{"id":188159,"date":"2026-05-09T17:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188159\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T17:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:27:15","slug":"troy-fautanu-position-change-is-coming-for-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188159\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Fautanu position change is coming for Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There were many questions raised when the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Max Iheanachor in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft. The largest being where would he play on the offensive line?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Head coach Mike McCarthy said in the press conference after selecting the Arizona State product that he is for sure staying at tackle. However, McCarthy left things open for moving Troy Fautanu, potentially to guard. With the latest quotes from Iheanachor, it\u2019s almost a guarantee that Fautanu will be playing a new position in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FarabaughFB\/status\/2053151833032450393?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nick Farabaugh<\/a>, Iheanachor said that he was told he\u2019ll be playing on the right side, which is the side Fautanu has played on in each of his first two seasons. With that information in mind, we can piece together what the Steelers\u2019 offensive line will look like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s doubtful Fautanu would be put at guard, as the Steelers don\u2019t have an answer at left tackle with Broderick Jones hurt and not having his fifth-year option picked up. Additionally, it was made very clear that Gennings Dunker was drafted to play guard. So, the offensive line will likely look like this:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s important to note that Fautanu played all over the offensive line while at Washington, and spent the majority of his career as a left tackle, so the move shouldn\u2019t be overly concerning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Spencer Anderson or Brock Hoffman could start off the season starting at left guard, but with Mike Tomlin gone, we could see rookies like Dunker get the nod much sooner than we\u2019ve grown accustomed to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There were many questions raised when the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Max Iheanachor in the first round of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,83930,4853,7106],"class_list":["post-188159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-depth-chart","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-roster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}