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James Washington Happy To ‘Get People Off Your Back’ After Big Preseason Opener

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James Washington admitted that he had gotten down on himself during the middle of his rookie season a year ago. The 2018 second-round draft pick was struggling mightily in a number of aspects of his craft, in spite of the fact that he was receiving a significant amount of playing time as the number three wide receiver.

He was benched multiple times, and missed out on some big plays, but he got a boost from his quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, following one of the lowest football moments of his life.