Steelers linebacker Devin Bush is either messing with all of us with his recent tweets, or the Steelers organization needs to have a conversation with him.
On Wednesday, we got more bizarre tweets from Bush including claiming he was getting in trouble for his recent tweets (including re-tweeting a video of a cat falling to its apparent death).
He then said he was restricted to two tweets a day, before proceeding to send nearly 15 more out.
Some highlights included: wondering what it means to be born on a leap year, his superior mental health, saying he’ll play in other leagues after his NFL career, claiming he was being fined for his extra tweets but can cover it because he has Bitcon, working out for a third time and that he paid for a woman’s nail procedure and hasn’t heard back from her.
Individually, those tweets could be viewed as humorous or just stream of consciousness, but grouped together over a few hour period, just seem really strange.
Obviously, other than the cat video and blasting those that use TikTok, nothing he has posted is offensive or would get him in trouble.
“They just seem like random sporadic thoughts that are thrown onto a wall,” said Fan Morning Show host Colin Dunlap. “There’s no continuity, it’s worse than stream of consciousness.”
IF a normal 22-year-old was posting things like that, no one would be paying attention, but as a member of the most popular team in town, Bush is improperly using social media.
Say what you want about JuJu Smith-Schuster and Chase Claypool, but they are using social media to build a brand and generate revenue.
Other players like Zach Banner, use their social media presence to promote charitable causes, his progress with his knee injury or spotlighting social injustice.
Bush isn’t doing any of those things and will that affect him negatively with fans?
“I’ll be happy when you force a fumble, or pick a ball off over the middle intended for a tight end down the seam, or make a big play on defense, I’ll be happy when you do that stuff, but here’s the problem; as an average, everyday fan. . . I still want to enjoy what I think, what I at least perceive that person is making that play,” said Chris Mack. “In other words, I don’t want to have anything about them that makes me say ‘yeah big play, oh but it’s that guy that tweeted the cat falling 15 stories.’”
So what is Bush’s endgame with his recent social media activity? If it wasn’t for his tweets Steelers Nation would only be talking about how will a very talented 22-year-old come back from a major injury that ended his season early and will he continue to improve in 2021?
But instead here we are, talking about weird tweets. In the grand scheme of things, it isn’t a big deal, but it is a distraction, one that Steelers do not want to have.
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