Welcome to the terrible take, a daily segment telling

Steter's Nation what's on our mind.

I'm Dave Bryan.

Against the Carolina Panthers this past Sunday, Pittsburgh Steter's

inside linebacker Marcus Allen had a silly penalty that lucky for him

didn't wind up costing his team the game. Even so, Allen's un-sportsman-like

conduct penalty that occurred between the third and fourth quarter stoppage resulted in the

Steelers defense need to go back on the field after delivering a key third down sack that

resulted in the Panthers being out of field goal range. Ultimately, the Panthers did get a field goal as a result of that Allen penalty and thankfully not a touchdown.

Right after that penalty by Allen occurred, most of Steelers Nation was probably and predictably calling for the inside

linebacker to be cut. Personally, I knew he probably wouldn't be jettisoned by head coach Mike

Tomlin and mainly because Alan is a core special teams player and that includes him being the upback on the punt team.

That said, I'm willing to bet that Alan was chided by Tomlin in front of his teammates during team meetings this past week.

While it shouldn't have needed to come to that, it is what it is at this point, and Alan obviously

remains on the team. So what is the best way now for Alan to atone for that dubious penalty that he made against the Panthers?

Well, making a few key plays on special teams Saturday night at Accenture Stadium would probably be a good place

for him to start, right?

Well it might not feel like it, Alan does have 10 total special teams tackles so far

on the season, with three of those being the assisted variety.

That said, he, along with the rest of the members of the Steter's 2022 special teams units,

have yet to force a fumble or block a punt so far this season.

For a team with several core special teamers making more than the minimum such as

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