In Head Coach Mike Tomlin’s press conference Thursday, he was asked numerous questions about the value of having veteran players on the roster. It’s a big question for this season. With less practice time and no preseason games, every NFL team has less of an opportunity to gather information about their roster and the readiness of the players on it.
He was asked specifically about the offensive line.
Particularly in this environment, I think continuity is an asset. Offensive line, it probably gives you an advantage in some of the unforeseen things that you could see in stadiums at the early portions of the season that you don’t have a lot of video evidence of.