The Pittsburgh Steelers hired Arthur Smith to be their new offensive coordinator, and Smith’s known for using tight ends often in his offense. In the first training camp practice, TE Pat Freiermuth was an oft-targeted player throughout practice, and Freiermuth told reporters after practice it was refreshing to see the number of targets he received.
“It was very refreshing, first day, coming in, seeing the targets increase, it was great,” Freiermuth said via Steelers.com.
He also said that over the summer, he watched tape of Smith’s offenses when he was the offensive coordinator in Tennessee and his teams as a head coach of the Falcons, and Freiermuth is excited to play in the offense.