/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/19480085/132683386.0.jpg)
Post-Gazette reporter Gerry Dulac posted on the site's subscription side that Fernando Velasco will start Monday when the Steelers and Bengals kick off in their primetime game. Velasco, signed Monday, has apparently gotten comfortable enough to snap, replacing veteran Maurkice Pouncey, who tore his ACL and MCL in the Steelers' Week 1 loss to Tennessee.
Velasco was released by the Titans this training camp, largely due to his lack of position flexibility. The Steelers needed a center, and may have gotten a very effective one, even if he can't play guard.
The Steelers have failed to see a running back rush for 100 yards or more since Isaac Redman hit 147 against the Giants in Week 9 last year. Cincinnati, a strong run-defensive team, will look to extend that streak at 8:40 p.m. ET Monday. Both teams are 0-1 heading into their Week 2 games.
More from Behind the Steel Curtain:
- Steelers vs. Bengals Week 2: Everything we know
- Steelers defense reminding Cincinnati who's been on top
- Ray Lewis says Steelers are a different team
- What worries you the most about the Steelers' Week 2 game against the Bengals?
- Criticizing Todd Haley is fair, but stay within reason
- The Standard is The Standard show
- Teaching Ike Taylor new tricks
- Chop-Blocking: The rule and why what DeCastro did was legal
- Lots of questions heading into Week 2
- Steelers vs. Bengals: Thursday's injury report
- Steelers Film Room: Fernando Velasco broken down
- Jilted Dwyer needs to keep chip on his shoulder
- Steelers vs. Bengals Capsules (via Cincy Jungle)
- Jarvis Jones speaks about James Harrison
- NFL Week 1 recap: More fascinating than depressing
- It's time for the Steelers offense to lead
- Jarvis Jones expects to start, if not in Week 2, then soon
- Steelers secondary faces tough Bengals passing game