Welcome to the Locked-on Steelers podcast. I am your host, Tony Serrino, and this is your daily dose of all things Steelers.

Today on the podcast, we're going to talk about the new catch rule, go back in time and kind of evaluate just how we got to this point.

You know, the NFL had a lot of opportunities to change this rule over time, and they're just doing it now in 2018.

How did we get here and what could have been done in the past to change it?

But before I get to that, I want to talk about some news and notes.

Mike Tomlin met with the media today at a breakfast and said some things that I think are noteworthy, right?

First of all, he talked about Eli Rogers and that whole contract situation.

You know, we talked last week on the podcast about how Eli Rogers is a restricted free agent,

but he tore his ACL against Jacksonville.

So likely, you know, they chose not to tender him because of that injury.

Tomlin's saying today that he is open to bringing Eli Rogers back and not just open to it.

He feels like Eli Rogers can be a significant contributor

in 2018, which is very, very encouraging. You know, I had just assumed, I think a lot of people

had just assumed, that the Steelers would move on from Eli Rogers, that they would take a wide

receiver in the draft or bring someone in a free agency or, you know, just fill that roster

spot rather than wait for Eli Rogers' recovery.

But it doesn't seem, it doesn't sound like from what Tomlin said today, doesn't sound like

that's really the plan. It sounds like the plan is more to bring back Eli Rogers, you know,

whether it's, you know, the timing of that, we shall see. But very encouraging to hear Tomlin

talk about Eli Rogers. Again, I think Eli Rogers was a very good slot receiver in 2016.

I know he lost out on that spot to 2017, but as we start to move away from Martavis Bryant,

you know, there seems to be this whole opening on the roster.

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