Welcome to the terrible take a daily segment telling Steelers nation what's on our mind. I'm Ross McCorkle.

There weren't a ton of positives to write home about in the Steelers second preseason game against the Buffalo Bills on Saturday night,

but one major positive and more important than most will give it

credit for, the Steelers have found their punter. They signed Cameron Johnston and

Free Agency after letting Presley Harvin the third go, Mike Tomlin later described him as the bell of the ball in terms of free agent punters that were on the market.

His preseason debut was decent but nothing that great.

The second game showed us the potential and how important having a reliable strong-legged punter is.

The game was 9-3. Every drive following a Steelers punt was a Bills punt. A big part of that was

Johnston averaging 56.8 yards per punt. If that was the regular season that would be a

franchise record hat-tip to Alex Kuzora for that stat. It was obvious to anyone watching how big of an

asset he was if that single- game average held up over the course of a season, Johnson

would have led the league last year in yards per punt and by a pretty good margin.

He booted three for over 60 yards, including a 65-yarder, no touchbacks and two punts pinned inside the 20.

Even better, he placed the long punting in the corner to limit return options for the other team, the bill's return man nearly ran himself into a safety trying to escape the corner that Johnston placed him in.

The Steelers were crushed in the field position battle last season, despite that the defense led up the sixth fewest points per game in the league.

The extra 10 to 15 yards of field position that opposing teams have to deal with under

Johnston will help limit scores even further.

Just think a team starts at the 35

after a punt with Presley Harvard the third last year. They only have to go about

27, 28 yards to be within reasonable field goal range for strong kickers in today's league. That extra 10 to 15 yards gives

the defense more chances to shut a drive down before they enter scoring range and in

turn winning the field position battle the offense will get better starting field

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