Leading up to Sunday’s 2023 season opener at Acrisure Stadium between the San Francisco 49ers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, much of the attention from a matchup-based standpoint was focused on the very real, quite clear matchup advantage that the Steelers had with star pass rusher T.J. Watt going against new San Francisco starting right tackle Colton McKivitz.
Prior to Sunday, McKivitz had played just 466 offensive snaps in his first three NFL seasons with 296 of them coming at right guard and the other 146 snaps coming at tackle. However, just 29 of those 146 snaps were at right tackle.