The Pittsburgh Steelers moved quick in free agency after losing their starting return man, with Ray-Ray McCloud agreeing to sign with the San Francisco 49ers. They found and signed Gunner Olszewski, who was an All-Pro returner for the New England Patriots in 2020, but who had limited experience outside of special teams.
McCloud didn’t have much offensive experience when he came to Pittsburgh, either, but he played over 500 snaps last season and caught 39 passes. So a number of people had questions about whether or not the Steelers also planned to use him on offense—it’s a question that I myself posed recently, in fact, and the responses were uh…mixed.