Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson is in training camp. The fourth-year veteran is even doing some on-field work, though there is plenty that he isn’t doing. A Pro Bowl selection as an alternate last season, he believes that he should receive a contract extension before playing out the final year of his rookie contract.
It’s far from clear that the Steelers even have any serious intention of doing that, but Johnson is standing there from the sidelines, both literally and figuratively, watching all of these other wide receivers, including those from his own draft class, making bank, waiting his turn.