Back to the Pittsburgh Steelers Newsfeed

Kevin Dotson’s return revitalized the Steelers’ offensive line

Kevin Dotson has played 60% or more of the Steelers offensive snaps in four games this season. Those four games include both of the Steelers’ highest scoring games, 3 of their top 5 and all four rank in the top 7 for points.

The Steelers offense was terrible from Weeks 12-15, when Dotson played a total of 33 snaps and was injured in the Week 14 loss to Buffalo. Dotson returned, starting in Week 16, and the film shows a very similar story to his first start of the season back in Week 2.

Dotson stood out in the run game in his first start, but also stood out for allowing 0 quarterback pressures, but just like in that game, the Steelers had the training wheels on Dotson in Week 16.