The Pittsburgh Steelers took a gamble heading into Week 1 of the 2019 regular season. The gamble? Heading into the regular season with a tight end depth chart of Vance McDonald, Xavier Grimble and Zach Gentry.
For some teams, heading into the season with your top three tight ends isn’t a risk at all, but knowing McDonald’s injury history makes your margin of error, from a personnel standpoint, paper thin.
In the Steelers’ Week 3 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, Vance McDonald suffered a shoulder injury and was unable to return to the game.