A stat of the weird even before Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns kicks off – 20. The number 20.
That’s not just the likely high of either team’s offense today. It’s the number of snaps WRs George Pickens, Diontae Johnson, and TE Pat Freiermuth have been on the field for this season. That number will finally tick up today.
Of course, all 20 of those snaps came in Week One. Then Johnson hurt his hamstring on the opening play of the third quarter, out of action until Week Seven. Freiermuth went down with his own hamstring injury in Week Four, attempted to return with Johnson for Week Seven, but suffered a setback and was relegated to IR, missing the next month.