While Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert expressed some optimism about the team potentially having a bit of an advantage over many other teams because of their continuity and presence of veterans throughout the roster, he also acknowledged the glaring elephant in the room: this passing game hasn’t really worked together yet.
That is, mostly, because of Ben Roethlisberger’s season-ending elbow injury last year, which robbed him of experiencing much of any of Diontae Johnson’s rookie season, and James Washington’s second year in which he was beginning to develop. Add in the Covid-19 offseason and the limited opportunities he’s had to work with the new pieces in Chase Claypool and free agent tight end Eric Ebron.