Something that I have talked about pretty much since Antonio Brown suffered his calf injury in the first half of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game against the New England Patriots in Week 15 is the fact that we have seen a number of players step up in his absence to try to shoulder some of the load.
While it was only two and a half games’ worth of slack that needed to be picked up, it is nonetheless commendable how the rest of the wide receiver group in particular, but also members from other position groups, performed in the receiving game while their All-Pro top dog was down.