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OT LE?RAVEN CLARK
Experience: 8th NFL season
Contract status: $990,000 cap hit in 2023 on a one-year deal
2023 outlook: Clark was the final of three veteran offensive linemen the Steelers signed over the first week-plus of free agency. All of them recently played for the Philadelphia Eagles when Steelers assistant general manager Andy Weidl worked for that franchise, but Clark is the only one who is a tackle. (Isaac Seumalo and Nate Herbig are guards).
Clark also arrived as the only one with seemingly no chance to start (barring injury). The Steelers have a pair or three-year returnee starting tackles in Dan Moore Jr. and Chuks Okorafor, and they drafted Broderick Jones with the thought he will at some point take over for Moore at left tackle.
Management clearly did not like the depth along the offensive line last season and looked to remedy that in a big way. Clark would seem to be a good player to have as a No. 3 or No. 4 tackle ? he?s started 18 games (plus one in the playoffs) in the league and been part of three other organizations after being a third-round pick of the Indianapolis Colts in 2016. Clark has NFL experience on both sides, too ? and even has lined up as a ?third tackle?/tight end, a position/package the Steelers have always liked.
Clark is serviceable, and all he?s being asked to be is a reliable swing tackle who can back up on both sides. There?s no reason he can?t serve that role with aplomb.
Experience: 8th NFL season
Contract status: $990,000 cap hit in 2023 on a one-year deal
2023 outlook: Clark was the final of three veteran offensive linemen the Steelers signed over the first week-plus of free agency. All of them recently played for the Philadelphia Eagles when Steelers assistant general manager Andy Weidl worked for that franchise, but Clark is the only one who is a tackle. (Isaac Seumalo and Nate Herbig are guards).
Clark also arrived as the only one with seemingly no chance to start (barring injury). The Steelers have a pair or three-year returnee starting tackles in Dan Moore Jr. and Chuks Okorafor, and they drafted Broderick Jones with the thought he will at some point take over for Moore at left tackle.
Management clearly did not like the depth along the offensive line last season and looked to remedy that in a big way. Clark would seem to be a good player to have as a No. 3 or No. 4 tackle ? he?s started 18 games (plus one in the playoffs) in the league and been part of three other organizations after being a third-round pick of the Indianapolis Colts in 2016. Clark has NFL experience on both sides, too ? and even has lined up as a ?third tackle?/tight end, a position/package the Steelers have always liked.
Clark is serviceable, and all he?s being asked to be is a reliable swing tackle who can back up on both sides. There?s no reason he can?t serve that role with aplomb.
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