The decision to bench right tackle Chukwuma Okorafor for rookie Broderick Jones, not only on a short week but with Jones playing a new position, was rather surprising.
When it was reported that the benching wasn’t performance related but rather disciplinary related, it was exceedingly surprising. Now, moving forward, Jones and Okorafor are listed as co-starters at right tackle for the Steelers, which might just be the crack in the door Jones needs to insert himself into the starting lineup for good.
For Okorafor, it’s a tough situation, one that he doesn’t exactly want to get into with the media regarding what he did to lead to the benching.