There has been some hand-wringing and skepticism over the Pittsburgh Steelers selecting Kendrick Green, who primarily played guard at Illinois, to move into the center void created by the retirement of Maurkice Pouncey. But the reality is that they’ve more of what Green can do as a center than they did Dermontti Dawson when they first drafted the Hall of Famer in 1988 in the second round.
As Gerry Dulac writes for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the only center experience Dawson had during his college career was when he was working on the scout team. Green at least has started a handful of games playing center, and he looked pretty natural doing it.