Opinion: Steelers pulled Dwayne Haskins off NFL scrap heap, but QB must learn from his mistakes

PITTSBURGH — At the precise instant when Dwayne Haskins sat on a bench inside Heinz Field recently, discussing off-the-field drama that left him on the NFL scrap heap — as he finished a thought with, “I’ve just tried to grow from it” — came a voice out of nowhere that interrupted the flow and echoed.

Loud. Precise. Booming. Maybe Moses was struck similarly at the burning bush. 

“Don’t be highlighting him, man!” the voice commanded. "He’s just trying to blend into the crowd, trying to live life and you want to highlight him.”

Look up, and it’s Mike Tomlin, a heckler dressed in black. The gregarious Pittsburgh Steelers coach always has some sort of message to drop from his back pocket. In this case, it spoke to the challenge facing Haskins, a first-round quarterback who flopped in Washington.

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