Pittsburgh Steelers
Record: 1-3
What we’re learning through the first quarter of the season – or, better stated, what we should’ve remembered from past rebuilding jobs – is that developing a running game is a process.
Especially when you’re building from the ground up.
And by that, I mean the basement floor.
The excuse upon which I had leaned was that last year’s run game finished 32nd, so how much worse can a completely refurbished offensive line be?
Well, we’re seeing that the answer is plenty.
Not that it’s a disaster. The new line is just, well, new, and by new I mean rookies or, in the case of Kevin Dotson, a player so inexperienced in both playing time and high-level coaching that he can be considered a rookie, along…