Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had said a couple of times since the team’s last game that he feels third-year wide receiver James Washington deserves to get on the field more. This wasn’t just following his key third-down catch late in the game against the Baltimore Ravens, but is something that he has fairly consistently been saying.
On Monday against the Washington Football Team, the Steelers opened the game out of the 12 personnel, and Chase Claypool was on the field for the first snap—with Washington. JuJu Smith-Schuster and Diontae Johnson were both on the sideline for the play, which was a deep shot down Washington’s way.