A receiver who drops a pass doesn’t automatically have bad hands. Believe it or not, there’s multiple reasons why a receiver drops the easy ones. For Pittsburgh Steelers WR Diontae Johnson, his issue, as he tells it, had nothing to do with “bad hands.” It was a cluttered mind.
Joining Cam Heyward’s Not Just Football podcast Tuesday, Johnson discussed his difficult 2020 season that was defined by ugly drops and mental mistakes. He blames those issues on overthinking and pressing instead of focusing on the details.
“That’s what I was doing a lot,” Johnson told Heyward and the show.