, pero si no tienes esa mentalidad pierdes confianza en ti mismo. Esa confianza me ayuda a confiar en mis instintos y a lograr hacer jugadas".