Steelers Nation wasn’t too happy with Bleacher Report’s recent article predicting rookie tight end Darnell Washington to be the team’s biggest disappointment of the season. Though that was just one random, outside opinion, one Pittsburgh beat writer is singing a similar tune.
On the 93.7 The Fan Morning Show Wednesday, the PPG’s Ray Fittipaldo said Washington could be inactive when the Steelers host the San Francisco 49ers in Week One.
“I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he’s a healthy scratch early in the season,” he told the show. “I don’t know where he is gonna play on special teams.