PITTSBURGH, PA - DECEMBER 07: T.J. Watt #90 of the Pittsburgh Steelers looks on from the sideline prior to an NFL football game against the New England Patriots at Acrisure Stadium on December 7, 2023 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
REPORT: The Pittsburgh Steelers Had a Top-30 Visit With a Top Offensive Prospect.
The Pittsburgh Steelers had a mediocre offensive last season, allowing the 14th-most hits, the 21st-most pressures, the 11th-highest pressure percentage, the 24th-most sacks, and the 17th-highest pass block win rate.
The Steelers released C Mason Cole and RT Chukwuma Okorafor during the offseason, leaving two vacancies on their offensive line.
The Pittsburgh Steelers starting offensive line.
If the season started today, the Steelers’ starting lineup would include LT Dan Moore Jr., LG Isaac Seumalo, C Nate Herbig, RG James Daniels, and RT Broderick Jones.
Despite having two vacancies, the biggest question mark is what the Steelers will do with Jones. Jones started at LT in college but replaced Okorafor at RT last season.
The Pittsburgh Steelers had a top-30 visit with a top offensive lineman.
According to Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Steelers had a top-30 visit with Graham Barton.
Barton played center and left tackle with Duke.
Mel Kiper Jr. predicts that he will play this position in the NFL.
Mel Kiper Jr. predicts that Graham Barton will play this position.
Mel Kiper Jr. refers to Barton as a “plug and play” at the center position.
“They’ve had centers and anchors of those lines that have been there forever and have done great jobs, and now they gotta get that guy. And Graham Barton from Duke could be that guy,” Kiper
said. “He’s a former tackle. He played center early on…He’s a plug-and-play center for [Russell] Wilson or [Justin] Fields or both, ’cause I think both will play. So yeah, I would think you gotta get that anchor.”
