Steelers cut tackle Zach Banner, keep QB Dwayne Haskins

[ASFN Admin]

The Pittsburgh Steelers' new-look offensive line won't include right tackle Zach Banner. The team cut the charismatic Banner on Wednesday, a move that will save them $5 million against the salary cap and ends Banner's comeback bid from a torn ACL that cost him two seasons and eventually his starting job. Banner's release came two days after the Steelers re-signed tackle Chukwuma Okorafor to a three-year deal to stay at right tackle opposite left tackle Dan Moore Jr., who was thrust into a starting spot protecting Ben Roethlisberger's blindside as a rookie in 2021 after Okorafor was moved from the left side to the right after Banner hit a setback in his recovery.

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