Will the Steelers miss guard Alan Faneca, who signed with the New York Jets?
It depends on which Alan Faneca you’re talking about. There’s the Alan Faneca that made seven Pro Bowls, five All-Pro teams and served as captain for three seasons. Then there’s the Alan Faneca who sulked his way through the 2007 preseason, told his teammates not to listen to line coach Larry Zierlein, asked out of his captain duties prior to the start of last season, and played on a line that allowed Ben Roethlisberger to be sacked 47 times in 2007. So to answer the question, yes and no. It could be addition by subtraction in one sense, as he was obviously no longer happy here; but the fact that this year’s edition of the offensive line is far from a work of art makes some question the decision to let Faneca walk away.
