The Steelers know they won’t have Broderick Jones at left tackle; what they don’t know—or won’t say—is who replaces him. And we might not know until the offense takes the field for the first time, to hear Arthur Smith discuss it. While Mike Tomlin brought up Andrus Peat on Tuesday, Smith even threw in Spencer Anderson on Thursday.
“We’ve got options”, Smith insisted, about their plans to replace Jones, via transcript from the Steelers media department. He then proceeded to discuss Calvin Anderson and Andrus Peat, and namedropped Spencer Anderson for good measure. Why?
“That’s unfortunately life in the NFL”, he said of injuries like Jones’ and how teams manage them.