Through two games with the Steelers inside linebacker Patrick Queen has produced six tackles and nothing that could be accurately identified as a splash play, but defensive coordinator Teryl Austin isn't complaining.
Quite the opposite, actually.
"'P.Q.' is doing everything we ask him to do," Austin maintained today.
Queen, to a degree, is a victim of circumstance.
Not much has been getting to the second level because of the way the Steelers have been playing up front.
And the offense has possessed the ball for more than 30 minutes in each of the Steelers' season-opening victories at Atlanta and at Denver (35:36 against the Falcons and 32:19 against the Broncos).
Queen's closest encounter with a splash play to date was the pass he knocked down on first-and-10 from the Denver 31-yard line with 8:43 left in the fourth quarter last Sunday in Denver.
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It was almost an interception, but Queen ultimately had to settle for a pass defensed.
"Those plays will come," Austin emphasized. "(Head coach) Mike (Tomlin) always talks about doing the little things right and making the ordinary play and the splash will come. I think that's all (Queen is) doing right now. His splash will come. He's been great in terms of leading our defense and doing those things.
"And I think our line's playing really well right now. That doesn't leave a lot of shots and there's not a lot of snaps."
Queen hasn't missed a defensive snap (117 for 117) through the first two games.
His six tackles rank seventh among Steelers.
Fellow newcomers DeShon Elliott, at safety, and Donte Jackson, cornerback, have also assimilated quickly, in Austin's estimation.
Both have an interception and a tackle for a loss in the early going.
"They've seen our football," Austin said. "Obviously, DeShon was in our division (in Baltimore) but guys have seen us and they kind of know what we're doing so there's no surprises in terms of how we execute. As they come in it's easier for them to fit in.
"I think they've all fit in well with what we try to do and what we do scheme-wise. I think that's why you kind of feel the impact of the new guys so far."
Free safety Minkah Fitzpatrick also hasn't missed a defensive snap.
And the rest of the regulars have been playing well enough and infrequently enough that some of the rotational players haven't had much of a chance to rotate into the games.
Defensive end DeMarvin Leal, who emerged from training camp looking like a capable option at multiple positions in the front seven, has played just nine defensive snaps, so far.
"We have guys that are able to get out there are able to play at a high level so we haven't had to use our substitutions as much," Austin said. "At some point we're gonna need them and we're gonna use them.
"It's just a matter of the attrition of the NFL."