The Steelers finally got their new Ferrari off blocks, and took it for a first spin around the block.
Tight end Ladarius Green went through his first practice of the season with the Steelers yesterday, as they hope to get the big-money offseason acquisition on the field after the bye. He’s been on the physically unable to perform list after offseason ankle surgery.
“I was excited,” Green said, via Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “A little nervous. It was good to get out there with the fellas.”
Green said he thought his ankle “held up good,” and that he was eager to see how he responded today, in their final workout before the bye week.
And while the Steelers don’t exactly lack for offensive options, adding Green to the mix would be huge. He was signed to replace the retired Heath Miller.
He even caught some passes from starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (recovering from a knee surgery of his own), and Roethlisberger said on his radio show on 93.7 FM that Green: “Looks good to me — but don’t have much to compare it to.”
When Green was on the sidelines during minicamp practices, Roethlisberger joked about the high-octane jolt he could provide.
“You’re like a brand-new Ferrari in the impound lot that I’m just looking through the fence at,” Roethlisberger said to him then.
A few more test drives, and they might be ready to put him on the open road.