This was an interesting season for the defensive line, which saw three players end up on the Reserve/Injured List, including Lavon Hooks if you go back to training camp, for the Pittsburgh Steelers. They suffered enough injuries that at a certain point they just decided to finish up the year with five defensive linemen. I don’t ever recall a time in which the team did that.
This year, that fifth defensive lineman, at least in the wake of Stephon Tuitt’s injury in Week Five, was rookie sixth-round pick Isaiah Buggs, a rotational player along the front of the Alabama Crimson Tide.