Pittsburgh Steelers veteran wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey has, over the course of the first five games of the 2015 season, been given some of the most extensive playing time that he has seen in the past couple of years, and the Steelers have been better for it.
For many, it may be hard to imagine that sentence being typed outside of a satirical byline, but it has been true. Outside of a right toe slightly out of bounds, the former first-round bust has stepped up for the team when they needed him to most.