Over the last two weeks, Ben Roethlisberger’s favorite third down target hasn’t been Antonio Brown. Or Vance McDonald. Or James Conner.
It’s been Ryan Switzer.
Ok, technically, he’s tied in third down receptions with JuJu Smith-Schuster. Still, the fact that Switzer, who had begun to fade from this offense, is thriving on such an important down means this offense has established another threat in the passing game. He has four receptions on third down against the Baltimore Ravens and Carolina Panthers, all of them moving the sticks.