Collier: Sizing up reconstructed O-line

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Collier: Sizing up reconstructed O-line
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
By Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


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Figuratively speaking, there weren't a ton of people at Steelers practice Tuesday afternoon, but along the interior of the team's first offensive line, there were, literally speaking, very nearly one ton of people.

The biggest Steelers O-line ever, should you care to project starters from a mere 96 hours into training camp (and why wait?), consists of 683 pounds of tackle, 668 pounds of guard, and 312 pounds of center, or a total of 1,663 pounds of uncertainty.

Despite that unprecedented enormity, just 337 pounds short of a ton, there are several new faces here at Saint Vincent trying to ensure that the blockers don't come up short in more meaningful ways when the 2010 NFL season becomes reality.



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[Killer]

The biggest Steelers O-line ever...consists of 683 pounds of tackle, 668 pounds of guard, and 312 pounds of center, or a total of 1,663 pounds


woot

Way to go Flo

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The five-time Pro Bowl selection likely didn't go out of his way to shake out the data, but he's joining a club that allowed 20 sacks in the final four games of 2009, and 50 for the season. In the past four years, the Steelers have allowed 50, 49, 47, and 49 sacks. In Texas, Adams anchored a unit that didn't allow more than 37 in that span and once, in '08, allowed 25.

Adams then, just to be able to help the situation, is under some degree of pressure to adapt quickly after 12 seasons spent entirely in royal blue, metallic silver, and white.

"At first, I thought it was going to be really difficult," Adams said of the potential for system-shock. "But I've been really pleased with how it's gone so far, with all the help I've been getting from the players and from the coaches."