Outside of things like disclosing injuries, there aren’t many things coaches are required to speak the truth about. They can answer questions, but they might not necessarily be telling you the real story, or at least the complete story.
Sometimes you just have to wait and see what happens. And that appears to be where we are with the Pittsburgh Steelers and wide receiver James Washington’s role in the offense now that JuJu Smith-Schuster is out for the rest of the year due to a season-ending surgery to repair his injured shoulder suffered in week five.
While Washington was coming off of a groin injury, he hardly played this past week, and coaches declined to say specifically that it was due to him coming back into full health, talking instead about schematics and matchups.