Steelers' line faces familiar painful problem

[polamalubeast]

The Steelers' offensive line is facing a familiar problem, and it's not just that constant pressure it allowed in the preseason opener.

With rookie left tackle Mike Adams out a couple of weeks with a mild sprain of his anterior cruciate ligament, Pittsburgh is already reshuffling the offensive line. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Steelers used a league-high 25 different offensive-line combinations during the 2011 regular season. Now they're on their second one heading into their second preseason game.

Pittsburgh's starting lineup for the preseason opener was Adams, left guard Ramon Foster (because Willie Colon was injured), center Maurkice Pouncey, right guard David DeCastro and right tackle Marcus Gilbert. When the Steelers took to the field Sunday, Gilbert went from right to left tackle, Colon returned to left guard and Foster moved to right tackle. The decision to go with Foster at right tackle likely was influenced by the shaky performance by Trai Essex in the opener.


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OMG,25 different offensive-line combinations in 2011!!!!

[60_MINUTES]

relax... one game for adams.... but more important Starks is back.............. with Starks colon pouncey decast gilbert... this will be the best O line the Steelers have had in years... should be one of the top 5 in the league... we are gonna kill people up front

[steelers_switzerland]

If you saw the film of Adams, he had some issues in College. I never thought he is a Week 1 starter. Play Max until Adams is ready, shouldn't be a problem. I think we'll be fine and have a very good O-Line this year.

[Count Steeler]

Sure would be nice to have a season where the injuries don't cause us to keep changing personnel. The OLine needs time together to gel and play as a unit, but with the constant movement due to injuries, it makes it that much harder to be consistently good.

Might be time to consider a new conditioning coach or look at the training regiment. See if there is anything we are doing wrong or is this just a run of bad luck.

[steelers_switzerland]

is Tom Shaw available?