As Jonathan Heitritter accurately pointed out during the week, the Pittsburgh Steelers can’t use rookie NT Keeanu Benton like they did with Stephon Tuitt in 2014. Which is to say, not use him. Tuitt was stuck on the bench as part of the Steelers’ model of making rookies sit and wait their turn. But it came at the expense of the team, Tuitt clearly the better player than Cam Thomas, and it wasn’t until late in the season that Pittsburgh realized that obvious calculation.
The good news is that shouldn’t be a problem for Benton this season.