In the wake of an ugly loss, there inevitably will be a bunch of crazies calling for lineup changes, coach firings, and other various and sundry personnel moves.  One idea that is not so crazy is reducing Lawrence Timmons' field time.  Not because Timmons is so poor that he should not start on an NFL team (he is starting material), but because his backup is better. 

LT looked like the real LT (the one named Taylor) for one play, the sack/strip of Matt Cassel.  That was a great individual effort and I don't want to detract from that.  But one play does not a game make.  In fact, on two bigger plays, LT was out of position and flat footed.  On the tying TD late in the game, LT, along with his partner in crime James Farrior, bit hard on the play action and were beat for a TD.  Granted, the play was Farrior's to make and it would have been asking a little much of LT to make a play on the ball.  However, if LT reads the play correctly, he does possess the physical attributes to make a stop there.  Instead, he bit on the fake and let the ref pick him.

On the Chris "Enter the 36" Chambers catch and run to seal the game, you will see Timmons creep up to the line of scrimmage as Cassel drops back to pass.  Why?  I don't think even he could tell you today.  Neither RB released from the backfield and Chambers crossied the field right into Timmons' zone.  Yet Timmons crept up to the line, allowing Cassel to drop a pass right where Timmons should have been.  On 3rd and 6, there is no reason for a LB playing a spy or short zone to stand at the line of scrimmage.  Keep the short receiver in front of you and short of the 6 yard mark, try and make a tackle.  But it was not to be, and that was all she wrote.

So here's the point: of the Steelers four losses, Timmons played a majority of snaps in all of them.  These losses do not fall on Timmons, at all, especially since another defensive star missed several of those games.  Overall, Timmons has played satisfactory football.  But K. Fox has played outstanding when given the chance.  In the three games where Fox has played a majority of defensive snaps, his line looks like this: 17 tackles, 7 assists, 1 FumRec, 1 Pass Def, 1 Int, 1 TD.  It seems to me that Fox is playing better in every facet except rushing the QB (although in fairness to Fox, he is sent on blitzes far less than LT). 

Again, this isn't a cut LT post, or even a bench LT post.  You want LT's pass rushing skills on 3rd and long.  Other than that, Fox is the better ILB right now.