The Pittsburgh Steelers' experiment at right tackle in Week 2 against the Denver Broncos failed
While starting right tackle Troy Fautanu played admirably, Broderick Jones committed three penalties on a single drive.
The Steelers benched Jones before the end of his disastrous series. During his postgame press conference, the second-year right tackle accepted responsibility for his benching.
But when pressed explicitly about the plan to rotate him and Fautanu at right tackle, Jones had a perplexing response.
"If I'm not starting, then I really don't feel like I should be playing," Jones told reporters. "So rotation is not a big deal for me.
At the end of the day, they called it, and I hauled it. So I just try to go out there and do my best."
Jones' response appears to have two possible interpretations. It's possible that the offensive tackle meant that he doesn't believe he deserves to play because he hasn't earned a starting position.
But Jones' reaction may equally be interpreted as a message to the Steelers' coaching staff: either start me or don't play me at all.