Even though there aren’t many positives to focus on from the Pittsburgh Steelers Thursday night preseason loss to the Green Bay Packers, rookie wide receiver James Washington certain is one of them.
Washington, the Steelers second-round draft pick this year out of Oklahoma State, had a solid second preseason game Thursday night as he caught five passes for 114 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Packers in a 51-34 loss.
Both of Washington’s touchdown receptions were combative catches and after the game was over, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was asked to speak about his young wide receiver’s ability to win the 50/50 footballs and essentially take them away from whoever is fighting him for the football.