Markus Wheaton no doubt did not realize back on October 9 that he was playing in his last game of the 2016 season. It was just the third game he had been on the field out of five games after sitting out the first two. In hindsight, there’s a very good chance that was also his last game with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A 2013 third-round draft pick, Wheaton was seen as an essential part of the Steelers’ future at the wide receiver position after the team lost both Emmanuel Sanders and Jerricho Cotchery in free agency the year after he was drafted.