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Mike Tomlin: Hot Hand At WR ‘Reveals Itself Leading Up To The Game’

The latest Tomlinism to stick in 2020 is ‘the strength of the pack is the pack’, a phrase that he used to invoke the depth that the Pittsburgh Steelers have at the wide receiver position, referring at that time to players like Chase Claypool and James Washington stepping up and making plays while Diontae Johnson was sidelined.

In each of the first five games of the season, there was a different pass-catcher at the top of the stats for that week. It was JuJu Smith-Schuster in week one, then Johnson, then Eric Ebron, then Claypool, then Washington. This past week, it was back to Johnson with two touchdowns.