You can sense Sammie Coates’ anger as a Texas A&M cornerback comes at him.

The would-be tackler gets too close. Coates doesn’t like this. Not at all.

Slamming the corner to the ground, it almost seemed like Coates takes a split second before noticing the roadkill he’s created is lying in a crumpled heap behind him. It is only then he powers forward to pick up the first down.

His hands are an issue, and one likely to be addressed, if not fixed, by Steelers wide receivers coach Richard Mann. But Mann cannot teach a receiver this kind of strength or raw intensity.

The Steelers wanted to get bigger in the slot last season, deciding to go with the vertically-imposing Justin Brown over the diminutive Lance Moore. Brown was a bigger target, if not a very good one, and he put in his work in the run game.

Brown and Moore are both gone. The Steelers drafted Coates to play in the slot of one of the most dynamic offenses in the NFL. They can utilize him in the short field and, upon securing the catch and squaring his shoulders, he’s going to hurt someone.