Pat Freiermuth isn’t Heath Miller. I don’t know if he ever will be. He’s not in the same stratosphere Miller was as a blocker. But what they have in common as receivers is eerily similar. Sure-handed, totally trusted, and absolute machines on third down. What Freiermuth has done as a receiver this year should be considered a sophomore jump and the trust the Steelers cast of new quarterbacks have shown in him jumps off the page.
Ever since JuJu Smith-Schuster went down early into last year, Freiermuth’s taken over as “the guy” on those weighty downs Mike Tomlin always talks about.