The game is so big that sometimes it can overshadow other things that should, in theory, hold more significance, even if they take place inside of the game. With everything that happened over the course of the 2019 season for the Pittsburgh Steelers, at least for those on the outside, it may be easy to forget about the untimely passing of former wide receivers coach Darryl Drake. The NFL itself did when they put together their ‘in memoriam’ montage for 2019.
Diontae Johnson won’t forget. While Drake was only with the Steelers for about a year and a half, coaching through one season, he made a big impression on a lot of people in there, and he had a long NFL career, connected with the careers of many wide receivers, including Larry Fitzgerald and Brandon Marshall.