Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has had incumbent left guard Kevin Dotson and second-year Kendrick Green pitted against one another for the starting job all offseason. They have consistently rotated there throughout that time. But now as the regular season draws near, one may be pulling away.
After some injury setbacks, Dotson looks increasingly likely to be the Steelers’ opening-day starting left guard, as he was last season. Green started the first two preseason games, the first of which Dotson missed, but the latter rotated in extensively in the second preseason game, and was clearly the better performer.