The Pittsburgh Steelers have a long history of excellent play at the center position, but is that history contaminating their perception of what is required there? That’s the conundrum draft expert Matt Williamson raised recently. In conversation with Tim Benz on the Breakfast with Benz podcast, he made the argument for going tackle over center.
“Pittsburghers think having a [Maurkice] Pouncey, Dermontti Dawson, [Mike] Webster center is like their God-given right”, Williamson said. “It’s wonderful to have a phenomenal center. But Steelers fans don’t know this, because they’ve never had phenomenal tackles because they’ve always picked too late in the round to get these studs: it’s a lot better to have bookend tackles that are superstars”.