PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers made Beanie Bishop the first man with an opportunity to replace suspended Cam Sutton in the slot cornerback role. But unlike most years, they haven’t moved him from that spot, and with plenty of chances to shine, the undrafted rookie has taken on the challenge and ran.

Bishop has been the team’s biggest standout heading into the seventh practice of training camp. The West Virginia star didn’t have a single team believe in him during the NFL Draft, but has quickly made everyone think twice, and for the Steelers, they’re feeling like they found a diamond in the rough.

Bishop has now completed and won his biggest challenge of camp to this point. During 1-on-1 drills, Pittsburgh coaches could be heard yelling, “I want Beanie,” signaling for the rookie to step in. Against who? Both times, it was to face the team’s top receiver, George Pickens.

Both times, Bishop won.

Bishop’s first try came with a pass breakup where he ran with Pickens into the corner of the endzone and was able to stick his hand between the receiver and the ball. The second time was a bit more challenging, as Pickens went up for a jump ball and clearly had the size over Bishop. Coming down, however, Bishop was able to create enough contact with Pickens that it forced the ball out for an incompletion.

The Steelers are looking at Bishop as their Week 1 starter in the slot. Unless Grayland Arnold can surpass him, it’s hard to imagine something changing, and right now, it’s starting to feel like maybe we should shift from “can Bishop make the roster” to “how good can Bishop be?”

Right now, the Steelers have to be thinking Bishop is the next “little angry man” who’s going to turn into a star in Pittsburgh.

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Be prepared for a detour along a heavily traveled stretch of Saw Mill Run Boulevard. PennDOT is demolishing a bridge near Woodruff Street at the bottom of Mt. Washington and in doing so, it will be closing the road in both directions.

If Route 51 wasn’t challenging enough, starting Thursday night at 9 p.m., the closures go into place to demolish the bridge. Drivers are reacting as can be expected.

“I actually don’t know how I’m going to get to some places that I need to go,” said Paul Piraino of Squirrel Hill.

“It’s going to be inconvenient but we don’t have a choice. They have to do what they have to do,” said Taofeek Oyekangun of Sheraden.

The bridge over the busy roadway is about 95 years old and goes back to when a railway ran through the Wabash Tunnel. PennDOT said the demolition is needed because it is not feasible to keep repairing and maintaining the almost century-old structure.

“We’re going to have a 24/7 operation to make sure we get this bridge demolition done quickly to return it back to service,” Doug Thompson, PennDOT District 11’s assistant director executive of construction, said over Zoom.

The work is expected to last until Aug. 26 barring any setbacks. The bridge deck will be demolished but the abutments will be left behind to hold the hills in place.

“It’s not a particularly challenging bridge to demolish considering some of the other ones we’ve done,” Thompson said.

For drivers, there may be some creative ways of getting around. Route 51 will be blocked off from Woodruff to Crane.

“I have to drive toward Beechview and then come back on the other street to reach my destination,” Oyekangun said about his detour.

“Tighten up their jock straps and be patient,” Piraino said.

The detours can be found on PennDOT’s website.