Grading The O Line: Chris Kemoeatu Is Like a Wrecking Ball
Sep 19th 2008 9:03AM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Steelers, AFC North
Two weeks into the Steelers’ season, our worst fears haven’t come true.
Ben Roethlisberger has been sacked five times in two games, but he’s also found that it’s a lot easier to throw if there aren’t defensive tackles generating pressure that prevents him from stepping up. And Chris Kemoeatu has not only shown that he can handle a starting job, but he’s doing well enough to make me wonder why exactly he wasn’t starting instead of Kendall Simmons last year.
Marvel Smith looks fully healthy, while Willie Colon is improving and Justin Hartwig has been quite adequate–that’s a significant improvement on what Sean Mahan did last year.
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