Steelers first-round choose Troy Fautanu is seeking to be taught as a lot as he can as quick as he can. That is why he has already apologized to his new locker mate.
On Friday, the Washington product revealed the workforce put his locker subsequent to veteran guard Isaac Seumalo, who he is planning on taking full benefit of.
“I am proper subsequent to Isaac,” Fautanu stated. “I’ve apologized to him as a result of I’ll be bothering him a bunch. While you’ve acquired a man like that, a nine-year vet that is been across the league for thus lengthy, you need to choose his mind. He is acquired lots coming. I’ll be bothering him an entire bunch.”
If Fautanu was planning to select any person’s mind on the offensive line, Seumalo could also be the most effective to take action.
The 30-year-old is heading into his ninth season within the NFL and proved to nonetheless be among the finest at his place in 2023, permitting zero sacks on 1,038 snaps performed, per Professional Soccer Focus.
Plus, each gamers are of Polynesian descent, which Fautanu thinks will solely assist develop their relationship.
“Simply realizing he was introduced up on the identical morals and values that I used to be makes it just a little bit simpler to speak to him,” Fautanu added.
Nonetheless, it appears it is nonetheless going to take a while for Seumalo to divulge heart’s contents to Fautanu since he is one of many quieter guys within the locker room.
“To be sincere, he is a person of few phrases,” Fautanu acknowledged. “I discovered that in a short time, so I did not need to trouble him an excessive amount of on my first day. I did not need to have a foul first impression.”
Whereas Fautanu’s locker is subsequent to Seumalo’s, the 2 are unlikely to play proper subsequent to one another this season.
Fautanu performed solely at proper sort out through the first day of the workforce’s rookie minicamp, hinting that may probably be his place in 2024.
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