After the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Kevin Dotson, they made it pretty clear that, at least for the moment, they don’t have any expectations for him position-wise outside of playing guard. When both offensive line coach Shaun Sarrett and general manager Kevin Colbert were asked to address his position flexibility, they kind of gave half-hearted answers.
And the team even talked about how one-position players—for example, center-only, guard-only, or tackle-only reserve linemen—are now more valuable because of the new rule that allows teams to dress an eight lineman on gamedays without it affecting their inactives (if they have an eighth lineman).