For the second time this season, the Steelers have labored out punter Brock Miller, in accordance with a since-deleted tweet from his private Twitter account. He famous that he left with out a contract. Earlier than Week 1, the Steelers introduced Miller in for a exercise, and so they’ve achieved so once more this week. Miller is a left-footed punter, the identical as longtime Cincinnati Bengals punter Kevin Huber, who the Steelers additionally confronted in Week 1. Bringing in a left-footed punter helps returners regulate to the variations in ball flight and spin with it coming off a left foot in comparison with the precise.

Miller performed within the USFL this summer season, averaging 46.3 yards per punt. He’s turn into the de-facto exercise man for groups going through left-footed punters, as simply final week the Philadelphia Eagles had him in for a exercise forward of their assembly with the Washington Commanders and left-footed punter Tress Manner. It’s not as a lot of a conventional tryout, because the Steelers aren’t going to maneuver on from Pressley Harvin III, nevertheless it offers them a scouting edge to have somebody who additionally punts left-footed are available.

The Eagles aren’t the one group who utilized Miller’s left-footed punting, as final yr the Indianapolis Colts additionally introduced Miller in for a exercise forward of their matchup with the Buffalo Payments, who final yr had the left-footed Matt Haack as their punter.

Miller’s solely stint on an NFL roster got here in 2017 when he spent a while with the San Francisco 49ers earlier than being waived after rookie minicamp.