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Devin Bush delivers timely play on late 2-point try to help seal Steelers’ win

Chris Adamski
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The Pittsburgh Steelers’ Cameron Heyward, left, and Devin Bush celebrate after Bush’s defense of a two-point conversion pass attempt from Tom Brady’s that would have tied the game in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Acrisure Stadium.

Devin Bush went from being hyped as the next great Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker to merely being able to hang on to his starting job. He’s had a relatively consistent, if unspectacular, fourth NFL season to this point — but Sunday, Bush delivered a critical big play.

Bush batted down a pass intended for Chris Godwin in the end zone on a late 2-point conversion try that would have pulled the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into a tie with the Steelers with 4 minutes, 45 seconds left in Sunday’s game.

Instead, Tampa Bay never touched the ball again, and the Steelers held on for a 20-18 victory that snapped a four-game losing streak.

“Devin had the big play at the end on the 2-point, which was huge,” defensive captain Cameron Heyward said. “He doesn’t get a lot of credit for that.”

Bush said it was “kind of obvious” that Tom Brady was targeting Godwin on the play.

“I knew it was some type of crossing route,” Bush said, “so we took away his first read and after that it was just read and react.”

Bush had five tackles (four solo) in the game, giving him 35 (22 solo) through six games this season, after which he will be a free agent following the Steelers’ decision to decline a fifth-year option on the former No. 10 overall draft pick. Bush has been splitting time with Myles Jack and Robert Spillane as Steelers’ inside linebackers.

“Man, that’s my guy,” Jack said of Bush. “He was just doing what he does.”

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Chris Adamski is a TribLive reporter who has covered primarily the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2014 following two seasons on the Penn State football beat. A Western Pennsylvania native, he joined the Trib in 2012 after spending a decade covering Pittsburgh sports for other outlets. He can be reached at cadamski@triblive.com.

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