Willie Colon

[birtikidis]

Per Twitter
"I've made the transition to Left Guard. I like it. It's just a matter of learning the verbage"

[birtikidis]

Also per Twitter Ed Bouchette
"Move of Colon to LG paves way fro both #steelers rookie OL to start, Adams at LT, DeCastro at RG"

[calmkiller]

But can he play Center?

[Sugar]

But can he play Center?

Hopefully, he'll never need to!

[grotonsteel]

This move is surprising. Why this sudden change even before Training Camp?

Steelers fan were saying Colon is an OG in NFL and Steelers O-Line coach never thought so. And now they move him to LG. Also shouldn't LG be more atheletic? Willie Colon is naturally fit for RG position. A mauler.

Steelers o-line:
Gilbert-Colon-Pouncey-DeCastro-J Scott/Mike Adams

My Steelers O-line would be:
Adams-DeCastro-Pouncey-Colon-Gilbert

[Shawn]

Many of us have been suggesting this for years. It makes sense.

[birtikidis]

you're close groton, but Ed seems to think Adams will be the LT

[calmkiller]

The line will be Adams-Colon-Pouncey-DeCastro-Gilbert and I like it.

[birtikidis]

and Ed isn't the only one saying that it'll be Adams at LT

[steelblood]

A rookie left tackle is quite a risk, imho (especially when he was inconsistent in college). Hopefully, it works out...or Ben may have a short season.

[BigRob]

A rookie left tackle is quite a risk, imho (especially when he was inconsistent in college). Hopefully, it works out...or Ben may have a short season.

I'll go out on a limb and say that Mike Adams can be every bit as good as Starks was at LT last year right now. So why not start him at his natural position and let Gilbert learn to become dominant at RT. I actually see Colon being possibly dominant at guard if he can stay healthy.

[SteelBucks]

you're close groton, but Ed seems to think Adams will be the LT

Tomlin said Adams will "begin" at LT since he played there in college. Let's hope things work out and he stays there. Two rookies starting on the OL would normally scare me but they can't be any worse than what we've seen for the past couple of seasons.

A healthy Colon is an immediate upgrade at LG over Kemo. I like it.......

[birtikidis]

what scares me is that 3/5 of our offensive line will be starting at positions that they've never played in the NFL before.
Adams-rook
Colon-new to guard
DeCastro- Rook

I'd feel a lot better if they just benched Colon and left one of the guys from last year at guard.

[Flasteel]

This move is surprising. Why this sudden change even before Training Camp?

Steelers fan were saying Colon is an OG in NFL and Steelers O-Line coach never thought so. And now they move him to LG. Also shouldn't LG be more atheletic? Willie Colon is naturally fit for RG position. A mauler.

Steelers o-line:
Gilbert-Colon-Pouncey-DeCastro-J Scott/Mike Adams

My Steelers O-line would be:
Adams-DeCastro-Pouncey-Colon-Gilbert

At first blush, this is exactly what I thought. But if Colon can demonstrate the ability to pull and help out Adams in pass pro, then all it means is we'll be able to run a lot more to the weak-side...balancing our ability to attack both sides of the field.


We've got a couple of big question marks on the left side with a rookie tackle and someone who's never played the position at guard. If both can come through and we stay healthy, this will become a dream offense.

[Snatch98]

A rookie left tackle is quite a risk, imho (especially when he was inconsistent in college). Hopefully, it works out...or Ben may have a short season.

Are you kidding? We had Scott over there for a while. Adams was projected as a first round pick and fell because of the weed. There have been several first round tackles that came in and started as rookies across the league. I've read several times Adams has the tools to be better than Kalil and I'm sure everyone expects Kalil to start. I'm not at all worried about Adams starting at either tackle. Man this line is going to be vastly improved.