{"id":286887,"date":"2026-09-16T00:50:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T00:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286887\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T00:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T00:50:22","slug":"steelers-try-out-former-texans-offensive-lineman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286887\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers try out former Texans offensive lineman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Pittsburgh Steelers are exploring another option along their offensive line, bringing in veteran offensive tackle Charlie Heck for a tryout Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Heck, 28, spent the 2026 preseason with the Miami Dolphins before becoming available on the open market. He originally entered the NFL as a fourth-round selection by Houston in the 2020 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The 6-foot-8, 310-pound tackle has appeared in 51 regular-season games during his NFL career, including 27 starts. His experience comes primarily at offensive tackle, giving Pittsburgh another veteran option as it continues to evaluate the depth of its offensive line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Steelers also hosted tackle Austin Deculus, a 2022 sixth-round pick by Houston, for a tryout, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AaronWilson_NFL\/status\/2099972837310087266\" rel=\"nofollow\">KPRC2\u2019s Aaron Wilson<\/a>. Deculus has six career starts and has appeared in 26 career games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Steelers have already made significant changes up front this offseason, with new head coach Mike McCarthy installing a different offensive system. Pittsburgh\u2019s transition from Arthur Smith\u2019s wide-zone approach to McCarthy\u2019s more traditional pro-style, gap-oriented scheme has placed additional emphasis on finding players who fit the new system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Heck and Deculus\u2019 workouts do not necessarily mean the Steelers will sign them, but it signals that the team is continuing to examine available veteran options at tackle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers are exploring another option along their offensive line, bringing in veteran offensive tackle Charlie Heck&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,4853,7106],"class_list":["post-286887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-roster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286887","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=286887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}