The Pittsburgh Steelers took an unconventional approach to their right tackle competition in Week 2 when they gave the start to rookie Troy Fautanu over second-year man Broderick Jones. Although Fautanu started, they rotated the tackles for different drives. Or at least that was the plan until three penalties in six plays was enough for coach Mike Tomlin to pull Jones out of the lineup for the rest of the game.
Tomlin discussed why Fautanu got the starting nod in the first place during his Tuesday press conference.
“It was more reflective of what Troy was doing,” Tomlin said in via video posted on the Steelers’ YouTube page.