Steelers OL plans on hold thanks to quarter system

Steelers OL plans on hold thanks to quarter system
Posted by Darin Gantt on June 13, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT

For all the attention paid to Andrew Luck missing time in Indianapolis, perhaps no team lost more to the league’s quarter-system rule than the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Their top two picks, first-round guard David DeCastro (Stanford) and second-round tackle Michael Adams (Ohio State) had on-field debuts delayed until Tuesday because of the rule that prevents rookies from joining teams until their college class graduates. And perhaps because of that rule, they started working with the second team.

“I’m comfortable with where they are and what they were able to display today,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “They’re working on limited time. They need to hurry up to catch up.”

Tomlin, as every coach does, cautioned not to read too much into June depth chart notes. DeCastro will almost certainly be starting at right guard this year, while Adams has a chance to be the Steelers’ left tackle.

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I can see both starting at the start of the season. like there's a whole lot of talent to beat out.

effyou515 wrote:

I can see both starting at the start of the season. like there's a whole lot of talent to beat out.

I'm 100% certain DeCastro starts. Adams I'm still not totally sure about. He seems to have the right attitude and wants to be the guy, but I'd still like to have Starks as an insurance policy at LT.