The tight end is often a quarterback’s best friend, and that has certainly applied in recent years for the Pittsburgh Steelers. I’m not sure there was anybody on the team that Ben Roethlisberger was closer to than Heath Miller, who was drafted in the first round one year after he was.
After Miller retired, the Steelers brought in Vance McDonald two seasons later via trade, and he and Roethlisberger have developed a close bond over the course of the past three years. McDonald was more bullish on the team in 2019 than perhaps anybody, after having a career year in 2018, so he may have taken the course of the year as hard as anybody.