Steelers ILB Cole Holcomb reveals what it's like to be back making plays after thinking he may never play football again

Holcomb was honest about how difficult his road to recovery had been. Earlier this year, he spoke to the drudgery of the rehab process following that friendly fire from Thursday Night Football almost two years ago...

“It was bad,” Holcomb told the media earlier this year regarding his knee injury. “I know there was that question [of never playing again]. But they just told me, ‘If you go to work and you can come back, you can be good…

“…I love this game. [But] I also just had a kid. They count on you, wife and kid.” 

Holcomb was the leading tackler and green dot on the defense before the injury. He was a key part of the revitalization of that position. One that had lost it's way ever since Ryan Shazier's career ended. To see him back and rounding a room that has three capable starters via himself, Payton Wilson and the Pro Bowler Patrick Queen is a terrific sight.

“I thought on the surface it was solid," said Coach Tomlin when asked how Holcomb played after the game. "I don’t have anything other than that from a reactionary standpoint. I certainly will next time we come together.”