While the Pittsburgh Steelers in recent years have done a better job of getting their rookies on the field and ready to contribute, it hasn’t been a strictly uniform process. Not only does every player develop at a different pace, but the positions they play and the circumstances they enter will also dictate the availability of opportunity.
But it seems as though the opportunity has finally come for first-round pick Broderick Jones, who is expected to be the Steelers’ full-time starting right tackle from this point forward. Recently listed as co-starter with Chukwuma Okorafor, the years-long incumbent at the position, it doesn’t seem as though anybody feels the Steelers can turn back at this stage.