From the notebook of a sportswriter who is anxiously awaiting Part II of the Steelers personnel department’s revitalizing rebuild:
• Is it a revitalization or a rebuild? I couldn't decide so I used one as an adjective.• Great writers, of course, don't need adjectives, but you're reading about the draft today, not whether we can achieve oneness through literature.• Point being, Part I of the rebuild was bountiful. It’s raised expectations for this draft.• For all of the fireworks that came with free agency this past month, there• I’ll use all of revitalize, rebuild, and even bolster, to describe what needs to be done with the offensive line.• No knock on Nate Herbig. I love his size and playing demeanor. I only assume he’s not the long-term answer at center because he wasn't given more of a chance last season while the position struggled.• So considering my scouting ignorance, maybe there’s a reason the Steelers might pass on center in the first round. I just kind of doubt it.• For the most part, it’s a position that’s been a strength for the Steelers since the 1950s. And with a physical masher such as Jackson Powers-Johnson likely to be available at pick 20, I would expect the Steelers to "Pounce" on him.• Zach Frazier of WVU is also a physical masher, and perhaps a trade down in the first or a trade up in the second could help snare him.• There’s also the technically sound Graham Barton, a left tackle at Duke. He played center his freshman season at Duke and is projected to that position, and would therefore need more time than the others before playing. That’s when Herbig can state his case.
