The Pittsburgh Steelers signed TE Pat Freiermuth to a four-year extension worth up to $48.4 million ahead of this season, but Freiermuth’s production this season hasn’t been anything spectacular. Through eight games, he has 26 receptions for 264 yards and two touchdowns, a pedestrian 33 yards per game.
In his weekly chat yesterday, Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was asked how the Steelers were getting their money’s worth out of Freiermuth, and he replied, “They are not.” On The Joe Starkey Show on 93.7 The Fan today, former Steelers defensive lineman and current analyst Chris Hoke challenged that a little bit and said it’s a byproduct of Russell Wilson being able to find other open receivers.