A significant problem for the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line this week comes in the form of 6-foot-4, 342-pound tackle Dexter Lawrence. Nicknamed “Sexy Dexy,” Lawrence is dominating at a historic level in 2024.
Mike Tomlin gushed over Lawrence’s game-changing ability in Tuesday’s press conference.
“Dexter Lawrence is a problem. He is,” Tomlin warned. “He’s a problem in the running game. He’s a problem in the passing game. I think he leads the NFL in sacks, but he’s just a dominant, dominant player.”
Despite garnering the most double teams (63.3%) in the league, Lawrence leads the league in sacks with nine.
Limiting Lawrence will be an eye-opening experience for Steelers center Ryan McCollum, who got the start in place of injured rookie Zach Frazier on Sunday Night Football.
“For guys like Ryan McCollum, who are getting an opportunity to ascend and play, it is going to be a significant challenge, but we better do more than wish Ryan McCollum luck,” Tomlin continued.
“We better give him some schematic help and be highly sensitive to this man’s capabilities and not only his capabilities but just simply what he’s putting on tape week in and week out as we sit here right now.”
It’ll take a village — Pittsburgh’s line unit as a whole — to combat Lawrence’s dominance and affection for making Russell Wilson‘s life against the Giants miserable.
