Steelers' Tackle Situation: Draft Drama Looms

0:00It's April 20th. From breaking news to Sunday matchups, this is NFL news today, powered by AI. Pittsburgh Steelers fans, hold up. The offensive tackle spot just hit a major snag. Brottery Jones, their left tackle, suffered a setback in recovering from last season's next surgery. He's not guaranteed to be ready for week one. And the team needs answers fast. Earlier this month, General Manager Omar Khan was all positive, saying Jones was ramping up and hungry to reclaim his starting gig. With Troy Fautanu holding down right tackle, they figured they could chill on drafting a left tackle this year. But now, this injury twist has folks buzzing about shaky ground. Jones has underperformed over three seasons, and without him locked in, the pressure is on for a crucial bounce back year that might not happen. League sources say he's getting examined this week to check if he'll make training camp or the season opener. That could flip their draft strategy big time, pushing them to grab a top tackle in the first two days. Steelers sit pretty with 12 picks, including

1:04five in the first three rounds, so they could trade up if a run on tackle starts late in the top. Again, this draft just got way more interesting for the black and gold.