Pittsburgh Steelers OL Isaac Seumalo out for opener vs. Falcons

Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Isaac Seumalo will miss the team’s season opener against the Atlanta Falcons due to a pectoral injury he suffered last week. Head coach Mike Tomlin shared the news with the media on Tuesday, but he expects Seumamlo to be with the team very soon.

“We did get good news regarding his pec injury,” Tomlin said, per ESPN. “We’ll characterize as week-to-week, and we’ll see where next week leads us, but really optimistic about his return sooner rather than later.”

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It was reported that Seumalo will miss four weeks of action. With him not occupying the left guard position right now, second-year lineman Spencer Anderson is expected to take over. Tomlin enjoys watching Anderson play because he can do different things on the offensive line.

“His versatility was a calling card that allowed him to sustain, but the longer he is here, you better specialize in a certain area,” Tomlin said of Anderson. “And really his growth and development kind of reminds me a lot of [former Steeler lineman] Kelvin Beachum.”

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Seumalo signed a three-year, $24 million contract with the Steelers in March 2023. He spent his first seven years with the Philadelphia Eagles and helped the team win a Super Bowl during the 2017 season. Seumalo was selected by the Eagles in the third round of the 2016 draft after spending his college football career at Oregon State.

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The Steelers will enter the Falcons matchup young on the offensive line. Anderson will start along with rookie Zach Frazier, Dan Moore Jr., James Daniels and second-year player Broderick Jones.

“There’s a lot of meat on that growth bone, and we’ve seen a lot of it, to be quite honest with you, for several reasons. We had some young guys that drafted high in the Draft and showed the NFL is not too big for them, and I imagine they’ll continue to show that and continue to grow with exposure,” Tomlin said, per Steelers.com. “But we’ve also got some second-year players like Broderick and Spencer, and that second lap around the track, it’s reasonable to expect growth and development because of the knowing component. So we’ve challenged them in that regard, and they’ve responded.”