<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Steelers concluded their three-day minicamp on Sunday with a light workout at the UPMC Sports Performance Complex, and Coach Mike Tomlin said he was happy with all that was accomplished. Primary among the goals was gathering the draft picks and rookie free agents and throwing so much at them over a short period of time that their eyes water. In this cut-throat business, it’s what amounts to a welcome to the NFL. “They are all lost. They don’t have a clue, and I say that smiling because that makes them normal,” said Tomlin. “They come in here on a weekend, and they get a playbook thrown at them, and they are competing against the best players in the world at what it is they do, and it’s happening fast. I like their spirit, I like their attitude, and I like the way that they’re approaching it. It appears to be a very humble group, which is good. I think they know that they don’t know, which is good. We are excited about these men at this point.” It has become an accepted fact of NFL life that players make significant improvement from their first to their second years in the league, and Tomlin acknowledged this earlier in the weekend. So, while it’s natural to examine the progress made by, say, No. 1 pick Rashard Mendenhall this weekend, it might be more fruitful to see how far last year’s No. 1 pick – Lawrence Timmons – has come.</div> http://news.steelers.com/article/89227/
