Pittsburgh Steelers TE Pat Freiermuth has received a lot of attention in light of the team’s wide receiver room. After trading Diontae Johnson, most feel they didn’t adequately restock the position. The obvious solution many find is for Freiermuth to take on a bigger role in the passing game. But for Mike Tomlin, that’s how he already sees his tight end’s role.
“I don’t know what you mean by that”, he said yesterday when a reporter asked about using Pat Freiermuth more like a wide receiver this year, via the team’s website. “In terms of splitting him out, we’ve done that in the past.