Welcome to the terrible take many podcasts telling Steelers Nation what's on our mind.

I'm Josh Carney.

It's still far too early in training camp,

and it's really hard to fully come to a conclusion one way or another on a player based off of reps against familiar faces and a simple scheme.

But it's hard to not be impressed and overall pleased with the performance of veteran

linebacker Cole Holcomb and training camp for the Steelers.

Holcomb signed a three-year 18 million dollar in free agency and is off to a fast

start for Pittsburgh. He's making plays all over the field,

forced to fumble in Saturday's practice,

and largely looks like the answer at the inside linebacker position

that the Steelers have been searching for since Ryan

Chazier's tragic injury in 2017. Now granted that might be jumping the gun

just a bit from my perspective as Holcomb hasn't even played in a preseason game in the Steelers scheme yet.

That said, he's been rather eye-opening in training camp.

Steelers Depot's own Alex Kizora has noted multiple times just how good Holcomb looks.

And if he's able to carry over that play that he's displaying in training camp

into the regular season and plugs a large hole in the Steelers defense, he'll make not only the franchise, but the fan base rather happy.

Add in his playmaking abilities that Pittsburgh has so desperately needed from the position in recent years,

it can be expected that Holcomb will create more splash overall for the defense.

As I mentioned he already has a forced fumble in camp and has made multiple tackles behind the line of scrimmage in padded sessions, making his presence known.

Throughout his career, when he's on the field, the ability hasn't been the issue with

Holcomb. He's a tackling machine, a great communicator, and a genuine playmaker

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