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The Future Is Now For Steelers’ Young Offensive Linemen

In the wake of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ release of David DeCastro, the team now has exactly zero offensive linemen who have ever started more than one game for them as intended starter. That’s not to say that they have nobody with starting experience, but they have previously been injury fill-ins.

The lone player with experience as an intended starter returning this season is Zach Banner, who won the right tackle job in training camp last year. He started the season opener in 2020, but suffered a torn ACL, and missed the rest of the season.

The most experienced player they have remaining is Chukwuma Okorafor, who started 16 games after Banner was injured last year, including the postseason, and has 18 games of starting experience overall.