Another week, another great debut for one of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie offensive linemen. Zach Frazier set the bar very high in Week 1 with his countless pancake blocks. First-round OT Troy Fautanu didn’t quite have that type of performance in Denver, but it was still very strong, especially in contrast to Broderick Jones’ recent outings at right tackle.
Going back to the preseason, there were reports that the Steelers already viewed Fautanu as their starting right tackle. Admittedly, I wasn’t fully bought into that idea after his preseason debut. It wasn’t awful, but Fautanu looked pretty rough around the edges against the Houston Texans before exiting the game with a knee injury.