The Pittsburgh Steelers have a group of wide receivers that is very talented. They also have a group of wide receivers that is very flawed. And second-year Diontae Johnson is proving to be the most flawed of all, because he is failing at the most fundamental task of his profession, which is simply catching the football.
Now with a dozen or more drops on the season, depending on whom you asked, Johnson was benched for a good chunk of last night’s game after he put two passes on the ground during the Steelers’ first two drives. They designed the opening play of the game to go to him, but he dropped it.