Rookie Pat Freiermuth doesn’t have the heartbreak of last season. The pain of the Pittsburgh Steelers losing – at home – in upset fashion to the Cleveland Browns in the 2020 Wild Card Game. The absurdity of going down 28-0 at the end of the first quarter, their largest deficit *ever* after 15 minutes, and getting sent home by the Browns.
But Freiermuth can tell how much this game means to the guys who were on the roster last season. And he knows the atmosphere is different compared to the team’s first six games. Freiermuth hopped on Good Morning Football Tuesday morning and was asked about the locker room’s mentality heading into Week 8.