The Pittsburgh Steelers have been increasingly depending more and more on Vance McDonald to run their offense, the sixth-year tight end seeing his largest share of offensive snaps of the season on Sunday night against the Baltimore Ravens.
While he didn’t get many opportunities to contribute in the run-blocking department, he was a relatively frequent target in the passing game, receiving the fifth-most targets of Ben Roethlisberger’s 47 passing attempts.
Of course we know how that first target ended, a short gain on third and four on which Ravens safety Tony Jefferson did an expert job of ripping the ball out of his hands for a fumble recovery that was closer to a theft.