Colon has stabilized Steelers’ guard position

By Mark Kaboly

Ask anyone in the Steelers’ locker room to describe Willie Colon, and eventually they will refer to him as a mauler.

Probably because that’s what he is.

That was one reason the Steelers moved Colon, one of their most experienced tackles, to a position he never played — left guard — during the spring.

They were looking for more physicality, more aggressiveness, more violence.

“I like Willie’s violence,” offensive line coach Sean Kugler said with a smile.

That’s what Colon gave the Steelers against the Bengals, and that wasn’t more evident than a seemingly innocuous 2-yard Baron Batch run midway through the second quarter.

Colon pulled left to right, met rookie linebacker Vontaze Burfict in the hole and drove him back.

Colon continued through the whistle and ended up on top of Burfict.

Fellow guard Ramon Foster joked by saying it looked “like a killer whale on top of a seal,” but veteran tackle Max Starks viewed it as the mentality the unit has to have.

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Colon looked like a fish flopping around.

bayz101 wrote:

Colon looked like a fish flopping around.

Actually, a killer whale according to Ramon Foster.

do i have to say it....its nice to have a stable colon

Wallace108 wrote:

bayz101 wrote:

Colon looked like a fish flopping around.

Actually, a killer whale according to Ramon Foster.

We should start calling it the "Colonoscopy".

Nothing says safety like a good moving colon

I know I wouldn't want to be lined up opposite of an angry Colon pointed at me.