PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers could soon welcome back offensive tackle Calvin Anderson. Anderson, who has been out since August 1 with a soft-tissue injury, received positive news on Saturday.
Head coach Mike Tomlin named Anderson as one of the players starting to work his way back to the team after missing the entire preseason for the first time since his injury.
Anderson slipped during the final two-minute period of the Friday Night Lights practice and appeared to pull something, and Dylan Cook replaced him at right tackle.
The team then went out and signed Andrus Peat to help fill in some of the veteran depth on the offensive line with Anderson sidelined.
Anderson signed a two-year deal with the Steelers this offseason. A two-year deal heavily implies he will be the team’s swing tackle for this season.
Anderson was elevated from fourth-string tackle to the swing tackle after injuries forced him into action. The Steelers signed him after Troy Fautanu’s season-ending injury, and he played well in the playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
He has 14 NFL starts and started two games in 2023. However, he was benched due to poor play, and shortly after that, Anderson suffered a ‘heart contusion’ in practice that ended his season.
In the 2023 offseason, while on a trip to Nigeria, Anderson dealt with a about of Malaria and almost died. That forced him to miss much of the offseason program, and when he started Week 1, he was behind others on the team.
Anderson has played and started games at both right and left tackle. An undrafted free agent out of Texas in the 2019 NFL Draft, Anderson spent most of his time after entering the NFL with the Denver Broncos.
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