As an offensive lineman, your job is to keep the quarterback healthy and upright. As the left tackle, your job is to protect the blindside of the quarterback, making sure that defenders don’t get a free shot where the passer can’t see them with their head turned away from them.
That’s the task that LT Broderick Jones signed up for with the Pittsburgh Steelers, becoming the hopeful long-term solution at left tackle for the team after they traded up to select him in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft. He got his first meaningful snaps of the regular season against the Houston Texans, stepping in for Dan Moore Jr.