Rookie CB Joe Burnett In Place Of William Gay?

Today’s Post Gazette reports that it looks like there’s going to be a pretty big shakeup in the secondary for Thursday:

Since his players did not respond to “Redemption Sunday” in Baltimore and “unleash hell” against Oakland in Heinz Field, coach Mike Tomlin has decided to take things into his own hands. He stuck no catchy name on this one but implied he will make changes in his lineup for Thursday night’s game in Cleveland. “It’s appropriate at this point to acknowledge we have an undesirable pattern of behavior, which produces a series of outcomes that are not what we’re looking for,” Tomlin said a day after his Super Bowl champs lost their fourth consecutive game to slip to 6-6. “Moving forward this week and beyond, we can’t continue to do what we’ve been doing and assume that that pattern of behavior is going to change and those outcomes are going to change. So we’re analyzing all aspects of what we’re doing here, specifically this week, and are going to be aggressive in terms of looking at potential changes in not only what we do schematically, but who we have do it in all three phases.” Tomlin quickly mentioned his two rookie cornerbacks as most likely to benefit from a change in lineup. Joe Burnett, who dropped an interception that would have staved off Oakland’s comeback victory drive with 40 seconds left Sunday, probably will start at left cornerback, whether William Gay (concussion) can play or not. “It’s going to be Joe Burnett,” Tomlin said. “Keenan Lewis is going to get an opportunity to play. We want to see both of those guys. They’re young guys; they’ve been working. We want to see both of those guys play.”