The Steelers began their rookie mini-camp on Friday, which, quite frankly, was two weeks after I thought it was already over (I don’t know mini-camps).
Anyway, as it pertains to the actual drafted portion of the rookie class, you can still feel that love, can't you?
That familiar infatuation one feels at the beginning of a relationship.
For example, receiver Diontae Johnson, the third-round pick and Antonio Brown clone from Toledo. He seems very humble from what I’ve seen—even though he’s a receiver—and is already a candidate for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year—at least according to Pro Football Focus who lists Johnson ninth on its list of 10 possibilities:
“Johnson goes to a Steelers club that heaved the ball all over the yard last season—Ben Roethlisberger’s 675 passing attempts were 36 more than any quarterback in the NFL,” says PFF’s Michael Renner.