Avery Williamson said on Zoom call that he wore the green dot after Rob Spillane was hurt against Washington, and he expects to call the plays against Buffalo now that Vince Williams is also out.
— Joe Rutter (@tribjoerutter) December 11, 2020
Linebacker Avery Williamson has been a Pittsburgh Steeler for four games. In those four games, he has played 81 defensive snaps. In Williamson’s eighth game in Pittsburgh, he will be in charge of making the defensive play calls against the Buffalo Bills.
But due to last week’s injury to Robert Spillane and the loss of Vince Williams to the Reserve/COVID-19 list, Williamson is the next man up in terms of running the defense from his inside linebacker position.
I’d love to say this is no big deal because obviously if the Steelers coaches are confident in Williamson to call the defenses and this won’t be an issue. But we saw last week some communication problems against the Washington Football Team in the second half that led to some big plays. Let’s hope a full week of practice as the playcaller will help Williamson and the entire defense get on the same page before they take on a very talented Bills offense.
