Though he finds it hard to believe that the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie right tackle Troy Fautanu will start on Sunday in Atlanta to open the 2024 season for the Black and Gold, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ray Fittipaldo believes that the prized rookie will be back in the lineup rather quickly.
In a mailbag Monday morning for the Post-Gazette, Fittipaldo dished on the Steelers’ first-round pick, stating that while he believes Fautanu will return to practice Monday, it’s hard to envision the former Washington product needing just four practices to get up to speed.
In turn, that would likely mean Fautanu would be on the bench for the season opener, leading to Dan Moore Jr.