With no opportune way to dress all six wide receivers yesterday, the Pittsburgh Steelers elected to dress only five, and among the actives was rookie second-round pick James Washington. Despite being outsnapped by Justin Hunter by a 5-to-1 margin in the season opener, it was Washington who served as the Steelers’ number three receiver in the offense yesterday.
And, just like JuJu Smith-Schuster a year ago, after not being targeted at all in his first game, his first (official) catch of his career went into the end zone. Smith-Schuster’s came on a shovel pass.