The Pittsburgh Steelers came into Sunday’s game facing a fresh rookie center in Tanor Bartolini, touting a top run defense. Surprisingly, reputation alone was not sufficient to slow the Colts’ run game down. While they improved in the second half—especially after Jonathan Taylor suffered an ankle injury—it was already too late.
Bortolini, the fourth-round pick out of Wisconsin, held his own against the Steelers’ front, and drew praise from teammates, accordingly. “The Steelers’ front four is probably the best in all of football, so for him to step in there and us not notice anything change, that just shows that he did a great job”, said WR Michael Pittman Jr.