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Veterans Getting Spring Nod Is Nothing New – Just Ask Maurkice Pouncey

It’s easy to see Dan Moore Jr. remain with the starters over the first two days of OTAs. Troy Fautanu and Broderick Jones working around him, Jones flip-flopping between both sides while Moore keeps doing his thing on the left side. While Moore held off Jones last season, understand how the Steelers operate. This time of year, veterans get the nod over rookies. The best example of this is Maurkice Pouncey.

The Steelers’ first round pick in 2010, Pouncey was not the team’s starter from literal Day 1. While he became the starter by Week 1 of the regular season, in his first OTA practices, he wasn’t.