Week One. New England. The Steelers have the ball on their own 27, facing a 3rd and 8. Who is the ball designed to go to? Antonio Brown is gone. JuJu Smith-Schuster will draw four eyes, bracket coverage by a pair of DBs.
The man that’s gotta step up? Vance McDonald.
To be fair though, that’s not entirely accurate. McDonald was the Steelers’ go-to man on 3rd and long last year. Yes, even more than AB and JuJu.
McDonald finished 2018 with nine first down receptions on 3rd and 7+.