After struggling throughout the 2021 season to run the football and protect veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, the Pittsburgh Steelers entered the 2022 offseason needing to upgrade the offensive line overall.
In free agency, the Steelers threw money at center Mason Cole and right guard James Daniels, while bringing in first-year position coach Pat Meyer to try and rebuild a group that got old in a hurry before eventually splitting up with the retirement of Maurkice Pouncey and the surprise release of David DeCastro, as well as the departures of Matt Feiler and Alejandro Villanueva in free agency to the Los Angeles Chargers and Baltimore Ravens two seasons ago, which ultimately led to a patchwork group in 2021.