In his absence, Cody Wallace performed admirably for an offensive lineman who had never started a full season in the NFL since being drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in 2008. He displayed the ferocity and skill needed from a center, but was clearly not as adept as Pouncey.
Wallace, who hadn’t started a game at center since 2013, was called on fourteen penalties during the 2015 season. His penalties for offensive holding, a total of eight, stand out the most in his laundry list of infractions. Half of these holding penalties occurred in the Steelers’ own territory, sending them further back towards their own endzone.