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New Center or Center plus capable replacement G and drafted a projected starting G in the draft. How can you say he didn't address the OL? Perhaps not to your full satisfaction but he certainly addressed it with significance. On paper, starters are the same as last year with only a new C but the backup situation becomes improved and G will belikely be upgraded when the rookie can play next year. It's not like our starting Gs or Ts were getting sat this year.Comparing Justin and his play style to other QBs and then trying to extrapolate from there is stupid - dude's in the Mt Rushmore of athletic QBs with Vick, Cam and Lamar so comparing him to straight drop back passers is a waste.
His play style in the second half of last year showed maturity and progress, his play style in the middle half of 2022 showed the absurd ceiling that he posseses. I'm not even arguing we made a mistake by trading him because given the contracts and Caleb's own special skill set - we're afforded a wider window of time to try and set up something special here.
Part of the argument for the haul was that we had serious issues on the OL - Poles hasn't addressed those issues and we'll see how much it impacts Caleb. Justin is in a much better environment now and appears to be thriving - his last two camps he struggled mightily and came out the gate pretty poorly only to find his stride in the middle of the year. Personally I think he's going to win that job and lead the Steelers to the playoffs.
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