There's a way to say that there's no portion of this football team that worries me, while also acknowledging that they can still get better in a lot of phases. Good morning to you. Good Friday morning.

I'm Dan Kovachovich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports. This is Daily Shot of Steelers. It comes your way

bright and early every weekday. If you're into hockey and or baseball, I also offer daily

shots of penguins and pirates, the other two teams in town that I cover.

But I was covering this one yesterday over at Accresher Stadium for the joint practice conducted with the buccaneers.

The sun was searing down. It was hot. Some of the tempers got that way as well.

Not too much. It wasn't too bad. And what came of it was mostly what you could call a mixed

bag on both sides of the ball, really. Defensively, as Brandon Eccles and other players would

acknowledge, not everything went the way they wanted.

In particular, Baker Mayfield was able to find Mike Evans over the middle, deep, sidelines, you name it.

Some stuff got exposed there. Offensively as ever is what interests me the most.

And in this case, it interested me principally because it represented what's a continuation of what's played out in La Trobe and, of course, in Jacksonville for both the good and the bad.

The good remained the same.

That was the passing game.

Talking to D.K. Metcalfe and other offensive players afterward,

I could tell they were feeling pretty good about that component.

And they should. They've been there really since day one at St. Vincent.

Aaron Rogers has a lot of weapons. Rogers is utilizing a lot of weapons.

But what's yet to materialize is the running game. We haven't seen it in training camp.

We sure didn't see it in Jacksonville.

And, you know, that was true again yesterday.

Specifically, and this isn't to pick on the kid, he's a rookie who's yet to play a single game in anger in the NFL.

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