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Nov 23, 2016 By Chris Bradford for The 4 min read

PITTSBURGH 无毛视频� The Steelers understood from the start that there were going to be mistakes. There always are when rookies are involved. The key is limiting the errors and, more importantly, learning from them and not letting them define a young player.

Resiliency was one of the key attributes GM Kevin Colbert cited in drafting the pair of defensive backs that the Steelers did with their first two picks in this year无毛视频檚 draft.

Want to talk resiliency? How about safety Sean Davis?

The second-round pick无毛视频檚 costly 15-yard facemask penalty late in the Dallas game helped set up Ezekiel Elliott无毛视频檚 game-winning touchdown. Afterward, Davis was nearly in tears. But Davis wasn无毛视频檛 about to let an aggressive, but ill-timed foul define him. And neither was the coaching staff.

When the Steelers opened in their base defense last week in Cleveland, there was Davis making his first career start at strong safety.

无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 always a level-headed guy,无毛视频� Davis said. 无毛视频淕etting a promotion and increased playing time is good. I don无毛视频檛 want to say it无毛视频檚 what expected of me, but I hold myself to a high standard and I无毛视频檓 a competitor. I want to be on the field. I无毛视频檓 happy with what无毛视频檚 going on. I just have to continue to produce and do my job.无毛视频�

Davis has produced nine tackles, one for a loss and one pass defensed the past two weeks since overtaking Robert Golden. In his first start at safety last week, Davis delivered a couple of bone-crunching hits but also whiffed on a pair of would-be sacks. He even had what appeared to be a 37-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter but the play was nullified by a questionable roughing the passer call on Dan McCullers.

Again, there were some mistakes but, to borrow a Tomlinism, the arrow is pointing up.

无毛视频淗e无毛视频檚 just growing,无毛视频� said coach Mike Tomlin. 无毛视频淗e无毛视频檚 a tough guy who无毛视频檚 getting better every week and every day. More specifically, he无毛视频檚 gaining experience through repetition. The more experience he gains, the less mistakes he makes the more opportunity we give him. It无毛视频檚 really as simple as that.无毛视频�

But Davis says if you really want to see resiliency and overcoming obstacles, look at where he无毛视频檚 come from. His father worked two jobs while battling cancer and his mother drove him an hour each way from the Davis family无毛视频檚 home in Prince George无毛视频檚 County, Md., to Maret, an elite private school in Washington.

无毛视频淲e never had it easy coming up,无毛视频� Davis said. 无毛视频淏eing undersized and coming from a small high school, even coming from, I don无毛视频檛 want to say Maryland无毛视频檚 a bad program, but not the best program. I无毛视频檓 always working.

无毛视频淏eing thrown into adversity or a tough situation, you can无毛视频檛 run away from it. You无毛视频檝e got to find a way to come out on top.无毛视频�

After a brief but failed stint as a slot cornerback to start the season when Senquez Golson went down with a foot injury in training camp, Davis is back to his natural safety spot where he can better utilize his time and assets.

无毛视频淚 like the versatility part playing anywhere in the backfield, but I无毛视频檇 say that safety is my natural spot,无毛视频� said the 58th overall pick of 2016. 无毛视频淚 like hitting.无毛视频�

Davis played extensively at nickel in four of the first five games but the Steelers pulled back from him in Weeks 6-7 against Miami and New England. He didn无毛视频檛 even see the field on defense against the Dolphins and played just three snaps against the Patriots. Since then, Davis无毛视频� snap counts have risen dramatically from 27 to 43 to 66 last week.

Davis is well aware that the stakes will only get higher from here out. At 5-5 heading into Thursday night无毛视频檚 game at Indianapolis, the Steelers have little margin for error and are counting heavily on a trio of rookies on defense including Artie Burns, Javon Hargrave and himself. If that means he plays every snap of every series as he did last week in Cleveland, Davis says he无毛视频檚 ready.

无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 built for that, man,无毛视频� Davis said. 无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 built for that.无毛视频�