Released on Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ depth chart for Week 4 of the 2022 NFL season showed a change on the top line at nose tackle, with Montravius Adams sliding in front of 13-year veteran Tyson Alualu. “He’s been playing better than Tyson,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said, “so we just thought that was appropriate.” · BURROW-TAGOVAILOA REMATCH DEPENDS ON BACK INJURY · ARIZONA RELEASES FORMER ALABAMA ALL-AMERICAN · GIANTS TACKLE EVAN NEAL: ‘I GOT TO PLAY A BETTER BRAND OF FOOTBALL’ In Pittsburgh’s first three games this season, Alualu played 104 defensive snaps and Adams played 31. Only four NFL teams have yielded more rushing yards than the Steelers in the 2022 season, and Pittsburgh’s opponents have had 103 rushing attempts, the second-highest total in the league. A 29-17 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday dropped the Steelers to 1-2. In the Browns’ victory, running back Nick Chubb had 113 yards and one touchdown on 23 carries. “You got to do certain things in Thursday night football,” Tomlin said, “and one of the things you have to do is kind of get off the field on defense, particularly on possession downs. We didn’t do that over the second half of the game. They were able to sustain long drives. A lot of it had to do with them converting possession downs, and most of those were manageable downs. Usually, you’re in manageable downs because your running back is doing what he does, and that’s what Nick Chubb did. I just thought he controlled the game.” Pittsburgh had given up 586 rushing yards over its previous three games last season when it signed Adams off the New Orleans Saints’ practice squad on Nov. 30. Adams played in five regular-season games and one playoff contest, with four starts, and took 198 defensive snaps for the Steelers in 2021. Adams stayed with Pittsburgh for a two-year, $5 million contract instead of trying the free-agent market. But his preparations for the 2022 season suffered a setback when he missed about three weeks of work in August because of an ankle injury. “He’s capable of doing the things we ask him to do,” Tomlin said. “He’s played a lot of football for us. He played a lot, started a lot for us last year. He missed a lot of time during team development, and that probably slowed his progress. Since he’s been back from injury, we’ve just seen a really uptick in his consistency and performance.” After playing 52 games with 36 starts in four seasons at Auburn, Adams joined Green Bay as a third-round selection in the 2017 NFL Draft. He’ll make the ninth start of his NFL career at noon CDT Sunday, when the New York Jets visit Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. FOR MORE OF AL.COM’S COVERAGE OF THE NFL, GO TO OUR NFL PAGE Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. from https://digitalalabamanews.com/steelers-adds-former-auburn-lineman-to-starting-lineup/
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