{"id":238783,"date":"2026-07-08T22:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238783\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T22:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:17:24","slug":"former-steelers-safety-throws-shade-at-teryl-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238783\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Steelers safety throws shade at Teryl Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Pittsburgh Steelers had a very disappointing season defensively in 2026. Pittsburgh finished 26th in total defense and 29th in passing defense, despite having the NFL\u2019s most expensive defense. Because of this, then-defensive coordinator Teryl Austin faced a ton of scrutiny &#8211; more than he was already subjected to. Not only was it fans and media that were calling out Austin, now his former players are taking part in pointing out his flaws.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Commenting on a Tik Tok video, former Steelers safety <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Steelersdepot\/status\/2074912570243510296?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Juan Thornhill<\/a> made his feelings toward Austin known.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI didn\u2019t enjoy playing for that DC,\u201d Thornhill replied to a fan saying they enjoyed when he was a Steeler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Thornhill was signed by the Steelers at the beginning of the 2025 offseason in March. He appeared in nine games for Pittsburgh before being released, ultimately signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars to finish out the season. He is currently a free agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Austin, on the other hand, was replaced by Patrick Graham after Mike McCarthy took over as head coach. He was the last of Mike Tomlin\u2019s staff to get another job, ending up on the Arizona Cardinals staff as a senior defensive assistant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers had a very disappointing season defensively in 2026. Pittsburgh finished 26th in total defense and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,4853],"class_list":["post-238783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}