The Pittsburgh Steelers are in a good place right now but they could get even better.
Pittsburgh is 10-3 on the season so far heading into a big matchup against the NFC East-leading Philadelphia Eagles. It will be a tough matchup and one thing that will make things even more difficult is the fact that George Pickens is dealing with a hamstring injury.
Pickens didn’t practice on Wednesday and it doesn’t seem likely that he will be able to suit up for the Week 15 tilt against the Eagles.
Each week, Bleacher Report’s scouting department makes suggestions for each team to implement now, after the season, and at the upcoming draft. This week, Bleacher Report suggested that the Steelers give tight end Pat Freiermuth more targets.
“Add Now: Give Pat Freiermuth more targets,” Bleacher Report said. “As good as the defense played, the Steelers’ passing game was much less exciting. Russell Wilson completed just over half of his passes for 158 yards. The run game was bad too, averaging 3.4 yards per carry.
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“They were without George Pickens and it showed. Pat Freiermuth led the team in receiving yards with 48, but he did that on just three targets. Jaylen Warren led the team with five targets. Freiermuth is one of the team’s most consistent options regardless of position. He should be getting more looks, even when Pickens gets back into the lineup.”
If the Steelers want to jump-start the offense against Philadelphia, peppering Freiermuth with targets does seem like the most logical way to do so.
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