Over the last few years, the Pittsburgh Steelers have invested heavily in their offensive line over. That\u2019s culminated in several talented young players on the unit, but it\u2019s also seeing plenty of change this offseason. They\u2019re receiving new coaching, and a few players are settling into new positions as well.<\/p>\n
Pass blocking is a little easier with a quarterback who throws quickly like Aaron Rodgers. But ESPN\u2019s Mina Kimes has one concern about the unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo me, the biggest question I have is about the offensive line. And not in pass protection, because again, Rodgers throws the ball so quickly. But really, run blocking. Fautanu is switching over to play left tackle. They drafted a new right tackle, we\u2019ll see if he plays; Max Iheanachor. I think this interior of the offensive line is really good. But those tackle positions are ones that I\u2019m watching. Because you\u2019ve got some change there in Pittsburgh,\u201d Kimes said Tuesday on NFL Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n Switching sides of the offensive line isn\u2019t simple, with Broderick Jones being a recent example for the Steelers. However, there is some extra comfort in Pittsburgh\u2019s situation. Fautanu settled in nicely at right tackle, but he has multiple years of experience at left tackle during college. Moving to right tackle could be Dylan Cook, who played right tackle at Montana, could be moving to that spot. Although Mason McCormick is getting reps at left guard, he played there as well at South Dakota State.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh also has some solid depth on the unit, including some with expertise in the run game. Two of the newest additions to the unit, Brock Hoffman and Gennings Dunker, are physically imposing run blockers. Although Mike McCarthy feels comfortable with Rodgers throwing the ball, he has also stressed an importance on the ground game<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s certainly fair to have some questions about the Steelers\u2019 offensive line. The starting right guard hasn\u2019t been named, and switching one\u2019s position isn\u2019t easy for a young player. While the Steelers know they have a couple of cornerstones on the unit, the offense won\u2019t go very far if Kimes\u2019 worries come true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the last few years, the Pittsburgh Steelers have invested heavily in their offensive line over. That\u2019s culminated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[12,7,14144,6,9521,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":["post-939557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-espn","tag-football","tag-mina-kimes","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-live","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-pittsburghsteelers","tag-steelers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116881619938736202","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}