One year ago today, the Steelers waived an injured, little-known, undrafted rookie wide receiver, and few paid attention.
One year later, all kinds of people take notice of Eli Rogers, including his offensive coordinator and starting quarterback.
“We’ll see when we get to the games,” Todd Haley said, “but everything we’ve seen to this point, we haven’t had a slot guy like him since I’ve been here. It hasn’t been close.”
Ben Roethlisberger expressed similar sentiments.
Haley even compared Rogers to Wayne Chrebet, who caught 580 passes and 41 touchdowns over 11 seasons playing in the slot for the New York Jets.