Freiermuth recorded eight receptions on 11 targets for 85 yards and a touchdown in Saturday's 19-17 loss to the Bengals.
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers ' coaching staff has left them out to dry far too often in this stretch of games to end the season. There are too many examples to run down in just one paragraph, so let’s examine it a bit closer.
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Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth catches a 19-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Russell Wilson against the Cincinnati Bengals.
George Pickens is the mascot for that discontent. His saga never stops in Pittsburgh. It only takes breaks. Very few teams rely so heavily on such a volatile personality. The Steelers chasm between Pickens and their rotating window of part-time targets posing as No. 2’s only exacerbates those issues.
One of the biggest factors holding the Pittsburgh Steelers offense back this season has been the lack of weapons in the passing game. The front office and coaching staff thought wide receiver George Pickens,
Pat Freiermuth had 85 yards on eight catches (10.6 per reception) with one touchdown in that game. Learn more about the Pittsburgh Steelers on Fox Sports. FOX Sports created this story using ...
The Pittsburgh Steelers did not need to win against the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday, with the AFC North out of reach, and the only thing at stake was a guarantee for the No. 5 seed, instead of having to wait until Sunday to learn their postseason fate.
The defense is no longer creating turnovers at the rapid rate that helped carry the Steelers to their 10-3 start. The offense that steadily improved through much of the fall has regressed. And the optimism that flourished not so long ago has dimmed considerably.
Joe Burrow will head to Cincinnati’s training facility on Sunday. He’ll lift weights. He might watch some video. And then he’ll join the rest of his teammates and hope. It’s not much. But it’s the only thing left for Burrow and a Bengals team that certainly looks playoff-worthy everywhere but the standings after