Forgive me for going after some low hanging fruit following the Steelers first preseason game on Friday—a 30-28 victory over the Buccaneers at Heinz Field.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who will write a glowing article about James Washington’s four-catch, 84-yard performance that also included an eight-yard touchdown from his old college quarterback, Mason Rudolph, but that doesn’t mean another one isn’t warranted.
After all, the extent of Washington’s progress was one of the many questions that needed to be answered as the Steelers reported to training camp on July 26; would he make that all-important first to second year leap, or was his abysmal rookie campaign, one that came close to rivaling the freshman season Limas Sweed turned in a decade earlier (it even included a drop of what should have been an easy touchdown), a sign of things to come?