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Mike Tomlin Considering Expanding WR Mike Williams’ Role

It’s not just QB Justin Fields who could see an expanded role come the Steelers’ do-or-die playoff game Saturday night against the Baltimore Ravens. WR Mike Williams might see more action, too. After logging just one target in the team’s regular-season finale despite that impressive catch netting 25 yards, Mike Tomlin says Williams could see additional snaps for the playoffs.

“Certainly. And for us, it’s not just about Mike, it’s the playmaking,’ Tomlin said Monday of Williams during his weekly presser aired on the Steelers’ YouTube channel. “As I mentioned after the game, man, we didn’t make enough routine plays in play and for us to be the type of unit that we desire to be and the team that we desire to be, you gotta make routine plays.