The Pittsburgh Steelers, particularly general manager Kevin Colbert, have spent some time this offseason offering a defense of their 2021 third-round draft pick, Kendrick Green, who was out of the starting lineup for the final handful of games at the end of last season.
Colbert insisted that Green was not benched in favor of J.C. Hassenauer, in spite of the fact that he was still dressing for those games, but rather he was simply not healthy enough to start, but they were comfortable enough with where he was to serve as an emergency option as an eighth lineman.